Undertaking a Ranger Course in Athlone

Michael Beary
Interviewed for MAOHP - 28/04/2017
Reference Code: IE_MA_MAC_006_MAOHP_0050_C
Location(s): Custume Barracks
Length: 1.15

In this clip Michael speaks about the importance of physical training in the Defence Forces and he recalls an early Ranger Wing course he underwent while stationed in Athlone.

Cadet School

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

Length: 1.27

In this clip, Commandant Michael Walsh outlines his experience in Cadet School from November 1976 to December 1977. Michael outlines how his own background was helpful in confronting the challenges of Cadet School including spending his Saturday nights polishing his father's boots. His father had also been in the army....

Apprentice Class 1958

Tony Roe
Interviewed for MAOHP - 08/09/2017
Location(s): Casement Aerodrome

Length: 2.14

In this clip taken from an interview on 8th September 2016, Commandant Anthony (Tony) Roe discusses his apprentice class in 1958. Tony lists some of the instructors who were over the Apprentice Class including Tom Desmond, Johnny Lakes and Con Callinan. There were thirty in his class including Clive Geraghty...

Training on Glen of Immal

Peter Feely
Interviewed for MAOHP - 24/06/2016
Location(s): Glen of Imaal

Length: 2.16

Here, Col. Feely remembers his early training days in the Glen of Immal, a remote glen in the mountains of western Wicklow.