Friday, 31 July 2026

Sudan Defence Force Armoured Vehicles and a Vickers Apprentice to a REME Brigadier

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One of the pictures that grabbed my attention when looking in the UK official Abyssinian Campaign publication was a picture of an armoured v...
Thursday, 30 July 2026

MilitaryArchive.ie - Release 20 now live

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 Good to see another batch of records released by the Military Archives team. Another excellent job. The offical details of the release are ...

Graphic - Answers

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Having posted the following graphic on Twitter and BlueSky on the 26th July, time for the anwers. 1. The first image, The Asgard Legacy, is ...
Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Collen Brothers, Clanwilliam Place, Dublin

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A well know photograph that many in Ireland and those that study the Easter Rising would recognise instantly. The burnt out remains of Clanw...
Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Robie Uniacke (1906 - 1942)

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When Arthur John Bather  (subject of a previous blog entry) returned to Egypt to take up his post with the Egytian Frontier Administration, ...
Monday, 27 July 2026

Phoenix Park, Dublin - Magazine Fort opens for visitors

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Good to hear that the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park in Dublin has undergone renovation and is now open for visitors RTE : Magazine Fort ...
Saturday, 25 July 2026

Howth Landing 26th July 1914 and Kilcoole Landing 2nd August 1914

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On display at the National Museum in Dublin in its own building is the yacht Asgard, having undergone major conservation work . An excellent...