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, 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...
Catherine Clancy, United Nations, Women in the Garda
Interviewed 25 October 2021 Catherine Clancy was the first woman to be appointed an assistant commissioner in An Garda Síochána on 10 September 2003. A native of Donegal, she joined AGS in 1975 and enjoyed steady promotion through the ranks. In 2008, she...
Catherine Clancy, Family, Joining, Women in the Garda
Interviewed 25 October 2021 JOINING AN GARDA SÍÓCHÁNA Catherine Clancy was the first woman to be appointed an Assistant Commissioner in An Garda Síochána on 10 September 2003. A native of Donegal, she joined AGS in 1975 and enjoyed steady promotion through the ranks....
Career, Phyllis Nolan, Women in the Garda
FULL INTERVIEW WITH PHYLLIS NOLAN (11/10/21) JOHN O’BRIEN (NARRATOR): This is an interview conducted on the 11th October 2021. It’s conducted by Rita Delaney of the GSRMA, the Garda Siochána Retired Members Association, and it is in conjunction with the oral history...
Ann Reilly, Women in the Garda
Interviewed on 20 September 2021 Ann Reilly, a native of Tallanstown in County Louth, joined An Garda Siochána in 1968. In this audio segment, taken from a recording undertaken by Rita Delaney in September 2021, Ann recalls her memories of the burning of the British...
