President Mary McAleese will be visiting Turkey/Gallipoli in March. A Memorial to the Irish fallen will be erected in Gallipoli where the 10th Irish Division fought in Suvla Bay. President McAleese will be visiting Gallipoli and will dedicate the foundation stone of the memorial at a ceremony
Turkish Association of Ireland is organising this public meeting to bring together a number of speakers, who are academically, artistically, personally and politically linked to Gallipoli War.
"IMPRESSIONS OF GALLIPOLI WAR – TELLING THE STORY…”
Speakers:
Dr. John Morrissey (NUI Galway)
Cem Islam
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (Irish Poet)
Conor Dodd (Dublin Fusiliers)
Patricia Horne "Letters from Gallipoli"
(Daughter of Irish Medical Officer in Gallipoli)
Saturday, 20 March 2010 - 14:00
Adm: Free
Central Hotel
Exchequer Street, Dublin 2
Contact: Memet Uludag 087-7919307