In the week before 11th November 2018, the centenary of the Armistice at the end of the First World War in 1918, the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, arranged to distribute an olive tree to each school in the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. These were then the focus of acts of commemoration at school assemblies and activities to mark the end of the First World War.
Some of the olive trees given by Bishop Colton to schools in Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
‘As we know, the olive branch is a symbol of peace,’ said the Bishop, ‘and,…
