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The Battle of the Somme began 100 years ago on 1 July 2016 with the Allied objective of advancing along the banks of the River Somme to the French village of Thiepval and penetrati...
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The names of 17 sets of brothers from Ulster who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme will be read at a service in St Anne’s Cathedral to commemorate the centenary of t...
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The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, the Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, has addressed the special commemorative service to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Som...
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We are sad to announce the death this morning of Mr Michael Davey, a member of Diocesan Council and the Board of St Anne’s Cathedral.
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Thousands of Irishmen from both sides of the community took part in the Battle of the Somme, most coming from two units known as the 16th and 36th Divisions. By the end of 1916, ov...
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On 30 June, the eve of the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, Down Cathedral was the venue for a cross–community prayer vigil to remember all who died in the events of 1916.
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Of all the bell towers in the British Isles, Bangor Parish has the distinction of having lost the most ringers in the Great War, with three killed on the first day of the Somme alo...
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