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Acts of Remembrance are being held across Northern Ireland on Sunday, 90 years after the end of the First World War. Acts of Remembrance have been held across Northern Ireland, 90 years after the end of the First World War.
In Belfast, the Act of Remembrance at the Cenotaph will be led by the High Sheriff, Councillor Margaret McKenzie. In Belfast, the Act of Remembrance at the Cenotaph was led by the High Sheriff, Councillor Margaret McKenzie.
A two-minute silence will be held at 1100 GMT to remember those who died serving their country. Up to 1,000 people were in the grounds of the City Hall for the ceremony, which included a fly-past by three helicopters.
The Queen will lead the tributes at the annual service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in central London. A two-minute silence was held at 1100 GMT to remember those who died serving their country.
This year that march will include ex-servicemen and women from Northern Ireland for the first time. The Queen is leading tributes at the annual service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in central London.
The Somme Heritage Centre in Newtownards, County Down, is hosting a weekend of activities to highlight the role in the allied victory played by more than 200,000 Irish soldiers. BELFAST CENOTAPH class="" href="/1/hi/in_pictures/7718475.stm">In pictures: Belfast remembrance
This year that march includes ex-servicemen and women from Northern Ireland for the first time.
The Somme Heritage Centre in Newtownards, County Down, has been hosting a weekend of activities to highlight the role in the allied victory played by more than 200,000 Irish soldiers.
The centre's director, Carol Walker, said for a long time the people of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic had had differing attitudes towards remembering the war.The centre's director, Carol Walker, said for a long time the people of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic had had differing attitudes towards remembering the war.
"Certainly in the south of Ireland for a long time it was memories that were put away - maybe hidden in a shoebox and put under the bed or up in the roof space."Certainly in the south of Ireland for a long time it was memories that were put away - maybe hidden in a shoebox and put under the bed or up in the roof space.
"But differently in the north, particularly amongst the Protestant community, it would've been remembered more.""But differently in the north, particularly amongst the Protestant community, it would've been remembered more."
This was now changing, she added.This was now changing, she added.