Remembrance Day is officially observed in Northern Ireland in the same way as in the rest of United Kingdom , although it tends to be associated more with the unionist community . Most Irish nationalists and republicans do not take part in the public commemoration of British soldiers organized by the Royal British Legion . This is mainly due to the actions of the British Army during The Troubles . However , some moderate nationalists began to attend Remembrance Day events as a way to connect with the unionist community . In 1987 a bomb was detonated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) just before a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen , killing eleven people . The IRA said it had made a mistake and had been targeting soldiers parading to the war memorial . The bombing was widely condemned and attendance at Remembrance events , by both nationalists and unionists , rose in the following years . The Republic of Ireland has a National Day of Commemoration in July for all Irish people who have died in war
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