Background
Soldiers join the Defence Forces for a variety of reasons. Some people have family connections with the Defence Forces or a family tradition of military service. Others join to pursue a specific career path or undertake specialised training. Clips in this section feature some veterans’ accounts of their backgrounds and influences on their lives.
My father Tom Feely
Category: Background
Peter Feely
Interviewed for MAOHP - 24/06/2016
Location(s): Curragh Camp
Length: 2.30
Childhood in Curragh, Mick Mackey and Father’s influence
Category: Background
Peter Feely
Interviewed for MAOHP - 24/06/2016
Location(s): Curragh Camp
Length: 4.30
Early Days of Research in Baldonnel
Category: Background
Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 12/12/2016
Location(s): Casement Aerodrome
Length: 3.17
Malachi Higgins – Landing through sheep
Category: Background
Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 24/10/2016
Location(s): Casement Aerodrome
Length: 2.56
Memories of Brigadier General Barney McMahon
Category: Background
Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 24/10/2016
Location(s): Casement Aerodrome
Length: 2.09
Reflections on Brigadier General Jerry O’Connor
Category: Background
Tony Kearns
Interviewed for MAOHP - 12/12/2016
Location(s): Casement Aerodrome
Length: 1.58
Family in WW1
Category: Background
Paul Fry
Interviewed for MAOHP - 20/03/2017
Location(s): Casement Aerodrome
Length: 4.32
Roger Casement
Category: Background
Jerry Carroll
Interviewed for MAOHP - 20/09/2016
Location(s): Casement Aerodrome
Length: 1.28
‘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