THE BARRACK SQUARE

In the military cemetery located in Crinkill, just outside Birr, there is a memorial commemorating the death casualties of the...

Years ago, I was lucky to come into possession of a 1914 star named to a soldier of the Leinster Regiment. The soldier, Patrick Reilly...

Recently a shooting medal appeared online, the medal had been awarded for coming second place and given to Colour Sergeant H Ashdown, 1st...

A recent eBay auction caught my eye, a photograph of a Leinster Regiment officer’s grave and a general view of the cemetery, somewhere in...

Years ago I came into the procession of the medals of John Joseph Cannon, a soldier of the Leinster Regiment who fought during the Great...

The following article appearing in a previous edition of the genealogical magazine, Irish Lives Remembered. Online auction sites are full...

When searching for the next medal to buy, it can be easy to overlook damaged medals as not worth buying. A while back I purchased one...

Recently, I came across the following badge, known as a Silver War Badge (or often incorrectly as the Silver Wound Badge), the badge was...

Around 15 years ago, while going through burial records for Clonoghill Cemetery, Birr, I came across an entry for a “John Gunning”, what...

Thomas Hickey was born on Bury Quay, Tullamore, King’s County on 24 January 1875. He was the son of Michael Hickey and Mary Hickey (Nee...

Margaret Price was born in Parsonstown (Birr) on 16 December 1870. She was the daughter of Henry Price and Jane Price (née Boyle). Henry...

Today we are going to look at what might initially look like an innocuous object, a spoon! However, this is no ordinary kitchen spoon, it...

Patrick Burke was born at Moorpark, Parsonstown, King’s County on 13 March 1881. He was the son of William Burke and Rosanna Burke (nee...

A century ago today the Leinster Regiment left Birr Barracks for the last time. As per the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which was signed in...

With a major barracks so close to Birr town, interactions with soldiers were daily. For most instances, interactions were uneventful and...

The 17 January marks the 106th anniversary of the death of James Mooney, 2nd Battalion Leinster Regiment. As it nears the anniversary of...

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...

Today’s blog post came about via a brief newspaper article from November 1901 detailing the suicide of a soldier of the Leinster...

In a previous post we looked at an unofficially Great War era aluminum identity tag. Today we will take a look at an officially issued ID...

George Butler was born on 5 April 1888 in Kildare. His mother was Bridget Butler, no father is listed on his birth certificate. On 10...