A Soldier's Protest
Sunday, 01 September 2002 00:00
Liam Dodd
by Liam Dodd Frank Sutton a private in the 6th Leinster's appeared at Lucan Petty Sessions yesterday to protest against an application for a decree of ejectment against him for possession of the keeper's cottage at the 7th lock of the Grand Canal. On behalf of the Grand Canal Company it was pointed out that the cottage since Sutton's enlistment was in possession of his wife and it was necessary to have a man in charge of the lock.
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A Soldier's Bravery
Saturday, 01 June 2002 00:00
Michael Walsh
Private Shanahan, Connaught Rangers, Fermoy was responsible on Tuesday night for saving the life of a child named Green from drowing in the Blackwater at Fermoy. The child was aged about three years and was on the point of being taken by the current at the mill-race, when Shanahan jumped in and brought the child to safety on the bank. Colonel Crockett who lives near by, hearing of the occurrence took the rescuer's name and regiment for the purpose of having him rewarded.
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Major Thomas J. Crean, VC, DSO (1873-1923)
Friday, 01 February 2002 00:00
Patricia Moorhead
by Patricia Moorhead On 18th December 1901 Surgeon Captain Thomas Joseph Crean took part in heavy fighting at Tygerskloof during the Boer War. He showed great bravery attending to the wounded during heavy fighting. Although wounded himself, he continued to treat the wounded under heavy fire, with complete disregard for his own life until he was wounded a second time in the abdomen. At first it was feared he had been mortally wounded, but his slowly recovered. For this act of heroism the 28 year old Dublin born doctor was awarded the Victoria Cross.
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Royal Dublin Fusiliers New Naas Depot
Saturday, 01 December 2001 00:00
Michael Walsh
The building of a new military barrack to accommodate 19 officers and 300 men was commenced on a site near the town of Naas in August 1810. It replaced a barrack on the south moat which had been damaged in 1798. The architects for the barrack were Messrs. Bernell, Browning & Behan and itwas completed three years later at a cost of £17,900. When in 1881 the British army was recognised and the identification of units with specific localities was being promoted the territorial system was also introduced. Part of these changes including the nomination of the 66th Brigade as the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the Madras Fusiliers became the 1st Battalion of the regiment, the Bombays became the 2nd Battalion, while the Kildare, Dublin City and Dublin County militia regiments became the 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions respectively. Naas was designated as the depot of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
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Dalkey Soldier's Death
Saturday, 01 September 2001 00:00
Liam Dodd
Thrilling Story of Self-Sacrificeby Liam Dodd The story of how an Irish Lancer gave up his life when a prisoner in the hands of the Germans in order that a patrol of his own comrades, who were walking into a trap, might be saved, is told of Edward Richardson of the 17th Lancers, fourth son of Henry Richardson, Torca Hill, Dalkey. The heroic death which occurred on the 12th October is told in a letter written to Mrs Richardson, his mother, by another Dalkey man, Sergeant Major Drew of the 5th Lancers, son of Mr. Thomas Drew, Castle Street, Dalkey.
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Shocking Injuries
Sunday, 01 December 2002 00:00
Liam Dodd
by Liam Dodd Private J.G. Heath, age 21, formerly of the London Irish Rifles and recently attached to the Royal Defence Corps at Bramley prisoners camp, met with a shocking death at Bramely station yesterday. Falling from a wagon he became entangled in the wheel and his head was nearly torn off. He sustained other shocking injuries. He had been twice wounded in France. SourceFreeman's Journal 12th January 1918
Officer's Tragic Death
Monday, 01 September 2003 00:00
Liam Dodd
by Liam Dodd Mr. James Murray, Coroner for East Wicklow, held an inquest at Bromley Kilpedder near Bray yesterday concerning the tragic death of Major Edward Victor C. Wellesley, Royal Engineers, who was 27 years of age, was home on leave from the front since Friday last and while in the garage cleaning a German shell fuse on Monday about 3 p.m. an explosion was heard. On the father Major H.C. Wellesley J.P. going into the garage a few minutes later he discovered his son lying dead in a pool of blood, while there were extensive injuries about the head, body and arms. Dr. J.S. Jameson, Greystones deposed that when he arrived at 3.30 life was extinct. Death was due to shock resulting from the injuries caused by the explosion, the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony and added that the occurrence was accidental.
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A Plucky Royal Irish Invalid
Wednesday, 01 December 2004 00:00
Liam Dodd
by Liam Dodd Tuesday afternoon a jennet attached to a county cart heavily laden took flight in Parnell Street, Clonmel and ran at increasing speed in the direction of the Mall. There was a good deal of traffic in the street at the time and a nasty accident might have occurred but for the prompt and courageous action of Private G. Rowsell of the 5th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, who arrived in town that day on sick furlough from Salonika.
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DCM for Wexford Gunner
Saturday, 01 March 2008 00:00
Liam Dodd
by Liam Dodd On Monday morning at the military barracks Wexford, Gunner Patrick Nolan was decorated with the D.C.M. for conspicuous gallantry, he being the means of conveying valuable information concerning enemy movements during the battle of Arras. Gunner Nolan is attached to R.G.A. and is a son of the late Matthew Nolan, Island Road, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
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Naval Court-martial Queenstown Training Ship
Tuesday, 01 March 2005 00:00
Liam Dodd
Senior Lieutenant Sentencesby Liam DoddA Naval Court-martial sat at Devonport today for the trial of Lieutenant Charles Colbeck of H.M.S. Vivid and late Senior Lieutenant of Black Prince training ship at Queenstown, on a charge of absenting from the latter ship without leave. The accused pleaded guilty.
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Irish Army, F.A. Medal (1912-‘13)
Sunday, 01 July 2001 00:00
Liam Dodd
by Liam Dodd At the Society’s Medal Fair in the Teacher's Club in Parnell Square last March, one of the dealers, Austin Fennessy, had for sale a small silver sports medal (hallmarked Birmingham 1912). It was the Irish Army Football Association Challenger Cup Medal won by PTE Taylor. I bought the medal and on researching it I found out PTE Taylor had missed the final as he was injured. In the run up to the final he had played in every match and was the Norfolk's best player, so the regiment made sure he received a winners medal when they had won the final.
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UNIFIL Badge Update
Monday, 01 January 2001 00:00
Tom 0'Neill
by Tom 0'Neill The colour and pattern of the UNIFIL titles remains unchanged with the now seemingly standard combination of yellow details and border on a green background.
The present Units are the 88th Battalion and the 43rd Irish Component. The decision appears to have been taken that the next Units will see an end of Irish large scale involvement in the region, but this remains to be seen.
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Cloth U.N. Insignia of the I.D.F.
Thursday, 01 June 2000 00:00
J. McDonnell
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Rarities Department 3 - Royal Serbian Order of Milosh the Great
Wednesday, 01 February 1989 00:00
Michael Walsh
On the night of 29 May 1903 a group of army officers staged a coup in Belgrade, capital of the Kingdom of Serbgia, in the course of which they assassinated King Alexander I, Queen Draga, Ministers of State, generals and members of the Court - a true Balkan bloodbath. This ended the Obrenovic dynasty which had been in power since 1858 and the rival Karageorovic family took over. They were to remain in power in Serbia and then in Jugoslavia until ousted by the communists at the end of WW2.
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Cloth Insignia of the Irish Defence Forces - U.N. Titles
Tuesday, 01 February 2000 00:00
J. McDonnell
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Maritime Squadron Patches
Wednesday, 01 September 1999 00:00
Tom O'Neill
by Tom O'Neill Illustrated is the set of four flying suit patches worn by crew members of the Air Corps CASA 235 maritime patrol aircraft, two of which are operated by the Squadron. The CASA is depicted on the patch and on the top left corner is the Irish tri-colour. The patches are 105mm x 60mm.
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The Royal Irish Regiment Badges and Buttons
Monday, 01 December 1986 00:00
The Royal Irish Regiment was brought on to the English establishment on April 1st 1684, under the command of Col. Arthur Forbes, the first Earl of Granard.
Badges: Maid of Erin Harp, surmounted by a crown, with a scroll beneath, bearing the title ''the Royal Irish Regiment”. This varied according to the type of headdress worn at particular periods, with the mitre cap, it was a huge Maid Of Erin, crown and scroll about ten inches high. With the coming of the Shako an eight-pointed star was used, surmounted by a crown with a Maid of Erin in the centre with the Roman numerals XVIII. On the pill box cap just the numerals XVIII were used. A different badge was used for the Glengarry which consisted of a circular band inscribed with the words Royal Irish, surmounted by a rampant lion from the arms of Nassau, in the middle of a circle a Sphinx inscribed with the word ''Egypt'' with a dragon inscribed with China underneath and at the bottom the figure 18. Another version of this had the figure 18 beneath the Sphinx.
Last Updated on Thursday, 01 September 2016 07:25
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Meritorious Service Awards to the Royal Irish Regiment
by Michael A. Kavanagh The meritorious service medal was instituted in 1845 and carried with it an annuity. The medal was issued to reward long serving senior non-commissioned officers of the regular army.
In 1844 the warrant was extended to all soldiers above the rank of Corporal. In 1916 the warrant was further extended to include non-commissioned officers below the rank of sergeant and to men for valuable and meritorious service.*
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A Small Group of War Graves
Wednesday, 01 November 1989 00:00
Michael Kavanagh
by Michael Kavanagh The large war cemeteries scattered around the world are well known to most collectors, but now and again we hear of smaller and much less well known ones. I recently came across some such in a booklet entitled THE MARCOING GROUP OF CEMETERIES IN FRANCE, published by the Imperial War Graves Commission (now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) in London in 1929.
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Blueshirts and Their Insignia
Sunday, 01 February 1998 00:00
Michael Kavanagh
by Michael Kavanagh "The Blueshirt made its first appearance in Irish politics in April 1933 when it was adopted as the official uniform of the already existing Army Comrades Association. The impact of this movement was immediate and dramatic. Within a matter of months, it had members and branches in all parts of the State. Nothing like it had ever been seen before. It was new and vigorous and colourful. It was also unpredictable. Its coming coincided with a point in time when shirted movements were fighting for power in virtually every country in Europe, and had attained it in some - movements as varied as the Blackshirts in Italy, the Brownshirts of Germany, Mosley's British Union of Fascists, the Spanish Falange, and indeed many more.
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