An Garda Síochána to mark a century of service in Cork

Gardaí in Cork city will commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the foundation of An Garda Síochána next week.

This coming Wednesday, a special ceremony will display a re-enactment of the Civic Guard deployed to Cork city 100 years ago, on 9 November 1922.

The ceremony will start at 3pm when offshore patrol vessel LÉ James Joyce will berth at Kennedy Quay with a contingent of gardaí onboard.

A centenary parade comprising the Garda Band, Garda Ceremonial Unit, Garda Mounted Unit, members of An Garda Síochana, Garda staff, and retired members of An Garda Síochána, will leave Kennedy Quay and march through Albert Quay, Clontarf Street and Anglesea Street and on to Union Quay.

At 4pm on Union Quay, a plaque will be unveiled to mark the first location of the Civic Guard to Cork city in 1922.

Following the unveiling, the parade will continue along Union Quay to Copley Street and finish at Anglesea Street Garda Station.

At 4.40pm, at the entrance to Anglesea Street Garda Station, a plaque will be unveiled to commemorate the garda members who lost their lives in the line of duty in Cork city.

All are invited to attend the event.