Anzac Day Dublin 2023
A CEREMONY held just after dawn in Dublin today to mark the 108th anniversary of Anzac Day, when Australian and New Zealand troops set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula.
More than 100 people stood in Grangegorman Military Cemetery amid the gravestones of Irish men who fought in the first World War, all wearing rosemary sprigs to remember those who died. The cemetery contains the graves of 619 soldiers.
More than 10,000 Australian and New Zealand troops died in the battle for Gallipoli in Turkey, which began on April 25th, 1915. Anzac (Australian and New Zealand Army Corp) Day has been commemorated since then in both countries. The occasion has been marked in Ireland since 2006.