The Troubles

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...

Tim Bowe – PROTECTING LORD MOUNTBATTEN

Interviewed 8 September 2021 Retired Sergeant Tim Bowe joined An Garda Síochána on the 8th of May 1968 and served until 2004. He is a native of County Tipperary where his family are steeped in the GAA. His grandfather, Ned Bowe was a member of the Tipperary hurling...

Tim Bowe – DOMINIC MCGLINCHEY

Interviewed 8 September 2021 Retired Sergeant Tim Bowe joined An Garda Síochána on the 8th of May 1968 and served until 2004. He is a native of County Tipperary where his family are steeped in the GAA. His grandfather, Ned Bowe was a member of the Tipperary hurling...

Matt Cosgrave – H-BLOCKS RIOTS – 1981 ‘THE BATTLE OF MERRION ROAD’

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...

Eamon Hession – KILLING OF BRITISH AMBASSADOR EWART-BIGGS

Interviewed 18 June 2021 In this section, retired Sergeant Eamon Hession, a native of Mayo, discusses his recollections of the death of the British Ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Thomas Ewart Ewart-Biggs, who was killed by the Provisional IRA on 21 July 1976 in...
Eamon Hession

Eamon Hession – IRA HUNGER STRIKER FRANK STAGG

Interviewed 18 June 2021 In this section, retired Sergeant Eamon Hession, a native of Mayo, discusses his role in the funeral of IRA hunger striker, Frank Stagg. Stagg was a Provisional IRA hunger striker from Mayo who died in 1976 in Wakefield Prison, England, after...
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John Mulligan – That’s the Way it was

John Mulligan ‘That's the Way it was Interviewed  in 2021 John Mulligan is a retired Superintendent in An Garda Síóchána. In this piece of audio, John reflects on the aftermath of the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings in May 1974, which he personally experienced while...

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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Tim Bowe – PROTECTING LORD MOUNTBATTEN

Interviewed 8 September 2021 Retired Sergeant Tim Bowe joined An Garda Síochána on the 8th of May 1968 and served until 2004. He is a native of County Tipperary where his family are steeped in the GAA. His grandfather, Ned Bowe was a member of the Tipperary hurling...

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Tim Bowe – DOMINIC MCGLINCHEY

Interviewed 8 September 2021 Retired Sergeant Tim Bowe joined An Garda Síochána on the 8th of May 1968 and served until 2004. He is a native of County Tipperary where his family are steeped in the GAA. His grandfather, Ned Bowe was a member of the Tipperary hurling...

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Eamon Hession – KILLING OF BRITISH AMBASSADOR EWART-BIGGS

Interviewed 18 June 2021 In this section, retired Sergeant Eamon Hession, a native of Mayo, discusses his recollections of the death of the British Ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Thomas Ewart Ewart-Biggs, who was killed by the Provisional IRA on 21 July 1976 in...

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Eamon Hession – IRA HUNGER STRIKER FRANK STAGG

Interviewed 18 June 2021 In this section, retired Sergeant Eamon Hession, a native of Mayo, discusses his role in the funeral of IRA hunger striker, Frank Stagg. Stagg was a Provisional IRA hunger striker from Mayo who died in 1976 in Wakefield Prison, England, after...

read more

John Mulligan – That’s the Way it was

John Mulligan ‘That's the Way it was Interviewed  in 2021 John Mulligan is a retired Superintendent in An Garda Síóchána. In this piece of audio, John reflects on the aftermath of the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings in May 1974, which he personally experienced while...

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