Category: Decade of Commemorations

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

President Lays Wreath Commemorating Bloody SundayPresident Lays Wreath Commemorating Bloody Sunday

22 November 2020| 08:56

President Lays Wreath Commemorating Bloody Sunday Yesterday evening, at the invitation of the GAA, President Michael D. Higgins laid a wreath in Croke Park to commemorate the death of 14