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I am led to believe that the Army have a small museum within the curragh some where, And i was wondering does anybody know if it is open to the public, or does anyone have the contact details for the place????
Any help is greatly appreciated
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The cavalry have a collection of vehicles which are used on ceremonial occassions but are not on general display. Although a written request to the OC Cav school might gain you access.
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its on the same side as the fag ash but about 200 metres upwards
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
But there's no danger
It's a professional career
Though it could be arranged
With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear
If you're out of luck you're out of work
We could send you to johannesburg.
I visited it a number of years ago. At the time it was under the control of the cadet school in that it had a cadet curator etc. I had to liaise with some comdt who was a very nice man, I won't mention his name here, who brought me in and showed me everything there was to see. The Chester Beatty collection of weapons is/was housed there. In short, contact the cadet school.
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A game of pool and a pint of carling in the fag ash. Life was simpler then.
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the fag ash was like a right of passage.
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
If you are interested
The 5 Bn had a museum in Collins it was by the Arbour hill gate( don’t know were it is)
Colum Bks Mullingar had one And i know its still there they have the punishment rolls from the units very interesting reading (flogging etc)
Renmore has a another
Collins bks Cork has one
and of course the Curragh if you write to any of the Barrack OC they will be to happy to get the Orderly sergeant to let you in
if youre up Dundalk way, theres a brill museum in Aiken Barracks and i know of another one in Carlow town , its the Carlow military Mesuem situated in an old church in a hospital grounds on the athy road, its the mutts nuts of museums covering loads of Irish conflicts and ww1 and ww2, good luck,
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