The anniversary of the air raids on Northern Ireland during the Belfast Blitz has been marked with a wreath laying ceremony at Milltown Cemetery.
The commemoration coincided with the anniversary of the fire raid, which took place on 4/5 May 1941, resulting in the loss of more than 200 lives.
The service on Friday took place at the mass blitz grave at Milltown Cemetery and was organised by the Northern Ireland War Memorial.
The mass grave exists for those killed across the four raids of the Belfast Blitz who were found with items such as crucifixes or rosary beads.
Details on who or how many are interred were not kept, but it is estimated that around 30 victims are buried in the mass grave.
During the service, Maeve McAtamney placed the wreath on the mass grave in memory of those buried there.
She then laid flowers on the grave of her mother’s cousin, Frances McKenna (18) and her fiancé Tommy Flood (20) who are buried nearby.
The couple lost their lives when a wall from York Street Spinning Mill collapsed onto the house they were sheltering in during the Easter Tuesday Raid.
According to the family, Frances had travelled from the Falls Park area to Vere Street to be with Tommy.
They were sheltering under the stairs when the house was struck. They were both dug out of the rubble by Frances' father who said Tommy's watch was still going.
Her father died weeks later and her mother never recovered from the loss of their only child.
