help identifying uniform in photo

[Old Warrior]

A quick read of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Denis_O'Donnell confirms this !

Looks like he wrote a history of Clancy Bks for the Cosantoir ( Irish for Defender) which is the official magazine of the Irish DF.

The article was writen between 1969 and 1973. If you were to write to the current editor of the Coasantoir Magazine, Defence Forces HQ, Infirmary Road Dublin, they might be able to send you on a photocopy of the article.

To my mind, the collar insignia does look very like a harp with a scroll below it.

On a different note ( I am new here !), is it normal that references to names of people and places in an earlier post of mine now seem to have been invaded by ads for Amazon ?

[vito321]

Yes it is normal , I note your interest in military history , I am waiting to get my grandads irish military records through irish military archives. He was in national forces between 1922-23, it lists him as being in the transport division and based at mullingar barracks. I have to provide deathcert and my dads birth cert and sworn affadavit before they release records under freedom of information act. Any idea what they are likely to contain? My aunt says that he was in irish military intelligence at some stage, what was that likely to have involved?

vito

[Collins22]

The barracks in Inchicore back then was Richmond barracks, not Clancy as was mentioned by another gentleman, although it is near it. There is a book being written on Richmond barracks at the moment which may cast some light on your search for you.