Private Robert Beveridge – A Son of Celbridge? Celbridge’s Military Story took us to Naas, County Kildare this week. For the past few weeks we’ve been researching Celbridge and the
Category: The Great War
Celbridge’s Military Story – Sir Ivone Augustine KirkpatrickCelbridge’s Military Story – Sir Ivone Augustine Kirkpatrick
Cover image: Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick with the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, at the Bonn Conventions. (International Magazine Services Photo Archives) Our current project
Victory Day Commemorations in DublinVictory Day Commemorations in Dublin
On 11 November, 1918, the guns fell silent across frontlines spanning several continents. Some ten million military personnel and eight million civilians lost their lives. Millions of others were severally
Annual Ceremony of Remembrance and Wreath Laying Irish National War Memorial GardensAnnual Ceremony of Remembrance and Wreath Laying Irish National War Memorial Gardens
The annual ceremony of commemoration and wreath-laying at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge is arranged and led by the Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland District with
A Wexford Man’s Plans for D-DayA Wexford Man’s Plans for D-Day
Cover image: Personnel and equipment arriving at Normandy by air and sea following the D-Day invasion in 1944. (Photo: US National Archives and Records Administration, 26-G-2517.) Captain Rickard Donovan –
ANZAC Day 2019ANZAC Day 2019
Anzac Day is the solemn national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand to remember all those soldiers who have fought and died for their country. It is marked
Clement Robertson The First Tank VCClement Robertson The First Tank VC
Clement Robertson – The First Tank VC By Ian Robertson (Grand Nephew) Published in Autumn 2017 edition At the beginning of World War I tank warfare was not in the
Irish Soldier, Aviator, Pioneer – Colonel James M.C. Fitzmaurice D.F.C. 1898-1965Irish Soldier, Aviator, Pioneer – Colonel James M.C. Fitzmaurice D.F.C. 1898-1965
Irish Soldier, Aviator, Pioneer – Colonel James M.C. Fitzmaurice D.F.C. 1898-1965 By Michael J. Whelan – Curator: Irish Air Corps Museum (Images courtesy of Irish Air Corps Photographic Section) Published
Did the Leinsters Flee At Chunuk Bair?Did the Leinsters Flee At Chunuk Bair?
Cover: Busy scene on beach at Gallipoli 1915. (The Illustrated History of the Great War) First published in Autumn 2015 issue. In August 1915, the Allies attempted to break the