An Irishman’s Diary about the grave of Willie Redmond
![Enda Kenny and David Cameron visiting the grave of Irish MP Willie Redmond in Heuvelland in Belgium in 2013. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Enda Kenny and David Cameron visiting the grave of Irish MP Willie Redmond in Heuvelland in Belgium in 2013. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA](/web/20160311220518im_/http://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.2568166.1457634527!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300_160/image.jpg)
Enda Kenny and David Cameron visiting the grave of Irish MP Willie Redmond in Heuvelland in Belgium in 2013. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Among the countless war graves of France and Belgium, the one containing the remains of Willie Redmond is like no other. It stands apart, literally and metaphorically, in a field, its isolation all the more striking because of the military cemetery nearby, where Redmond’s former comrades lie.