Reserve Defence Forces – Ireland's Military Story

19 - June , 2019

Call Out To Celbridge LDF/FCÁ

Posted by : Wesley Bourke
Celbridge, Irish Army, Kildare County Council, Reserve Defence Forces, The Emergency 1939-1946
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Call Out To Celbridge LDF/FCÁ We are currently researching for an upcoming project focusing on the military story of Celbridge, County Kildare. In the past Celbridge has had several military units of it’s own; a company of Irish Volunteers was formed in 1779 known as the Castletown Union, the Castletown Union Volunteers or the Castletown

16 - April , 2019

Reserve Celebrate 90 Years

Posted by : Wesley Bourke
An Slua Muirí, Collins Barracks, FCÁ, Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil, Irish Defence Forces, Óglaigh na hÉireann, Reserve Defence Forces
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Photos by Michael Coyne and Wesley Bourke Celebrations took place today in the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, to mark the 90 anniversary of the formation of Reserve Defence Forces. Although reserve elements had been experimented with by the fledgling Irish Defence Forces the first formal reserve component opened up to the general public