{"id":40907,"date":"2025-11-09T22:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/remembrance-sunday-marked-across-northern-ireland\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T22:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:04:16","slug":"remembrance-sunday-marked-across-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/remembrance-sunday-marked-across-northern-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembrance Sunday marked across Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It is the second year Michelle O’Neill has attended the service in her capacity as first minister<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Events and services have been taking place in cities, towns and villages across Northern Ireland to mark Remembrance Sunday.<\/p>\n

Belfast’s ceremony began with a two-minute silence at 11:00 GMT and Belfast Lord Mayor Tracy Kelly laid a wreath on behalf of the city’s citizens.<\/p>\n

Michelle O’Neill attended the event and laid a laurel wreath at the Cenotaph at Belfast City Hall in her role as first minister for the second year in a row<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last year she became the first senior Sinn F\u00e9in<\/a> figure to take part in an official Remembrance Sunday ceremony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The event in Belfast was attended by members of the Royal British Legion, as well as clerics, politicians and members of the public<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Writing on social media<\/a>, O’Neill said she had “made a commitment to be a first minister for all and I am fully committed to delivering on that promise”.<\/p>\n

She said she attend the event to “remember all those who lost their lives during the First World War and in subsequent conflicts”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly also laid a wreath at Belfast City Hall<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly also laid a wreath, as did Irish government minister Helen McEntee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Natasha Graham attended the Belfast service and says it’s important for her to remember those who gave their lives<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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At the scene: Catherine Morrison, BBC News NI<\/b><\/p>\n

Hundreds of people stood in the autumn sunshine waiting for the ceremony to begin.<\/p>\n

The two minute silence was observed and then politicians, dignitaries and military personnel began the wreath laying at the cenotaph.<\/p>\n

Natasha Graham was at the event with her family.<\/p>\n

“We have a long line of history in our family of people who died in the World War One and World War Two and we’re here to remember them today. They were all young and young men and without them we wouldn’t be standing here today.<\/p>\n

“We do have to say thanks to them and remember them – it’s very important.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Carol Walker says she was remembering her great-grandfather who died in World War One<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Many who attended remembered loved ones who served in the armed forces, including Carol Walker from Belfast, whose great-grandfather died in World War One.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, he died two weeks before the end of the war on the 27 of October 1918,” she said.<\/p>\n

“For me, thankfully he was married and had a wife and five children, all under the age of ten.<\/p>\n

“One of them was my grandfather, or I wouldn’t be standing here today to tell this story,” she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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DUP Leader Gavin Robinson at the National Service of Remembrance<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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DUP leader Gavin Robinson attened the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London where he laid a wreath at the monument in central London as part of the service to remember those who died in conflict.<\/p>\n

King Charles III led a two-minute silence at the service and also laid a wreath.<\/p>\n

He was joined by other senior royals and political leaders, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn, NI Civil Service head Jayne Brady and taoiseach (Irish PM) Miche\u00e1l Martin attended the service in Enniskillen<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Miche\u00e1l Martin laid a wreath at the war memorial in Enniskillen in County Fermanagh during the Remembrance Sunday ceremony.<\/p>\n

It also remembers the 12 people killed in an IRA bomb attack on the Remembrance event in 1987.<\/a><\/p>\n

Martin was joined by Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn as well as Northern Ireland Civil Service head Jayne Brady and Chief Constable Jon Boutcher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The ceremony in Enniskillen also remembered the 12 people killed in an IRA bomb attack on the Remembrance event there in 1987<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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On Thursday the Justice Minister Naomi Long attended the Northern Ireland Prison Service’s annual memorial service at the Memorial Garden at Hydebank Wood to remember officers who lost their lives in the course of duty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Belfast Lord Mayor Tracy Kelly laid a wreath on behalf of the city’s citizens at city hall<\/figcaption><\/p>\n

The PSNI’s Chief Constable Jon Boutcher attended the event in Enniskillen <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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