A change of venue for annual camp always meant there were new cultural sites to explore. When we went to Tralee some people went to the northside of the bay and Fenit and others to the southside and Ashe’s of Camp.
Gerry Paley has given these pictures of members studying the life of St Brendan the Navigator and other historical figures of the region. The pictures are different combinations of Gerry Paley, Bernard Swan, Kevin Connolly and Tom Walsh.
Final Coy section from Brian Hayden’s history of 21 Bn. There is obviously duplication between this and Aidan Teevan’s more comprehensive history which ran right up to the Bn stand down in 2005.
The B Coy Christmas competition in 1974 was held in Rockbrae House. Activities included grenade throwing, foot drill, arms drill, assault course – that sort of thing. Then back to some high class hotel for grub, The Pierre or The Mellifont or similar.
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1975 and Waterford again. My first camp as a corporal and I got a great section. Again I was pretty busy and only took a few photos, I think it was also Conor’s POTS course and I got some pictures of that class. Both my section and the POTS class included guys who are still active in the 62nd – see if you can spot them!
It’s amazing what one finds when trawling around the interweb. I found the above picture but with no explanation about how the injury to the man on the left may have occured. I can offer a number of alternative theories:
Enough to bring a tear to the eye of many an old B Coy soldier, this series of photos from Kevin Phelan and others shows the last day of “The Coastguard”. First occupied by An Forsa on May 1st 1951 with the official opening of the new hall on May 20th, 1951. More photos after the break.
This exercise is not mentioned in the Company history, but my notes on the enclosed photos, give the date as May 4th, 1974. I recall we camped (bivouaced) in the grounds of the old barracks in Glenmalure on Saturday night before heading out on an exercise on Sunday and then back to the centre. I have captioned the photos with the names of the people I remember but I cannot remember them all, so please let me know and I will update the captions.
Congratulations to Mick Campion on being appointed Military Judge. Mick tells me he is the first person to be commissioned into the PDF as a full Colonel.
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