AN EXHIBITION has opened in Donegal to mark the contribution of the 28th Infantry Battalion to peacekeeping abroad and in the Republic, particularly during the Troubles.
The How We Remember exhibition at Donegal County Museum was formally opened yesterday with a parade of 60 troops from the 28th Infantry Battalion from Donegal town centre to the museum.
The march was led by the battalion’s pipe band, based at Finner Camp, Donegal. General Officer Commanding 4th Western Brigade Gen Gerry Hegarty reviewed the troops.
The exhibition is the key part in a series of events planned by Donegal County Council in the months ahead to pay tribute to the 28th Infantry Battalion, which was established in 1973 as the Border battalion.
Other elements of the How We Remember programme include educational events and oral histories of the battalion told by serving and former members.
The series will also leave in place a large written and digital history of the battalion as well as a documentary.
Many of the artefacts on show at the exhibition, which opened yesterday, have been donated by former members who served along the Border and overseas on United Nations peacekeeping and peace-enforcement missions.
The stories of six members of the battalion who lost their lives overseas are also included.
These men were: Pte Philip Grogan, Pte Hughie Doherty, Cpl Dermot McLoughlin, Pte Mannix Armstrong, Pte Tom Walsh and Pte Kevin Barrett.
