VIDEO: Lights out ceremony in Ballymoney

The evening of Monday, August 4th, 2014, saw around 150 people gather by candle-light outside Ballymoney Royal British Legion to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War One.

President of Ballymoney RBL branch John Pinkerton lead the ceremony which was attended by the Mayor of Ballymoney, Alderman Bill Kennedy.

Interspersed with prayers and readings, the ceremony consisted of the crowd extinguishing their candles in three sections in memory of all who died inthe 1914 - 1918 conflict.

You can read a full report in next week’s Ballymoney and Moyle Times.

Here’s a video of the proceedings...

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