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The Military Archives Oral History Project (MAOHP) began officially in 2015 with the aim of digitally recording memory, oral history and tradition associated with the Defence Forces since its inception in 1922. In the first three years of the project, the MAOHP has collected more than 250 interviews from predominantly former members of the Defence Forces, including the integration of previously collected interviews and legacy material. The collection includes direct testimony from interviewees who had served in the Congo, Lebanon, Cyprus, Chad and in other overseas missions as part of the United Nations mission. Interviews also documented the Defence Forces...
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Working for UNIFIL
In this clip Marwa speaks about her education, stating that she wanted to train to be an astronaut in the United States but unfortunately her father became ill and she went to university in Beirut where she studied nursing. She graduated in 2004 and started to work in a Nabatiyah...
Contact with Home
Noel speaks about an incident early in his trip where he was photographed on patrol by a journalist for the Irish Independent. The photograph appeared on the front page of the Irish Independent before his first letter to his parents arrived home. He speaks about writing letters home and states...
Battle of At-Tiri I
In this clip Tom speaks about events on Sunday 6 April 1980 when some of the De Facto Forces (DFF) came through a UNIFIL check-point into the village of At-Tiri. He describes the day as a sleepy Sunday afternoon and says that some of his off duty platoon were attending...