Remembering the Somme, 1916-2006
Jun 27th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Ireland
This Saturday at 7.30 a.m. we are holding a church service. It is an odd day and an odd time for a Church of Ireland service, but we are remembering the 90th anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
It is hard to imagine what would have been the impact of that battle upon a small community, in what would have been a very rural part of south County Dublin. Ballybrack was no more than a cluster of cottages around a crossroads and a collection …