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          • Provenance and Archival History
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          • Verifying Applications
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          • Definition of Active Service
          • NEW! Medals Awarded 1916-1921
          • History of Organisations
          • Video Overview
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        • Search The Collection
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          • Nominal Rolls
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      • Easter 1916 An tÓglách Accounts (24 April 1916 - 29 April 1916)
      • 1916 In Transition (1916)
        • Search Lesson Plans
        • About Project
      • An tÓglach Magazine (1918 - 1933)
      • Irish Army Census Collection (12 November 1922 - 13 November 1922)
        • History
        • Map
        • About the Collection
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      • Media Hub (20th Century)
      • Military Archives Image Gallery (20th Century)
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      • United Nations Unit Histories (1960 - 1982)
        • Congo Unit Histories
        • Cyprus Unit Histories
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      • Civil War Captured Documents (1922 - 1925)
      • Civil War Operations and Intelligence reports Collection (February 1922 - February 1927)
      • Civil War Internment Collection (1922-1925)
      • Army Inquiry Committee
      • Chief of Staff Reports to the Executive Council, 1923-1930
      • Department of Defence "A-" series Administrative files (1922-1935)
      • Coastal Defence Artillery Collection (1922 - 1957)
      • Military Mission/Temporary Plans Division (1924 - 1928)
      • Army Organisation Board Collection (1925 - 1926)
      • Department of Defence "2-" series administrative files (1924-1947)
      • Army Equitation School Collection (1926 - 1981)
      • Emergency Defence Plans (1939-1946)
      • Look-Out Post Logbooks (September 1939 - June 1945)
      • Office of the Controller of Censorship Collection (1939 - 1945)
      • Defence Forces Annual and General Reports (1940 -1949)
      • U260 (1940-1945)
      • Department of Defence '3-' series Administrative Files (1947-)
      • United Nations Operations in Congo 1960 – 1964
      • Uinseann Mac Eoin Collection
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      • W. B. Yeats and the Irish Naval Service
        • The L.E. Macha at Sea
        • Gibraltar
        • Nice
        • Arrival Home
        • Petty Officer Campbell
      • Niemba Ambush Anniversary
      • Cumann na mBan
      • R.I.C. Dismissals and Resignations during the Revolutionary Period
      • Snapshot of Irish Volunteer companies, 1918
      • Easter 1916 An tÓglách Accounts
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    Importance of attention to detail on missions

    Category: UNIFIL


    Michael Walsh
    Interviewed for MAOHP - 07/02/2017
    Location(s): Lebanon

    Length: 2.24


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    Beirut airport, Lebanon

    Category: UNIFIL


    Tony Roe
    Interviewed for MAOHP - 08/09/2017
    Location(s): Beirut airport

    Length: 2.18


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    Leaving for Congo

    Category: Congo


    Joe Mallon
    Interviewed for MAOHP - 15/12/2017
    Location(s): Casement Aerodrome Congo

    Length: 3.02


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    ‘The greatest missionary force to ever leave the shores of Ireland’

    Category: Background


    Jerry Carroll
    Interviewed for MAOHP - 20/06/2016
    Location(s): Cathal Brugha Barracks

    Length: 1.15


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    Reflections on Congo Campaign

    Category: Congo


    Gerry McMahon
    Interviewed for MAOHP - 10/02/2017
    Location(s): Elizabethville

    Length: 3.14


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    Jack Lynch and his wife’s tea

    Category: Military Life


    Ralph James
    Interviewed for MAOHP - 24/02/2017
    Location(s): Casement Aerodrome

    Length: 1.05


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    Cadet School (Air Corps)

    Category: Military Life


    Ralph James
    Interviewed for MAOHP - 24/02/2017
    Location(s): Casement Aerodrome

    Length: 1.49


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    First Solo Flight

    Category: Military Life


    Ralph James
    Interviewed for MAOHP - 24/02/2017
    Location(s): Casement Aerodrome

    Length: 2.30


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    Wings Day

    Category: Background


    Ralph James
    Interviewed for MAOHP - 24/02/2017
    Location(s): Casement Aerodrome

    Length: 1.35


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