The shared history between Irish men and women from both the nationalist and unionist traditions was highlighted today at an Armistice Day commemoration in Dublin.
At a ceremony in Dublin's Glasnevin Cemetery, wreaths were laid at two recently relocated screen walls that bear the names of Irish soldiers buried in the cemetery who were killed in the two world wars.
The walls had originally been unveiled "slightly out of sight and certainly without due ceremony" according to the Chairman of Glasnevin Trust John Green.
He added this was mistake due to the "political and economic constraints" of the past.
Mr Green said he hoped this mistake could be rectified by the recent relocation of the walls to the front of Glasnevin cemetery.
During the ceremony, the British and German ambassadors to Ireland laid wreaths at the foot of the walls, as did Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Brian Hayes.
Paying tribute to the families of the men and women named on the walls, some of whom were in attendance today, Mr Green said Irish participation in the world wars had for too long gone without proper recognition in the Republic.
"We know how proud you must be of your fore parents but we hope that this ceremony will, in a small degree, enable our nation to share some of that pride," he said.
"This noble project is playing a significant part in helping to reconcile the social wounds that emerged almost a century ago when the different forms of personal sacrifice of Ireland's youth both in the Great War and the Easter Rising were harshly compared to each other. It also is helping to heal more recent wounds between the different traditions on this island."
Also in attendance today were representatives from both community and cross community groups from Northern Ireland and a short religious service inside the cemetery's chapel was jointly led by Fr Seamus Ahern of Finglas, Dublin and Rev Mark Gardiner of Donor in Co Louth.