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| Tom French |
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| Crowd Scene |
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| Molly Kane |
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| Willie G. Hodgins |
Tom French of Meath County Library was MC at an event held in remembrance of those who perished or served in the great war though a few poems or stories from other conflicts managed to get an airing as well. Set against a backdrop of slides or photographs from the period a good number of those in attendance had more than a few recollections of family members or friends who died or were in some way involved. Interesting and of note was a poster advertising a concert to be held in the Temperance Hall in Kilmessan in 1916 to provide comforts for those serving who were from the locality, and I meant to take a photograph just to get my facts straight but forgot at the end. If I can remember right the admission charge was 2/6, which was a good sum in those days and I would imagine discouraged more than a few from attending. Given that the year had a certain other resonance I should have looked more carefully at the date. There were some great poems read or stories told and Michael Sheils over on sherifffromnavan has a video of Sean Lynch playing out on "The Last Post".
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