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www.military.ie the defence forces magazine | 7 SaluTing THE flag EaSTEr 1966 This photograph shows Volunteer Seán O'Duffy and Cadet Frank Russell (39th Cadet Class) saluting the National Flag Easter 1966 at the Curragh Camp. Volunteer O'Duffy was wearing the uniform he wore on active service during the 1916 Easter Rising. (Photo: National Library of Ireland). Seán was a Lieutenant in the Irish Volunteers, and fought in the Four Courts, he was then interned, and subsequently became organiser of the Republican Court, 1919-1922 (BMH Statement refers). In 1932, Seán presented a silver cup to the nascent Irish Camogie Association, to be presented to the winners of the All Ireland Senior Camogie Final. To this day, the captain of the winning team is presented with… The O'Duffy Cup. Words/Photo: Comdt Frank Russell, Retd. iriSH VolunTEErS Pictured are officers of the 1st Battalion Irish Volunteers, seated left is Capt Tom Byrne, standing left is P Connaughton (possibly Patrick), standing right is Jack Shouldice and seated right is Mícheál O'Catháin (Michael O'Kane). Photo: Courtesy of the Shouldice Family Pc coffEy a naTion oncE again Can you help identify the image including a date and occasion? Pictured is a military parade down O'Connell Street and the GPO. This image is part of a private collection that is on loan in the Military Archives. Possible suggestions include 'centenary celebrations of Thomas Davis and the Young Irelanders in Sept 1945?' or 'a parade to celebrate the formation of the Republic of Ireland in 1949?' - because of the troops on the roof of the GPO who all look like members of the FCÁ (LDF). To help visit: http://bit.ly/1KsIyPl inTroducTion To THE miliTary arcHiVES We have a limited number of A5 pamphlets on an Introduction to the Military Archives, available if anyone wants to research a project or wants to know more about the Military Archives. These are located in Cathal Brugha Bks, Dublin 6 - The official place of the deposit of records for the Defence Forces (Army, Naval Service & Air Corps), Dept of Defence and the Army Pensions Board since 1990. Email your name and address to subs@military.ie dublin brigadE caP badgE A Dublin Brigade Officer's Cap Badge in white metal. Cap badge in white metal, being the officers' version, bearing the legend "Drong Ath Cliath" meaning "Dublin Brigade". Designed by Eoin MacNeill, founding member and chairman of the Irish Volunteers, in 1913. The design lives on today as the cap badge of the Irish Defence Forces with "Oglaigh Na hEireann" replacing the Dublin Brigade inscription. Photo: The Breslin family/South Dublin Libraries

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