In Northern Ireland , Remembrance Sunday has tended to be associated with unionists . Most Irish nationalists and republicans do not take part in the public commemoration of British soldiers organized by the Royal British Legion . This is partly due to the actions of the British Army during The Troubles and its role in fighting against Irish independence . However , some moderate nationalists have attended 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 Republic of Ireland has its own National Day of Commemoration in July for all Irish people who died in war
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