Somme Heritage Centre

THE SOMME ASSOCIATION IS A REGISTERED CHARITY, FORMED IN 1990, TO CO-ORDINATE RESEARCH INTO IRELAND'S PART IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. The Somme Association was created to ensure that the sacrifices of all those from Ireland who served in the War - and those of their families - would continue to be honoured and remembered. Our first President was Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Following her death in October 2004 at the age of 102, her son, His Royal Highness, The Duke of Gloucester, agreed in July 2005 to become the Association's current President. first world war ww1 museum of the war