Welcome to the Military Heritage Ireland Trust CLG
You are very welcome to the Military Heritage of Ireland Trust’s web portal, where we promote the widest understanding and appreciation of Ireland’s distinctive and shared military heritage.
By means of this Web Site and posted News Bulletins, the Trust endeavours to enhance public knowledge of its vision, mission, objectives, activities, current projects, military heritage and upcoming events. In addition, our Web Site provides guidance for the research of military heritage.
The Web Site also advises on how to access information regarding military service. Finally, the site facilitates links with Web Sites associated with Ireland’s military heritage.
By means of this Web Site and posted News Bulletins, the Trust endeavours to enhance public knowledge of its vision, mission, objectives, activities, current projects, military heritage and upcoming events. In addition, our Web Site provides guidance for the research of military heritage.
The Web Site also advises on how to access information regarding military service. Finally, the site facilitates links with Web Sites associated with Ireland’s military heritage.
About Us
About Us Throughout Ireland and for the foreseeable future, the Military Heritage of Ireland Trust (CLG): Honours all Irish men and women who served in armed forces irrespective of the Theatre of Operations, National Flag...
Membership
The Military Heritage of Ireland Trust (CLG) was founded in 1999, in order to promote the widest understanding and appreciation of Ireland’s distinctive and shared military heritage. Acknowledging that military heritage is common to the...
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MHIT NEWS
Here is a list of our latest news posts from the MHIT News Blog.
18pdr Field Gun 9168 – Lost and Found
Launch of ‘18pdr Field Gun 9168 – Lost and Found’ Exhibition: National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks Dublin On 09...
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Annual Service of Remembrance
Saint Patrick's Cathedral - 13 November 2022 President Michael D Higgins attended the annual Service of Remembrance commemorating Ireland’s war...
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Armistice Day 2022
Under the auspices of the Dublin Cemeteries Trust, the Annual Armistice Day Commemoration, marking the 1918 Armistice, was conducted in...
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The MHIT Directors’ November 2022 Meeting
The MHIT Directors' November meeting was held in Casement Aerodrome, with the kind permission of GOC Air Corps. Brigadier-General Rory...
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2024 Military Heritage Research Bursary
Acknowledging that military heritage is common to the different political, religious and cultural traditions on the island, the Military Heritage...
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Thomas & Eliza Little – Irish Pioneers in India and Western Australia – 1797-1877
Thomas & Eliza Little - Irish Pioneers in India and Western Australia - 1797-1877 Thomas and Eliza Little were brave,...
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Digging up the Raj Series - by Shabnam Vasisht
The Carpendales
Seven members of a single-family are named in this grave although not all are actually buried in it. The Carpendales were a highly-respected South County Dublin family – many of whom served in India. The Rev Maxwell Carpendale was a Perpetual Curate in the village of Mullavilly in County Armagh …
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L/ Corporal John Flannery – 1885 – 1961
John Flannery’s burial was recorded in Deansgrange Cemetery register but I could not find his grave. With the help of cemetery personnel, I discovered he was buried in the plot of the Dockrell family. If his name was not inscribed on the tombstone, it could be for a very good …
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Lt Col Sir Walter James Thompson Buchanan K.C.I.E
LT COL SIR WALTER JAMES THOMPSON BUCHANAN K.C.I.E 1861-1924 Walter James Thompson Buchanan was the eldest of Robert and Mary Buchanan’s eight children. Robert, like his father before him, was Coroner of Fintona, County Tyrone. Walter James Thompson as born in Londonderry on 12 November 1861 and was educated in …
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Major-General Richard Heard C.B.E.
MAJOR-GENERAL RICHARD HEARD C.B.E. 1870-1950 On 10 November 1866, the steamer ‘Ceres’ was wrecked off...
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Lt Thomas Gabbett 1830 – 1857
During a break from repairing its altar cloths, I took a look around St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick, and noticed a few dedications to ‘Raj’ people on the walls. One that caught my attention was of the Gabbetts – father and son. The Gabbett family had a comfortable life in Castle …
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Surgeon Major James Sadlier Ridings
Surgeon Major James Sadlier Ridings 1835-1891 A name like Sadleir Ridings is not easy to...
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