On 15 September, Mr Paul Kehoe TD, Minister responsible for Defence launched a publication titled “The College” in Collins Barracks Dublin. The publication outlines the history of the Irish Military College, 1930 – 2000. Since its establishment in 1930, the Irish Military College has had a vital influence on not …
Brigadier-General Joe Mulligan, GOC Defence Forces Training Centre hosted a commemoration ceremony at the monument at Seskin Bridge on Thursday, 16 September 2016 in honour of the sixteen personnel of the Defence Forces who were accidentally killed when a training mine exploded on 16 September 1941. This accident remains as …
Dublin City Council is publishing the Monica Roberts Collection online as part of its programme for the Decade of Commemorations, 1913-1923. Designed by Dublin City Liberary and Archive, this online publication of the Monica Roberts Collection is a Dublin City Council project.
Throughout the months of July and August, a Ceremonial Military Guard paraded at noon on Saturdays at the site of the National Memorial to Members of the Defence Forces in Merrion Square, Dublin, Units from the three components of the Defence Forces and across the Army, Air Corps and Naval …
Lieutenant Thomas Michael Ketttle, B Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, was killed in action on 09 September 1916, near the village of Ginchy on the 71st day of the Battle of the Somme. His name is inscribed on the Thiepval Memorial as one of 72,000 who have no known …
In recent weeks, a potentially very significant 18-pounder Mark II field gun arrived back in Ireland having left for America in 1959 as part of a consignment of surplus Irish military equipment. This particular gun was manufactured in England during the First World War for the Royal Artillery may very …
