Somme Heritage Centre

Somme Heritage Centre

The Somme Heritage Centre is a tourist attraction and education center in Conlig,
County Down, Northern Ireland. Opened in 1994 the centre promotes Ireland's role in the First World War, and especially the role of both Protestant and Catholic, unionist and nationalist in the war. It focuses on three of the volunteer divisions in Ireland;
* 10th (Irish) Division
* 16th (Irish) Division
* 36th (Ulster) Division

External links

* [http://www.irishsoldier.org/ The Somme Heritage Centre] Homepage
* [http://www.luton-lambeg.org/culture/heritage/heritage_portal.htm Information and Picture Collection from The Somme Heritage Centre]
* [http://www.secondworldwarni.org Second World War online resource for NI]


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