THE BARRACK SQUARE

In todays special guest post by Fergal Browne, we look at the burning of Charles Fort. On 6 December 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty was...

A postcard recently listed in an online auction site caught my attention. Initially the postcard appeared to be of a burnt-out military...

Bed plates are small pieces of brass metal with the name, number and regiment of the soldier they belong to. They would be hung at the...

The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII was appointed commander in chief of the Leinster Regiment in 1919. In 1922 he visited the 1st...