Picture special: Somme Centenary Concert and parade

Carrickfergus Castle provided a spectacular backdrop for the Somme Centenary Concert held on Friday night.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Jul 2016, 11:44 GMT
Updated 4th Jul 2016, 12:46 GMT
Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough, Councillor Audrey Wales MBE, Aled Jones and Chief Executive Anne Donaghy at the Battle of the Somme Centenary Festival of Remembrance held in the shadow of Carrickfergus Castle to an audience of 4000 people. Organised by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Pic: Paul McCambridgeMayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough, Councillor Audrey Wales MBE, Aled Jones and Chief Executive Anne Donaghy at the Battle of the Somme Centenary Festival of Remembrance held in the shadow of Carrickfergus Castle to an audience of 4000 people. Organised by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Pic: Paul McCambridge
Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough, Councillor Audrey Wales MBE, Aled Jones and Chief Executive Anne Donaghy at the Battle of the Somme Centenary Festival of Remembrance held in the shadow of Carrickfergus Castle to an audience of 4000 people. Organised by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Pic: Paul McCambridge

4,000 people were in attendance to watch Aled Jones give a musical tribute as part of a three-hour spectacular free concert marking the service and sacrifice of Irish soldiers during the Battle of the Somme.

The concert followed a military and veterans parade through the town.

The parade was led by the Band of the Irish Guards and also feature the band, bugles, pipes and drums of the Royal Irish Regiment as well as a wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial.

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