Nacie Rice – Joined aged at 18 years of age – Templemore in 1972

Family, Joining, Nacie Rice

MR. O’BRIEN:  It is the 19th of October 2021, and this is a recording of an interview that took place between Martin Drew of the GSRMA the Garda Síochána Retired Members Association in conjunction with the Oral History Project being run by that Association....

Rita Delaney – Dublin in the 1980s

Community, Crime, Rita Delaney, Women in the Garda

 Interviewed  15 April 2021 Inspector Rita Delaney is a retired member of An Garda Siochána. A native of Laois, Rita joined the Gardaí in 1984 and spent three decades in the force, before retiring in 2013. In this piece of audio Rita outlines her experience...

Catherine Bartley – FEMALE GARDAÍ AND UNIFORM

Catherine Bartley, Women in the Garda

Interviewed on 1 October 2021 Garda Catherine Bartley joined An Garda Síochána in 1987 and retired in 2019, having worked in various sections of the force, latterly the Dog Unit, where she spent many years and became well known for her work the Garda dogs. Catherine...

Patrick Campbell – FIRST STATION

Joining, Patrick Campell

Interviewed on 12th October 1977   Patrick Campbell was born in Aughrim in County Galway on 26th January 1902. He joined An Garda Síochána on the 25th March 1922 and served in the force until the May 1956. He passed away in December 1979, just two years after he...

Patrick Campbell – SOMETHING LIKE THE RIC

Joining, Patrick Campell

Interviewed on 12th October 1977 Patrick Campbell was born in Aughrim in County Galway on 26th January 1902. He joined An Garda Síochána on the 25th March 1922 and served in the force until May 1956. He passed away in December 1979, just two years after he was...