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Taoiseach, Enda Kenny and the Defence Minister Alan Shatter, today attended the annual Defence Forces Cavalry Remembrance Day at the Defence Forces Training Centre, Plunkett Barracks, Curragh Camp.

The ceremony centres around the Annual Anniversary Mass for deceased

members of the Cavalry Corps which is followed by a wreath laying ceremony at the Corps Memorial Garden.  The event this year also marks the first public unveiling of the ‘Sliabh na mBan’   following its extensive

refurbishment.   The car, which was escorting General Michael Collins when

he was ambushed at Béal na Bláth, is of special significance to the Cavalry

Corps as it was among those vehicles handed over to the fledgling Cavalry

Corps by the British Army following the War of Independence.

The Taoiseach said that

“it is my great pleasure to be present here on Cavalry Day to celebrate our country’s proud military tradition, which is so comprehensively recalled in the beautifully restored armoured car, ‘Sliabh na mBan’”.