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    • The QF 12-Pounder
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • Defence Forces Veterans’ Day
    • Reserve Celebrate 90 Years
    • Happy Birthday Lt. Col. Ned Cusack
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    • 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
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Exploring Ireland’s Military Story
    • An Seanchaí – The Storyteller
    • The Irish Military Heritage Foundation
  • Articles
    • 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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17 - July , 2020

Interview with Dr. Cathal Berry TD

  • Posted by : Wesley Bourke
  • ARW, County Kildare, Creative Ireland, Irish Army, Kildare County Council, Óglaigh na hÉireann
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Interview with Dr. Cathal Berry TD Project: Kildare’s Veterans’ Story Taking part in our Kildare’s Veterans’ Story project today was Óglaigh na hÉireann / Irish Defence Forces veteran Dr Cathal Berry TD in Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Cathal is an Independent TD for the constituency of Kildare South. Cathal is a father, husband, doctor, veteran and

26 - January , 2016

A JOURNEY INTO HELL AND BACK – Royal Irish Regiment veteran Trevor Coult MC , tells his story

  • Posted by : Wesley Bourke
  • Bear Grylls, British Army, Irishwarrior, Royal Irish Regiment, Trevor Coult, Veterans In Action
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Published Winter 2015 The recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have been synonymous with civilian clad insurgencies and indiscriminate Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). These conflicts have resulted in high casualties for those involved. Soldiers deployed to these regions have seen friends, comrades and civilians killed and maimed. As well as the physical injuries incurred soldiers


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