Remembrance Sunday services being held across Northern Ireland

Thousands of people have gathered across Northern Ireland for Remembrance Sunday Services. 

Wreaths are being laid in memory of those who lost their lives in two world wars and other conflicts before and since.

Cenotaphs and war memorials fell silent across the country with the main gatherings taking place in Belfast and Enniskillen. 

Taoiseach Enda Kenny agreed to attend the Co. Fermanagh service where he will lay a wreath for the Irish men and women who fought in the British Army. 

In 1987, just minutes before a memorial - an IRA blast claimed the lives of eleven people who had gathered to pay their respects.

The First Minister also paid her respects in Enniskillen.

Other representatives including The Tanaiste Frances Fitzgerald gathered at Belfast City Hall where the Secretary of State is also expected to lay a wreath. 

More than 200 thousand Irish born soliders are thought to have service in the British army and navy from 1914 to 1918.

Many also left our shores to join the British force during World War Two.

James Brokenshire said “Today was my first time attending the Remembrance commemorations at Belfast City Hall, and I was honoured and humbled to represent the UK government at this very special service.

“It is a privilege to attend commemorations of this nature and today, in the centenary year of the Battle of the Somme, was particularly poignant .

"I had the honour to attend commemorative services for the Battle of Guillemont and Ginchy in France in September of this year, and as I stood in that quiet part of Northern France, I was struck by the enormous loss that was endured by British and Irish forces." James Brokenshire said.

"It is hard to imagine the horror of what those brave men must have endured over 100 years ago, and that is why it is important we gather today to remember that they paid the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom that we all enjoy today." he added