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Winter 2019
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CONTENTS
MUSICAL MEMORIES 03 Pat Burke remembers the Garda Céilí Band and Joe Liddy, one of the forgotten
names in the canon of Irish traditional music.
FRANCIS LEDWIDGE 07 The short, creative and tragic life of Francis Ledwidge
one of Ireland’s finest poetic talents.
A PASSAGE GARDA’S LIFE 13 Patrick J.Brennan on his policing life in Passage West.
WALKOUT: THE BOSTON POLICE STRIKE OF 1919 27 A look at the causes and effects of the Boston Police Strike of 1919,
a mix of mismanagement, religious prejudice and union recognition.
NORTHERN WATCH: THE BELFAST TOWN POLICE 1800-1865 33 Jim McDonald provides a fascinating insight into the Belfast Town Police,
or Bulkies as they were known, who had a short but fractious history.
MONSIGNOR HUGH O’FLAHERTY THE VATICAN PIMPERNEL 41 Pat Burke takes a look at the remarkable story of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty,
a man who put himself between the Nazi murder machine
and those whom it sought to exterminate.
THE SENTINEL: A HISTORY OF CORK’S COLLINS BARRACKS 47 Defence Forces historian and author, Lieutenant Colonel Dan Harvey,
provides a panoramic history of one of the Defence Forces most iconic installations.
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EDITOR
GRAPHIC DESIGNER ADVERTISEMENT DESIGNER CLIENT RELATIONS
Alan Donnelly Marjolaine Gonet Marjolaine Gonet
Martin Mooney
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