The ‘Ivy Patch’ gun, loaded for shipment back to Ireland, under the supervision of Lieutenant Colonel Paul Carey. A potentially very significant 18-pounder Mark II field gun arrived home in
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On A War Footing – interview with Lt Col Ned Cusack Part 1On A War Footing – interview with Lt Col Ned Cusack Part 1
On A War Footing The Emergency Years (Part 1) An interview with Lieutenant Colonel Ned Cusack (Retd) First published in Winter 2016 issue. For most of us, the Emergency period
Ireland’s Emergency Fortress – Fort ShannonIreland’s Emergency Fortress – Fort Shannon
Ireland’s Emergency Fortress Fort Shannon, County Kerry By Pat Dargan Photos by author and Ken Mooney Published in Autumn 2017 edition During the Second World War a vast range of
Over the Back Wall Irish Volunteer Joseph O’NeillOver the Back Wall Irish Volunteer Joseph O’Neill
Over the Back Wall Irish Volunteer Joseph O’Neill By Maureen O’Neill Published in Spring 2016 edition I was a young adult back in 1972 when my grandfather Joseph O’Neill died
TEN DAYS IN ÉLISABETHVILLE – Interview with CQMS Jimmy ClarkeTEN DAYS IN ÉLISABETHVILLE – Interview with CQMS Jimmy Clarke
First published in Spring issue 2015. (Archive images and photos courtesy of Irish Defence Forces Military Archives and A Company Association.) Anyone familiar with the Irish Defence Forces United Nations
War Along the Suez – Major General Vincent SavinoWar Along the Suez – Major General Vincent Savino
Cover image: A view of Observation Post Red, April 22, 1973, located East Side of the Suez Canal in Israeli-occupied Sinai. The U.N. vehicle in the foreground was destroyed during