Dates for your Diary 2023
2023 Events
10 June Leinster Regimental Association lunch – London
11 June CIROCA – Cenotaph Parade, Whitehall
Saturday 12th August 2023.
10.30hrs: AGM. Birr Theatre.
11.30hrs: Talk on “The Leinsters in Victoria Barracks, Cork” given by Gerry White.
13.15hrs: Crinkhill – Wreath Laying, Exhortation, Silence and Reveille.
9 November Field of Remembrance – Westminster Abbey, London.
11 November Remembrance Day.
12 November Remembrance Sunday
2022 Events
11 June Leinster Regimental Association lunch – London
12 June Disbanded Irish Regiments service – St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.
12 June CIROCA – Cenotaph Parade, Whitehall.
9 July Annual Ceremony of Remembrance & Wreath Laying – Islandbridge, Ireland.
7 August OGM (Ireland), wreath laying – Birr Vintage Week (see below for more details)
10 (tbc) November Field of Remembrance – Westminster Abbey, London.
11 November Remembrance Day.
13 November Remembrance Sunday
19 November Joint meeting – LRA and Western Front Association – details below.
Sunday 7th August 2022.
10.30hrs: LRA Ireland AGM. Birr Theatre.
11.30hrs: Talk on the life and exploits of Martin O’Meara VC, AIF, given by Gerry O’Meara.
12.30hrs: Informal lunch in The Thatch, Crinkill. (Booking through Denis Kirby is essential)
14.30hrs: Colour parties and parade assemble.
15.00hrs: Welcome Address by LRA Chairman, Lt-Col Mark Weldon followed by responses from the principal guests.
15.30hrs: Addresses by Brian Kennedy on the disbandment of the Leinster Regiment and by Stephen Callaghan on the handing over of Crinkill Barracks to the Irish Army.
16.00hrs: Wreath Laying, Exhortation, Past Post, Silence and Reveille.
16.15hrs: The Blessing followed by the march off.
16.30hrs: Conclusion of events.
Saturday 19th November
14.00hrs: Joint Leinster Regiment Association /Dublin Western Front Association meeting
Location: Pearse Street Public Library, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Topic: Martin Moffatt VC and the Liberation of Ledegem Presented by Denis Kirby.