the left are four granite pillars with plaques in four languages (Irish, English, Dutch and French), commemorating the dedication and opening and dedication of the park on 11 November 1998. The park surrounding the round tower contains thirteen smaller stone structures: There are three pillars giving the killed, wounded and missing of each division *36th (Ulster) Division – 32,186 *10th (Irish) Division – 9,363 *16th (Irish) Division – 28,398 An upright tablet listing the counties of Ireland, the names flowing together to suggest the unity of death A bronze tablet depicting a plan of the battle area Nine stone tablets with prose, poems and letters from Irish servicemen Messines Peace Village The completion of the Peace Park ultimately led to the development and construction of the Messines Peace Village, an international rural hostel equipped for seminars and meetings, ideal for associations, companies, youth and school groups. The first stone was placed on 7 June 2005 by Taoiseach na hÉireann (Prime Minister of Ireland) Bertie Ahern in the presence of the Burgomaster of Messines, Sandy Evrard and the Flemish Minister of Administrative Affairs, Foreign Policy, Media and Tourism, Geert Bourgeois. Only one year later, the Peace Village was officially opened. The inauguration took place on 7 June 2006 by the Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, the British Minister for Northern Ireland, David Hanson, the Flemish Minister of Administrative Affairs, Foreign Policy, Media and Tourism, Geert Bourgeois and Sandy Evrard, the Mayor of Messines. See also Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Dublin, Ireland Peace Park, Dublin, Ireland Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium Ulster Tower Memorial, Thiepval, France. References External links World War I: Carte de Route: Guide of the Island of Ireland Peace Park Further reading Bryan Cooper (1918): The 10th (Irish) Division in Gallipoli, Irish Academic Press (1993), (2003) . Cyril Falls: History of the 36th (Ulster) Division, Constable & Robinson (1996) . Desmond & Jean Bowen: Heroic Option: The Irish in the British Army, Pen & Sword Books (2005) . Keith Jeffery: Ireland and the Great War, Cambridge University Press, (November 2000) . Terence Denman: Ireland's unknown Soldiers: The 16th (Irish) Division in the Great War, Irish Academic Press (1992), (2003) . Timothy Bowman: Irish Regiments in the Great War, Manchester University Press (2003), . David Murphy: Irish Regiments in the World Wars, Osprey Publishing (2007), David Murphy: The Irish Brigades, 1685-2006, A gazetteer of Irish