Seventy Years On
Saturday, 01 August 1992 00:00
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To mark the seventieth anniversary of the disbandment of the six Southern Irish regiments, a special bronze plaque has been affixed to the War Memorial in Limerick City. It was unveiled by Mayor Jim Kemmy TD on 13 June 1992 in the presence of members of the Limerick Branch, Royal British Legion, Patrick Sarsfield Branch of the Organization of National Ex-Servicemen, representatives from other Branches and friends and relatives of those who served in the Irish regiment. The plaque reads:
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Points of View - The Connaught's Mutiny
Sunday, 01 November 1992 00:00
Robert Scott
by Robert Scott “Previous works on the mutiny of the Connaught Rangers have been based on accounts by two of the ringleaders, published in 1925 and 1949 respectively, and accepted by many as truth. Here they are shown to have been both exaggerated and falsified to suit the circumstances which the two mutineers wished to see portrayed. We also have to remember that the scene is set against the troubles in Ireland in 1916 and after. Inaction by officers, caused by the lack of a lead from an inadequate CO, shortly to be relieved of command, led to a bad start.
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The Construction Corps
Monday, 01 June 1992 00:00
Michael Walsh
This non-combatant element of the Defence Forces, uniformed but with its own rank structure, operated from 1940 to 1948. It was the only Unit whose members were not entitled to the Emergency Service Medal.
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Girl's Military Medal
Monday, 01 September 2003 00:00
Michael Walsh
Rescue of Soldiers During the RisingThe King held an investiture at Buckingham Palace on Saturday and bestowed a large number of war decorations. There was one Military Medal among the honours and this was conferred upon Miss Louise Nolan, who during the Irish Rebellion dragged wounded officers and soldiers into safety under heavy fire.
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Skilled Workman: John Joseph Christopher Monks
Saturday, 01 December 2001 00:00
Patrick Street
General Post Office (Dublin)(1888 - 1954)by Patrick StreetMr. Monks was a "skilled workman," working in the General Post Office, Dublin, Ireland, probably in the telephone exchange across the road from the main post office in O'Connell Street, Dublin. The exchange was to play a very important part in the operations of the Easter Risings of 1916 in that it was not captured by the rebels who took the post office, and continued to be used by the military with communications still intact.
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Collecting Irish Badges
Thursday, 01 February 1990 00:00
Liam Byrne
by Liam Byrne In issue eight of the society journal, I gave you some information concerning a badge worn in U.N.I.F.I.L. by Force Mobile Reserve (F.M.R.). Since I wrote that piece I have come into more information that changes what I then wrote. The information concerning the colour of the badges remains unchanged, the information concerning their wear should read as follows:
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Composition of 18th Century Irish Regiments
Wednesday, 01 August 1990 00:00
Ed Sullivan
by Ed Sullivan In the Vigors Papers, according to the Irish Manuscripts Commission Report No. 20, appears the following: Letters and papers relating to the 2nd (Maj Gen John Fitzwilliams) Regt of Horse in Ireland and to the 49th (Col George Walsh’s) Regt of Foot. A return made by the former Regt in 1764 gives 29 commissioned and warrant officers, all except 3 of whom are entered as Irish by birth. There were then 132 other ranks on the strength - of whom 3 had over 35 years service, 3 over 30 years and 6 over 25 years. The Regt was then quartered in and around Castlebar.
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A Very Rare Lifesaving Medal
Thursday, 01 November 1990 00:00
E. H. O'Toole
by E.H. O’TooleWith two issues in 43 years the Irish Gold Medal for Bravery (Ann Bonn Guiomh Gaile) may rightly be regarded as the rarest lifesaving medal in the world. But as it is still extant it would be reasonably to assume that there will be further issues in the course of time. The 1923 Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea (JOURNALS No 10, page 44 and No 12, page 32) is of course unique but obsolete. There remains one other lifesaving medal which may well equal these in rarity and which will be unknown to all but a very few collectors.
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Church Parades
Saturday, 01 February 1992 00:00
Michael Walsh
Those of our members old enough to recall the extraordinary phenomenon of compulsory church parades may be amused at the following arguments in favour of that institution, culled from THE REGIMENT of 5 December 1896.
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An Irishman Remembered - Martin Doyle VC, MM
Thursday, 01 August 1991 00:00
Liam Byrne
by Liam ByrneAn essay about one man but the story might be applied to many. Was it Caesar who once said, “For as long as I am remembered, I am immortal”? If ’immortality’ is to be remembered, who now remembers Martin Doyle?
He was born on 25 October 1894 at New Ross in County Wexford. The only son of Larry Doyle, a ’worker on the land,’ and his wife Bridget, he had six sisters. A bright lad at school in Gusserane, Cushinstown and Mylerspark, he accepted his chosen career on St. Stephen’s Day 1909 when he was only 15 years of age, though he claimed to be 17 at the time.
Pocket Hangars Worn by Irish Troops in Lebanon
Tuesday, 01 May 1990 00:00
James Perkins
by James Perkins Military Police
1. Green top, white centre, orange bottom, lettering and pistols gold with black handles on pistols. UN globe blue. The badge is plastic covered.
2. Orange top, white centre, orange bottom, lettering and pistols gold with black handles on pistols. UN globe gold. The badge is varnished.
3. Change of badge in 1984. MP Coy is black, flag is green/white/orange. Bottom of the badge is blue with gold letters/globe/guns. The badge is varnished.
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Dr. Mary Walker, Medal of Honour
Wednesday, 01 May 1991 00:00
Eamonn O’Toole
by Eamonn O’Toole "Investigation Concerning the Medal of Honor. A board to consist of five general officers on the retired list of the Army shall be convened by the Secretary of War, within 60 days after the approval of this Act, for the purpose of investigating and reporting upon past awards or issue of the so-called congressional medal of honor by or through the War Department; this with a view to ascertain what medals of hoonor, if any, have been awarded or issued for any cause other than distinguished conduct by an officer or enlisted man or by troops with which he was serving at the time of such action. And in any case in which said board shall find and report that said medal was issued for any cause other than that hereinbefore stated, the name of the recipient of the medal so issued shall be stricken permanently from the official medal of honor list. It shall be a demeanour for him to wear or publicly display said medal, and, if he shall still be in the Army, he shall be required to return said medal to the War Department for cancellation.”
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Collecting Irish Badges J6
Saturday, 01 October 1988 00:00
Liam Byrne
by Liam Byrne
(Continued from NEWSLETTER No. 4)
At the recent society A.G.M. in Dublin, it was decided to ease the burden of work on the Newsletter editor, by appointing two ‘assistant editors,’ one for medals and one for badges (etc.).
As I am now looking after the latter, I want to make a special appeal.
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Matters of Rank
Sunday, 01 November 1992 00:00
Robert Scott
by Robert Scott When Ulysses S. Grant was given command of the Army of the Potomac in 1862 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General (3 Star), the only officer of the US Army to hold that substantive rank since George Washington. In 1866, a year after the Union victory, he became the first man to hold the rank of full General (4 Star).
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Father Francis Gleeson of The Munsters
Monday, 01 June 1992 00:00
Michael Walsh
The 44th Annual Report (1959) of the Royal Munster Fusiliers Association includes the following: “You will remember the picture ‘Last Absolution of the Munsters’ in which Father Gleeson is depicted, seated on his horse, giving general absolution. It is with great regret we hear he died in Dublin on June 25th (1959). A Canon when he died. A Saint when next we all meet”.
Deserter Baffles his Pursuers
Monday, 01 September 2003 00:00
Liam Dodd
by Liam Dodd When Private Patrick Fraher of Rosboro Road, Tipperary absconded from his regiment, the South Irish Horse stationed at Cahir, he several times eluded the police, who sought to arrest him. He escaped through the skylight, crossed the country, jumped streams and at length climbed one of a row of poplar trees, where he kept the police at bay with a fusillade of sticks and branches.
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Victoria Cross Stolen from Cathedral
Thursday, 01 November 1990 00:00
Anonymous
A Victoria Cross, the first to be awarded to a seaman in the Mediterranean and worth £25,000, has been stolen from Coventry Cathedral. The medal was awarded posthumously to Albert Sephton, who served on the cruiser COVENTRY, for his supreme bravery in a battle during the liberation of Crete in 1941.
DAILY TELEGRAPH 26 Sep 1990 (Surely not ‘liberation’ of Crete in 1941! ED)
O.N.E. Tercentenary Medal
Saturday, 01 February 1992 00:00
Eamonn O’Toole
by Eamonn O’TooleThe city of Limerick, founded by the Norsemen in the early 9th Century, has seen more than its fair share of wars and sieges and the motto to be found on the City Arms is, appropriated enough, URBS ANTIQUA FUIT STUDIISQUE ASPERRIMA BELL! (An ancient city, hardened in the pursuits of war). But the most devastating event in the long history of the town was probably the siege of 1691 when it fell to the Williamite army, when many of the bravest and best of Ireland’s soldiers were forced into a life-long exile and when the country fell for almost two centuries under the thrall of the iniquitous Penal Laws.
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Military Stations - Dublin
Thursday, 01 August 1991 00:00
Michael Walsh
“The Regiment,” May 1896Dublin, the Irish metropolis, stands in an extensive valley with ranges of hills and mountains on the north and south, the river Liffey dividing the city into two parts. The earliest authentic notice of Dublin occurs in the geography of Ptolemy, who flourished in the second century of our era. In his map of Ireland this ancient writer marks “Eblana” just where Dublin now stands and describes it as a city. That the words ‘Eblana’ and ‘Dublin’ were at first one is obvious. Indeed, it has been supposed that a letter has been lost from the original, and that Ptolemy wrote “Deblana.” Dublin is composed of two Irish words - ‘Dubh’ (black) and ‘Linn’ (water) - the river which empties itself into the sea being of a dark colour from its flowing through a bog. The city has also been called ‘Ath-Cliath’ (the hurdle ford) and ‘Bally Ath Cliath’ (the town of the hurdle ford). Both names indicate that a passage was here made or marked by hurdles across the stream. A fourth name given to the place in olden times was ‘Droom-Choll-Coil’ (the brow of the hazel wood hill) from its occupying part of a rise of ground near to which was a copse of the aforesaid trees.
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Collecting Irish Badges J12
Tuesday, 01 May 1990 00:00
Liam Byrne
By Liam Byrne First of all, this issue, please amend all illustrations in Journal No. II to read Fig. 11/1, Fig. 11/2, Fig. 11/3 etc. as the first group in each is supposed to show the Journal No., for easy reference later … Several people identified my Fig. 11/12 in the last issue, as the Glengarry badge of the Westmeath Militia c. 1800’s. It was worn in blackened brass, and brass versions.
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