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

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. He is...
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Matt Cosgrave – EARLY LIFE AND JOINING AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA

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...
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John O’Brien – FAMILY TRAGEDY

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...
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John Cunningham – MY FATHER IN THE IRA

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...
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John Cunningham – BONA FIDE TRAVELLER’S LAW

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...
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Conor Brady – FOLLOWING FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS

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...
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Conor Brady – CONNECTION WITH AN GÁRDA SÍÓCHÁNA

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...
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Conor Brady – GUARDIANS OF THE PEACE

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...
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Garvan Ware – JOINING AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA

Interviewed 17 June 2021 In this piece of audio, Retired Detective Garda Garvan Ware speaks about his decision to join An Garda Síóchána. He reflects on the Gardaí he knew from his youth and also notes that his father, was a member of AGS in the 1940s and 1950s. RITA...
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John Cunningham – FIRST ASSIGNMENT – SLIGO AND TORY ISLAND

Interviewed 2021 Here, John Cunningham relates the experience of his father, Michael Cunningham in the earliest days of An Garda Síóchána. He tells a story about Michael Cunningham, being posted to Sligo and outlines some of the incidents he became associated with...
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Conor Brady – REFLECTIONS ON THE GARDAÍ AS A FORCE

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...
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John Cunningham – THE FLOOD OF 1947

Interviewed 2021 In this selection, John Cunningham discusses the experience of his father, retired Garda Michael Cunningham, during a major weather incident in 1947 in Blarney. 1947 was the year of the ‘Big Snow’ (and subsequent big flood). The first snow arrived in...
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Catherine Clancy – Retired Assistant Commissioner

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....
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John Cunningham – NAZI INVASION

Interviewed 2021 In this selection, John Cunningham discusses the experience of his father Michael Cunningham, during the years of ‘The Emergency’ (World War II), when he was stationed in Blarney, County Cork. He also refers to the reputed plans by Germany to invade...
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Conor Brady – THE VALUE OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

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...
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