{"id":26241,"date":"2022-05-16T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=26241"},"modified":"2022-05-16T10:40:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T14:40:41","slug":"defense-forces-mark-centenary-of-curragh-camp-handover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=26241","title":{"rendered":"Defense Forces Mark Centenary Of Curragh Camp Handover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Curragh Camp Centenary (PA Wire\/PA Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hundreds of people attended a ceremony on Monday to mark the handover of the Curragh Camp from the British Army to Irish forces a century ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invited guests attended the event at the Defense Forces Training Centre in Co Kildare, including Defense Force members\u2019 families and local school children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ceremony involved groups marching in the gates to McDermott Square, and a speech was given by the General Officer Commanding DFTC, Brigadier General Brendan McGuiness, about the historic handover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the speeches, the national flag was hoisted onto the top of the water tower, followed by a flyover past the tower by two PC-9 training aircrafts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A military display also formed part of the event, and included two Sliabh na mBan cars: the armored Rolls-Royce vehicles that formed part of the armored convoy for Michael Collins on the day he was shot dead in August 1922.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drones that the Defense Forces use in modern times were also on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The handover of the Curragh Camp to the Irish Free State took place on May 16th

Kauf von Bactrim online<\/a><\/p> , 1922, when the camp was handed over to Lieutenant General JJ O\u2019Connell and several hundred Irish troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At noon that day, Lt Gen O\u2019Connell hoisted the first tricolor flag to fly over the Curragh Camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As was tradition, the British troops had cut down the flagpole before they departed the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This caused some difficulty for the Irish officers, who reportedly had to physically hold the flagpole while the tricolor was raised.<\/p>\n

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