Centenary

THE FREE STATE ARMY’S FIRST PEACETIME ARTILLERY PRACTICE

By Robert Delaney September 2025 marks 100 years since the Irish army first fired artillery in the Glen of Imaal. It was the beginning of the Artillery Corps’ long association with the Wicklow training ground, and it defined the Defence Forces’ approach to artillery exercises for decades to come. The Artillery Corps was established officially … Read more

THE CONVENING OF THE IRISH BOUNDARY COMMISSION

By Cormac Moore One hundred years ago, on 6 November 1924, the Irish Boundary Commission convened for the first time. It consisted of three commissioners: Eoin MacNeill, appointed by the Irish Free State government; Joseph R. Fisher, appointed as the Northern Ireland representative by the British government (the Northern Ireland government had refused to recognise … Read more