An Cosantóir

February 2020

An Cosantóir the official magazine of the Irish Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces.

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An Cosantóir February 2020 www.dfmagazine.ie 36 | COMPETITION €50 VOUCHER Q. HOW MUCH IS A MILITARY COT ON WWW.PROTAC.IE? Post your answer along with your name, address and contact number to us or email subs@military.ie for a chance to win a PROTAC €50 Voucher to use in store or online. Last month's winner of the PROTAC €50 Voucher was Brian Lowen, Liverpool, UK . Closing date is 20th February 2020. Protac, Market Green, Curragh Camp, Co Kildare. www.protac.ie info@protac.ie Ph: +353 (0) 45 441798 or visit us on: www.facebook.com/protacmilitary Friday 14th February 2020 at 8pm: Construction of a legend – the Irish Wild Geese in Louis XIV's Army 1689 - 1714 – Dr Padraig Lenihan. Friday 13th March 2020 at 8pm: Egypt saved – the first battle of El Alamein, July 1942 – Christopher Dorman- O'Gowan. Friday 3rd April 2020 at 8pm: An empire in search of subjects. Catholic Irish and the British Army in the 18th century – Macdara Dwyer. NOTICEBOARD MILITARY HISTORY SOCIETY IRELAND (MHSI) WINTER LECTURE PROGRAMME 2020 MEDAL MOUNTING SERVICE: Competitive prices, contact Murty Quinn 087 939 4680 LANYARDS MADE TO MEASURE: Competitive prices, contact Brian 087 297 1982 CROSS OFF THE WORDS IN THE LIST AS YOU FIND THEM. Word searches are fun, they also bring benefits you may not realise and can play an important role in keeping you mentally fit. WORD SEARCH U N I F O R M S E R V I C E S MILITARY HISTORY LECTURES FOR FEBRUARY 2020 Saturday 1st February from 11am to 3pm: The Medal Society of Ireland will hold a Medals, Militaria and Collectables Fair in the Knox Memorial Hall, 79 Mountown Road, Monktown Village, Co. Dublin. All welcome - admission €4, members €2 - children free. Wednesday 12th February at 8pm: S. Boyne will present 'Emmet Dalton 1916 and the Free State Army' to the Malahide Historical Society in the Presbyterian Church Hall, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co. Dublin. All welcome - admission €5. Free parking opposite in the Bridge Field. Thursday 13th February at 1pm: There is a free guided tour of the World War One Exhibition in the National Library of Ireland, 2 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.All welcome - admission free. Friday 14th February at 8 pm: Dr. Padraig Lenihan will present 'Construction of a legend: the Irish Wild Geese in Louis XVI's army, 1689-1714' to the Military History Society of Ireland in Griffith College, South Circular Road, Dublin 8. All welcome – wheelchair access available. The MHSI Winter Lecture Programme 2019-2020 takes place from October to April, mostly in Griffith College, South Circular Road, Dublin 8 at 8pm on the dates as indicated below. One lecture will take place in Athlone. Wheel-chair access is available, attendance is free and non-members are welcome to all lectures. www.mhsi.ie

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