Mortar and Pontoon bridge

Joe Burke, Mick Quinn and TP Brady far bank

In the 1970s C Coy’s Arklow centre was going strong. They had 25-30 on parade and T P Brady and Joe Burke would have them out training in Glenart on weekends. These photos from Pascal Foley show an exercise in Glenmalure during the 1970s where C Coy attacked a defensive position, across a river, using a pontoon bridge. As Pascal says “There was some crack and a few wet bodies”! Photos and captions thanks to the C COY Facebook page.

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