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Exploring Ireland’s Military Story
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The Irish Military Heritage Foundation
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Eyewitness
On A War Footing – interview with Lt Col Ned Cusack Part 1
Coming Down in the Drink – Flight Lieutenant John Brennan
The RAF’s Best Fighters Are On the Ground
The North Strand Bombings
Delta13Charlie
A Letter From 1916
A JILDY SOLDIER – Pte Patsy O’Neill
A JOURNEY INTO HELL AND BACK – Royal Irish Regiment veteran Trevor Coult MC , tells his story
MEMOIRS OF A PEACEKEEPER – CoY SGt Henry ‘Harry’ Mulhern (Retd)
TEN DAYS IN ÉLISABETHVILLE – Interview with CQMS Jimmy Clarke
War Along the Suez – Major General Vincent Savino
Ireland’s Military Story
The Siege of Derry 1689; The Williamite Wars in Ireland Part 1
The Siege of Derry 1689; The Williamite Wars In Ireland Part 2
The Siege of Carrickfergus 1689
The Ivy Patch Gun
Gloster ‘Irish’ Gladiator
The Massey Shaw
In Defence of Peace – The Siege of Jadotville
Did the Leinsters Flee At Chunuk Bair?
Gallipoli: An Irish Graveyard Part 1
The Waterloo Campaign: Ireland’s Soldiers in Red
Irish Soldier, Aviator, Pioneer – Colonel James M.C. Fitzmaurice D.F.C. 1898-1965
A French General, A Hero of Ireland – Général Jean Humbert.
Heritage Trail
Ireland’s Emergency Fortress – Fort Shannon
The Guns of Spike Island
Keeping Ireland’s Aviation History Alive – The Ulster Aviation Collection
Ireland’s Ancient East – Barberstown Castle
Family History
Meeting His Fate Among The Clouds Above
Clement Robertson The First Tank VC
Over the Back Wall Irish Volunteer Joseph O’Neill
Irish Veterans’ Welfare
A Strong Voice For Veterans – The Veterans Commissioner For Northern Ireland
In Friendship and In Service Supporting the RAF Family
New Irish Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Oral Histories
United States Army and Navy Veteran – John Casey
Company Sergeant Liam White (Rtd) – McKee Barracks Coy – UNFICYP – UNEF II
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nick Collier – F Troop “Blue Ghost” 8th Cavalry Regiment U S Army,1968–1971
Corporal Tony Maher, Maynooth Platoon, C Company, 7th Infantry Battalion FCÁ
Cathal Berry TD, Commandant Rtd, Irish Army 1995–2019
Sergeant Matty Gardiner – 12th Infantry Battalion
History Bites
OnThisDay 1924 Óglaigh na hÉireann/Irish Defence Forces Formally Established
Bangor’s U-Boat Gun
The American Declaration of Independence – the Strabane Connection
Provisional Government Take Possession of Barracks
The QF 12-Pounder
31 August 1921 – The War Officially Ends
Operation Deadlight
On This Day in 1963 America’s loss was Ireland’s Loss
Victory Over Japan
On the History Trail in the Glen of Imaal
USS Indianapolis Honoured
Ireland Deploys to Congo 60 Years Ago Today
Centenary of Connaught Rangers Indian Mutiny
Walking Dublin Bay’s Martello Towers
German U-Boats Surrender in Northern Ireland
75th Anniversary Victory in Europe Day
Cork’s Arnhem Victoria Cross: Flight Lieutenant David Lord
Victory Day Commemorations in Dublin
A Wexford Man’s Plans for D-Day
News In Brief
Former Soldier Posthumously Awarded Gold Medal for Bravery
Cycling for Veterans in the Footsteps of Wellington’s Army
Disbandment of Irish Regiments Remembered
Centenary Ceremony Held at Baldonnel Aerodrome
ONE Launches Veterans Leadership Initiative
Commissioning of 97th Cadet Class and 11th Potential Officers Class
3rd Infantry Battalion Commemorates Handover
Defence Forces Mark Centenary of the Handover of Beggar’s Bush Barracks
Centenary of Handover of Power to Provisional Government
Royal Irish and Defence Forces Musicians Lift the Air of Albert
Ulster Tower Centenary Commemorated in France
Athy Remembers its Great War Fallen
Tipperary Studies Launch Irish Great War Dead Archive
Veterans’ Support Recommences
97 Years Defending Ireland
Appointment of Defence Forces Chief of Staff
Royal British Legion Centenary Commemoration Belfast War Memorial 2021
Secretary General Opens Irish Peacekeeping Museum
Carrickfergus Castle Hosts Massed Irish Bands
Veterans Charity Marks 70 Years
Troopers Mark Cavalry Day
Naval Service Marks 75 Years in Ireland’s Capital
Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner Visits Dublin
Veterans Commemorate Second Dáil
National Day of Commemoration
Annual Somme Remembrance Service
Annual Somme Commemoration Belfast
International Day of UN Peacekeeping 2021
ANZAC Day 2021
Newbridge World War II Veteran turns 100
O.N.E launches “I Am A Veteran Campaign”
NI Commissioner Urges Veterans to get in Touch
Inauguration of Irish American Joe Biden as US President
Passing of Irish Aviation Historian AP (Tony) Kearns
Antarctic Station – Named After Chilean Irish Founding Father – Reports Covid-19
New Mascot For Irish Guards
President Lays Wreath Commemorating Bloody Sunday
Speaker William Conolly Summer School Launched
Remembrance Sunday
60th Anniversary of Niemba Ambush
New Crest For NIUAS
Happy Birthday Irish Defence Forces
Wexford Arnhem Veteran Honoured
New ‘Spectre’ PC-12s for the Air Corps
Appointment of Veterans Commissioner for Northern Ireland
International Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day
Farewell Delta13Charlie
The National Day of Commemoration
Annual Ceremony of Commemoration and Wreath-laying
IUNVA Mark Peacekeepers’ Day
Waterloo Uncovered – Walking Dublin Bay’s Martello Towers
Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace
New Jackals for Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry
ANZAC Day 2020
Historic Moment for the Royal Irish
Passing of Major General David O’Morchoe
Researching Military Records 1750s – 1860s
Glasnevin Honours Ireland’s Great War Fallen
Annual Remembrance Ceremony at Granegorman
Woodenbridge Great War Commemoration
Western Front Association Conference
South African Irish Regiment Renamed
The National Day of Commemoration – Collins Barracks, Dublin
Annual Ceremony of Remembrance and Wreath Laying Irish National War Memorial Gardens
Veterans Parade at Military Show in Naas
Retirement of Air Corps Reims Rocket
International Day of UN Peacekeepers
Glasnevin Commemorates US Memorial Day
Defence Forces Veterans’ Day
Reserve Celebrate 90 Years
Happy Birthday Lt. Col. Ned Cusack
Current Projects
Restoration of Memorial to Forgotten Celbridge Figure
In the Service of Peace – Congo Veterans
Recording the Story of the 18pdr with Sgt Robert Delaney
Project Update – A Strong Voice For Veterans
Recording Ireland’s Contribution to World Peace
Project Update – A Strong Voice for Veterans
From Comradeship to Challenge
Project Updates – Ireland’s Great War
Local Defence Force and Royal Air Force Ex-Serviceman Jimmy Dodd
Round Table Discussion in the Somme Museum
Celbridge’s Military Story – Celbridge’s Victoria Cross
Two Kildare Veterans Tell Their Story
Interview with Dr. Cathal Berry TD
Celbridge’s Military Story – Celbridge’s Lost Son – Private Robert Beveridge
The Emergency Air Corps
Sergeant Noel McGivern: retired Emergency and United Nations veteran with the Irish Defence Forces.
Dublin Port’s Emergency Story – LDF veteran – Oliver Joseph Doyle
Dublin Port’s Emergency Story
In Defence of North Kildare
Celbridge’s Military Story – Private Robert Beveridge A Son of Celbridge?
Kildare’s War of Independence Story
Celbridge’s Military Story – Sir Ivone Augustine Kirkpatrick
Celbridge’s Military Story: Sir Gerald Dease
Call Out To Celbridge LDF/FCÁ
Our First Project – Celbridge’s Military Story
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