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National War Memorial, Islandbridge
The National War Memorial is an 8 hectare war memorial along the banks of the River Liffey in the Islandbridge area of Dublin, built to commemorate Irish soldiers, many former members of the National Volunteers, who died in World War I on the Western Front and in Gallipoli and the Dardanelles while serving in The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Connaught Rangers as battalions of the 10th (Irish) Division and the 16th (Irish) Division, as well as Irishmen who at that time served and died in other regiments of the British, Canadian, Australian and U.S.
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