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....

Matt Cosgrave – EARLY LIFE AND JOINING AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA

Family, Matt Cosgrave

Interviewed 27 September 2021 Retired Superintendent Matt Cosgrave speaks to the Capturing Our History Oral History Project about his memories of his time and his career in An Garda Siochána, which began in 1959. Matt is also a past president of our organisation, that...

John O’Brien – FAMILY TRAGEDY

Family, John O'Brien

Interviewed 2020 John O’Brien from Ballinhassig in Cork joined the Gardaí in 1968. On retiring almost 40 years later in 2006, he had reached the rank of Detective Chief Superintendent. He had also been Head of the National Office for Interpol and Europol. This...

John Cunningham – MY FATHER IN THE IRA

Family, John Cunningham, The Troubles

Interviewed 2021 In this selection, John Cunningham outlines his father’s involvement with the West Clare IRA Brigade and his decision to join the Civil Guard (Later An Garda Síochána) at its inception in 1922. The ‘Commandant Brennan’ he refers to was Micheál...

John Cunningham – BONA FIDE TRAVELLER’S LAW

Family, John Cunningham

Interviewed 2021 Here, John Cunningham recalls the stories told to him by his father Michael Cunningham about dealing with issues associated with drinking while working as a member of An Garda Síochána. He refers to the Bona Fide Laws which were a hangover from the...

Conor Brady – FOLLOWING FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS

Conor Brady, Family, Writers

Interviewed 22 September 2021 Conor Brady is an Irish journalist, novelist and academic, a former Editor of The Irish Times, an Editor of the Garda Review, a contributor on RTÉ and a former Commissioner of the Garda Ombudsman. He is also the son of Cornelius Brady, or...