Category: Decade of Centenaries

Plaque and information panel outside The Maritime Hotel looking towards Whiddy Island (Bantry Bay).

Memorial Plaque Unveiled in Bantry Honouring U.S. Naval Air Station Whiddy IslandMemorial Plaque Unveiled in Bantry Honouring U.S. Naval Air Station Whiddy Island

14 September 2026| 11:41

On 12 September, a new memorial plaque honouring the U.S. Naval Air Station Whiddy Island was unveiled in Bantry. The ceremony was hosted by the Naval Order of the United

Kildare’s War of Independence StoryKildare’s War of Independence Story

21 August 2019| 22:50

Kildare’s War of Independence Story The War of Independence (1919 – 1921) turned Ireland upside down. In a series for Kildare Decade of Commemorations we will be telling the story