Back row L to R: ANO, Pat Ferguson, Dermot Murphy, John Hynes, Tom Allen, Peter O’Regan, Hugh O’Neill
Front Row: ANO, James Farrell, Gary Cullen, ANO, Des Byrne(?),ANO
Back Row: ANO, Pat Ferguson(?),Dermot Murphy, Tom Allen, Peter O’Regan, Hugh O’Neill
Front Row: James Farrell, ANO, Gary Cullen, ANO, Des Byrne, ANO
John Hynes
Tom Allen
Cpl. K McGuinness and a bored section
J Hynes, G Cullen, D Murphy, ANO, Tom Allen, Peter O’Regan
J Hynes, G Cullen, D Murphy, ANO, Tom Allen, Peter O’Regan
A post which has it all – a photo, a story and “where are they now?”. The photo is from Cpl Duggan P 1044876, who is now active in US politics!
Paul takes up the story: This photo was taken early 80s Rock-brae House . Its been a long journey from Rock Brae house to the political state house. I suppose its been the indelible memories of many great NCOs, Officers and Men that made monumental impressions on me in my early and mid twenties. From my old classmates Cpl Walsh at Kilmacud national school to Alan Kavanagh who sat in front of me in Oatlands college. My first induction by Capt Rochford in 1971 in B Coy and my second coming in 1979/80 in A Coy in Rockbrae house The Doyle brothers, Lt Bigley, so many names to mention and my dear old friend JG Doyle RIP ( who always had a smile and a story to tell) . You need a sense of humor when getting involved with US politics. To cut a long story short I landed the position of Deputy Chief of QC at V CORPS US Army Transportation in the mid 80s and moved Gen Colin Powell to Washington DC the rest of the story you can track on my background on one of the political web sites www.pauldugganfornjsenate.com
When I came to the USA the first thing I did after getting my permits was to get myself a #4 .303 enfield so I could clean it myself without anyone yelling at me. I graduated then to the BAP and the FN to my collection and I try to keep my marksmanship skills up to TOET levels LOL
Paul is third from the right in the back row.
Short episode of officers preparing for the TEWT mentioned in Aidan Teevan’s history. Aidan did go on a bit about the “excellent al fresco meal” provided by Frank Yorke and later I will post some video of the meal, which shows the main attraction to be a large bottle of Valpolicella or similar fine vintage.
Here Dick Shortt displays all his skills of hand/eye co-ordination and dexterity that made him great. The attributes displayed that did, in fact, make him a great officer are the unflappability, recovery, poise and dignity shown in the face of adversity.
Easter Parade 1966 from Bray Railway Station to St Peter’s Cemetery.
L to R Scottie O’Brien, “Drill Purposes” (Dermot) Murphy (Deceased), Liam
Murphy (Deceased),J M Kelly (Whereabouts unknown), John Hynes.
You would know it is A Coy as the party is gildy, military, and as good as
the Regulars.
Sample page
I called into Town Hall Bookshop on the Florence Road in Bray recently and picked up a copy of “Pictorial Memories of Bray – Volume 3”. I had seen on the internet that it contained a section of 23 pages on “The FCA in Bray” and so I decided to have a look. The editor is Henry Cairns and Henry himself was manning the shop when I called in. I made the mistake of first asking for “The Pictorial History of Bray – Volume 3” which is a different publication altogether, but Henry put me right! One collection is produced by Bray Cualann Historical Society, of which ex-21Bn member Jim Scannell is the PRO, and the other by The Old Bray Society. Henry Cairns is also an ex-member of 21Bn.
This is composite of 2 photos, so pay no attention to the bad blockwork in the background!
Back Row: Jimmy Geraghty;Liam Murphy;Terry Shortt;Barney Murphy;Pat Ferguson;Sam Irwin; Paddy Smith (Shankill); remainder unknown
Middle Row: Nicky Murphy; Christy Matthews; Dick Shortt; Yacht(Damien) Kavanagh; John Goode, remainder unknown
Front Row: Bernard O’Brien (Major’s son)
Thought to be an A Coy group from a Guard of Honour for the All Army FCA Shooting Competitions.
I was in Rockbrae House last night (Sad looking, old and decrepid – but enough about me) and got a History of 21 Bn dated 1984, this time by Brian Hayden. It has a separate section for each company, although it repeats some of the stuff in the 21 year history obviously. It also includes lists of past and present (as at 1984) officers and NCOs. Due to the fact that A Coy, so far have no postings, I will begin with their history 1959-1984. There are a number of opinions stated in the text (all complimentary to A Coy and its members) and these remain those of the original author.
I have photos of 2 seperate(I think) Dun Laoghaire Festival parades. Both A & B Coys paraded on each occasion and they certainly seemed like impressive turnouts.
They are useful because of the number of old friends featured
