Keane, Daragh
(1994)
The Irish Army in the Congo.
Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Abstract
The National Army (N.A.) of the Free State (F.S.) had as its forerunner the
Irish Republican Army (I.R.A.). Many who fought in the Anglo Irish war with
the I.R.A. continued their service with the N.A. in the civil war of 1922/3.
Although there was heavy recruitment to the NA at the start of the civil war, the
veteran members of the I.R.A. provided the backbone of the N.A. Units such as
the Dublin Brigade remained intact from the Anglo-Irish war to become the
elite unit of the F. S. National Army. From its inception the N.A. was greatly
influenced by the many members of its ranks who had been schooled in the art
of warfare in its many facets, and whose influence was felt from its lower ranks
to its highest ranks. National army officers, such as Richard Mulcahy, and
Kevin O’ Higgins, who both fought through the Anglo-Irish war, were to play
leading parts in the reorganisation of the N.A. after 1923, which laid the basis
for the N.A. and which still regulates the modem Irish Army.
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Thesis
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| Keywords: |
Irish Army; Congo; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > History |
| Item ID: |
5289 |
| Depositing User: |
IR eTheses
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| Date Deposited: |
08 Aug 2014 08:24 |
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