On the 1 July 2006, the Irish National War Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge in Dublin was the setting for the first formal state commemoration of Irish soldiers who had died while fighting as part of the British army during World War I. Marking the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, the event sought to correct the national ‘amnesia’ which had sidelined commemoration of the Irish dead in the Republic of Ireland, while within the context of the Northern Ireland peace process reflect the shared histories and experiences of war in the north and south of the country. Since 2006 and with a greater frequency in the last four years as various centenaries associated with the Great War have passed, memorials have been unveiled at various locations across the Republic of Ireland in memory of these soldiers who died during the conflict. Ranging from simple wall mounted stone plaques to more ornate and contemporary designed monuments, these recently invented sites of memory reflects a localisation of commemoration. This paper using a number of case studies, seeks to highlight the varied range of actors and motivations behind the construction of these recent additions to Ireland’s symbolic landscape, their design and positioning and the reactions and responses they have excited, as the most recent additions to Ireland’s symbolic landscape.