The Troubles Remembered: Manchester Cathedral holds special service this Sunday

An exhibition of memorial quilts honouring those affected by terrorism is on display in Manchester Cathedral until the end of June.

The Troubles Remembered : Special Service at Manchester Cathedral 23rd June, 2pm

This Sunday, for the first time, a special service will take place, where victims and survivors across Great Britain, including civilians, and former army and police personnel, will come together to be acknowledged.

Around 40 victims and survivors will travel across from Northern Ireland for the service which will explore the human cost of The Troubles in Northern Ireland upon the British population.

The exhibition of memorial quilts has been organised by the South Eastern Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF), to support the victims and survivors of terrorism across Great Britain including atrocities in Birmingham, Hyde Park, Regents Park, the M62 coach bomb, Warrington and the many army personnel murdered in Northern Ireland but whose families are based in Great Britain.

Almost 500 innocents are remembered, ordinary yet extraordinary men, women and children from across the community and those who died in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Great Britain and mainland Europe.

The seven quilts were developed by a team of special volunteers within SEFF under the guidance of a project facilitator and are titled, Your Legacy Lives On, A Patchwork of Innocents, Uniting Innocent Victims, Terrorism Knows No Borders, Brougher Mountain Innocents Remembered and Through Remembering, We Build Bridges and Lives That Mattered.

SEFF’s Director Kenny Donaldson said:

“The quilts humanise those being remembered who may be said to be ordinary people, but who were actually extraordinary to thoseto  whom they were best known.

“Each of the quilt titles reflect core messages we wish to represent through the lives being remembered and also honoured and are based on comments made by many families: no-one remembers us, no-one cares, we are forgotten. 

“The SEFF Family ALWAYS remembers and will continue to do so in the months and years ahead, thus ensuring that the legacy of innocents and the way in which they chose to live their lives is represented.”

The service will take place in Manchester Cathedral on Sunday 23 June at 2pm