Cover image: Members of Maynooth Platoon, C Company, 7th Infantry Battalion FCÁ, at Gormanstown Military Camp. Kildare has a long military history and to this day people from the county
Month: February 2022
3rd Infantry Battalion Commemorates Handover3rd Infantry Battalion Commemorates Handover
100 years ago on 7 February 1922, an enthusiastic crowd watched Commandant G. O’Dwyer lead a detachment of Irish Republican Army, accompanied by a band, from St. James’s Park to
Defence Forces Mark Centenary of the Handover of Beggar’s Bush BarracksDefence Forces Mark Centenary of the Handover of Beggar’s Bush Barracks
Yesterday a ceremonial event was held by the Defence Forces to mark the centenary of the handover of Beggar’s Bush Barracks from the British authorities to the Irish Provisional Government