Ceremonies Of Remembrance For Victims Of COVID-19 To Take Place Across Wicklow.

Wicklow County Council will hold individual events to remember those who lost their lives to COVID-19.

The five municipal Districts of Wicklow County Council will hold individual events as part of the National Ceremonies of Remembrance and Reflection for those who lost their lives due to COVID-19, as part of a series of national events set to take place across the country on the weekend of 18th-20th March in Dublin. Wicklow communities will be given the opportunity to individually and collectively remember and commemorate all those who have died and who have been bereaved, whilst acknowledging the scale and impact of the end-of-life care that individuals gave to the dying and their families in each community during the Pandemic. Each event will be introduced by the Cathaoirleach of the particular Municipal District and will include a violinist and an orator reading poetry/prose.  The events will also consist of a wreath laying ceremony. The County Wicklow events include:

• Saturday, March 19th – Garden of Bray library, Florence Road at 12 noon
• Saturday, March 19th – Wicklow library, The Mall, Wicklow town at 2.30pm
• Saturday, March 19th – Tinahely Market Square at 5.30pm
• Sunday, March 20th – Burnaby, Greystones at 12 noon
• Sunday, March 20th – Arklow library, (Main Street) at 3pm