County Fermanagh War Memorial | |
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United Kingdom | |
For British military dead of the First and Second World Wars. Also those civilians killed in the 1987 IRA bombing at this site. | |
Unveiled | 24 October 1922 |
Location | 54°20′40″N 7°38′03″W / 54.34433°N 7.63420°W Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
"Our Glorious Dead" | |
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The County Fermanagh War Memorial (also known as the Enniskillen War Memorial) stands in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It was originally constructed to commemorate the men of the town killed during the First World War, particularly those serving with the local regiments, the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. It was later altered to also commemorate those killed in the Second World War.
The memorial was the site of an IRA bombing on 8 November 1987, during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony. Photographs of the war memorial in the aftermath became emblematic of this stage of The Troubles and the site was visited shortly afterwards by British prime minister Margaret Thatcher for a rescheduled remembrance ceremony. The memorial was renovated in 1990-91 and a new section added to commemorate those killed in the bombing. The memorial has been visited by the Irish Taoiseach on Remembrance Sunday each year since 2012.