Edward Fitzgerald’s world tour aboard HMS New Zealand, 1913 By Brian McGee A notable feature of Cork’s—and, indeed, Ireland’s—maritime, cultural and family history has been service in the navy, whether […]
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Read More →By Isadore Ryan Margaret Flanagan, known as Agnes, was born in Birr army barracks on 16 May 1909. Her father, Augustine Flanagan, a private in the Leinster Fusiliers, died from […]
Read More →By Michael Kennedy In December 1922 the Irish Free State came into being. Within months it had applied to join the League of Nations, the multilateral organisation created by the […]
Read More →By Lar Joye When Fianna Fáil came to power in March 1932 the Irish Defence Forces consisted of 5,793 officers and soldiers. Three months later, this small army played a […]
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