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I stumbled across this fascinating remembrance sculpture sited down opposite Belfast's St Anne's Cathedral. Over the centuries and down the years Irish men from north, south, east, and west of Ireland have, for various reasons, fought and died in most of the world's war theatres. We are not known as the 'Fighting Irish', for nothing!

I'm just thinking of all the widows orphans lost loves and unfulfilled potential lost and left behind.

International Brigades statue, Belfast

'The International Brigades who fought in Spain in the 1930s are commemorated with a statue in Writers’ Square Belfast. Designed by Anto Brennan, it was erected by the International Brigades Commemoration Committee and unveiled on 13 October 2007 by Bob Doyle, a member of the Brigades and a life long militant. Accompanying Bob was Jack Jones, President of the IBMT and former general secretary of the TGWU and who also fought in the International Brigades, and Jack Edwards, a Liverpool volunteer. 78 men born in Northern Ireland participated in the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War. At least 18 families of Irish veterans were present at the unveiling.'