35,000 poppies will float down from the ceiling of St Canice’s Cathedral
35,000 poppies will float down from the ceiling of St Canice’s Cathedral
Thousands of poppies will float down from the ceiling of St Canice’s Cathedral at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, to commemorate the sacrifice of all the Irish people who lost their lives in World War I.
Sunday, November 11, marks the 100th Anniversary of the end of the Great War. During a Civic Service of Choral Mattins, 35,000 poppies will float down from the ceiling of St Canice’s Cathedral – one for each of the 35,000 Irish who lost their lives in the war. The custom of dropping poppies from the ceiling began in 2014, and it will end this year.
