To mark 100 years since the end of World War 1 local people are being urged to find out about family members who fought in the war.
Ancestry.ie has conducted new research into Irish casualties in World War One to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War.
The Irish casualties in World War 1 record collection details the soldier’s name, where they were born, rank, regiment and how and when they died.
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Joe Buggy, spokesperson and pro-genealogist with Ancestry.ie joined Caroline Gauley on The Wider View and started by explainign why this new research is so exciting: