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Guided tour of the Curragh Museum of the Irish Defence Forces
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- The Irish Defence Forces run a small but comprehensive museum in the Curragh Camp, which is accessible to anyone (as long as it's open hours). Instead of my normal high-speed tour, this is a guided tour by one of the staff. They're military, but don't work in uniform so as to be more approachable by visitors.
There is more to come from the Curragh, this isn't the last of the series!
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Great tour. Thank you all.
that was fantastic thank you Nick
Old sandbag here, long before the current museum was established I was lucky enough to have a look around the old museum and store in 1994/5. Much of what is on display today was not mounted and was available to handle. My favourite weapon was the 13mm Mauser ant-tank rifle and I handled the early Thompson M1921 that was captured from the Old IRA in 1922 that features at 27:20 in your excellent video. I also got to handle the Mauser C96 pistol belonging to Countess Markievicz carried by her during the Rising in 1916, now in the National Museum in Collins Barracks. The Chester Beatty Collection of edged weapons were also on display as it is today including a beautiful Murasama katana from the 16th century and many other blades and clubs. We also had a tour of the Cavalry workshops and vehicle store and started up the Sliabh na mBan Rolls Royce amoured car!
One wonders how long before they have the "Nick Moran" exhibition ...
It will probably be a display of the Chieftain trying to get into a small armored vehicle.
A model Chieftain, w signature hat, impacting a ridiculously small Irish armoured car...
Amazing. Going to look for a sword behind my water heater right now.
Wow those two armoured cars are just stunning, and they are drivable. That’s amazing. I feel a “does the chieftain fit in” episode around the corner 😂
That Rolls armoured car is BEAUTIFUL!
What a lovely collection. Thanks to all for showing us!
The Irish pipes are similar to the Northumbrian pipes.
I’m absolutely loving the Irish content, Bravo!
"Are you familiar with our cap-badge"
"Sure I used to wear one."
Chieftain can we get an Inside the Hatch on the Mexican DN-V Buffalo?
"So it ti's" was something an old Irish co-worker would say all the time.
You can't buy ivory but can buy mammoth tusk.
Does a trip to ireland mean a visit to the Fv4005 in England? id love to see you have a talk with mr Hewes himself
From Kildare, my dad trained here and worked here when he became a Company Quartermaster.
I like the tactical grand piano near the beginning. Can we hear more about that?
Really loved this video, I gotta take a trip to kildare to see the museum in person.
The question of, "why are the barracks in the middle of town" seems like an interesting one to revisit.
easier to control the local population if needed in support of the police?
Barracks were usually situated near major roads or railway stations to enable quick mobilisation if required. In fact, putting barracks in town centers were less than ideal as soldiers had too easy access to pubs, ladies of leisure, ways of deserting etc!
any chance the barracks predates the town and it just grew around it?
There may also be historical reasons. When they were founded hundred(s) of years ago, they were on the edge of the town. Over the years, the town has grown and now they are in the middle of the town.
@@graveperil2169 As a bit of background, most Irish cities in Ireland predate English rule by about 300ish years. After the Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland in the late 12th century there tended to be some form of uprising/rebellion roughly every 30-50 years so control of cities/ports was important. There was also the fear by the British of an invasion from the French/Spanish.
For example Sarsfield Barracks in Limerick city was built in 1795 (the city's history goes back to around 800-1100 AD). 3 years later we had the Rebellion of 1798 (which actually involved a French landing). The barracks were usually built in strategic locations in/near major population centres, Collins Barrack in Cork (a city as old as Limerick or Dublin) is on a hill/high ground overlooking the city centre.
Both locations are still in use today by the Irish Defence Forces to this day.
I was hoping to see that weapons room he mentioned, I hope we get to see it in the future.
fascinating!
I will never again complain about Nick's accent. I lie, I never did, it's lovely. But holy hell, the translation factor borders on Scottish (still lovely).
Great video. I spent a flying visit, no pun intended, to Casement Aerodrome when I was in the RAF in my 20s. I'm 70 now. Never got to the Curragh.
Not going to lie it took me a solid thirty seconds to realize he was speaking English.
The Curragh was the British Army’s Cavalry training area, hence lots of open spaces. The inner city barracks were Infantry/ artillery barracks with no need for open spaces. The Irish Army basically took over the facilities.
Looking at all that history, I'm reminded that my mother went to her grave swearing the flag was green, white, and *GOLD*, not orange. I know how and when the orange got there, and when it became official--my mother was eight years old--but it always struck me how the little things meant so much in this troubled island's not-so-ancient history.
I agree , if my memory serves , many of the flags flown in Dublin in the 1960,s were green white and YELLOW , I was led to believe that the flag was the white and gold of the papal flag, with a green stripe for Ireland , but I am happy to be corrected
@@barneymagee3285 The story appears to be that it was actually the French who suggested it to replace the ancient harp. Green for one side, orange for the other, and white in between for a truce.
That's what I grew up hearing it called in the 60's & 70's Dublin
The punch daggers shown, Katars, are Indian or Nepalese (usually the latter), not African.
Excellent, really interesting! (Ex QOH).
I think the Curragh Museum could give the guide more detailed instruction about the exhibts.
He is a not a guide / curator, the were no guides available that day . He is a front of house . A soldier who helps run and maintain the museum, he was just being helpful . Why are people so quick to criticise. A friendly Irish welcome is what people get when they visit .
I'm the tour guide in the museum. I'm also a serving member of The Defence forces. Unfortunately on the day in question I was on duty so unavailable. He stood in just to make the video possible. He is also a serving member who does great work around the building to keep it open. This is not what he does in the museum, and he was just trying to help out.
@@violetcallaghan3686 Now I fully understand, and thank you.
@@garethrice6195 Now I fully understand, and thank you.
I presume he meant UVF rather than INLA - the INLA were a socialist fork of the PIRA, and certainly not loyalists. Did he mean they had weapons belonging to the old IRA and UVF from the era of the war of Independence?
So it is.
At one point, the madlads put a Merlin engine into a Churchill.
That must've been amusing. Technically it could've had more horsepower than an Abrams - for a minute or so. One wonders what the gearbox would've made of it.
it was called the meteor. made with decertified air engins. one that were not up to air worth ness
I am a man who owns NINE AQUADUCTS! lol that sword story is awesome, cheers from America!
Three star chap? Captain shadowing the tour?
No, 3 stars represent a private first class.
@@Kaiser3945 I meant the diamonds, not stars, I guess. On his uniform.
@@30LayersOfKevlar in that case you are correct, it would make him a captain. Hope it helps.
That's the captain he interviewed in the first video on the history of the Cavalry Corps.
Very cool museum, and vid.
nevermind, the rest. Narrator on another channel sounds just like you, but isn't.
Had a few pints I’d say😂
Bit of a suspicious gap between the civil war and the Congo. A couple of point about internment, but otherwise nothing.
It’s a long time ago now, and the times were crazy, but I think this period is something we need to be more open about. Not to imply any guilt or blame or anything, we were in a unique and precarious situation (especially after the occupation of Iceland) it’s just a glaring omission from a western country’s military history and just stands out like a red thumb when it’s not addressed.
The curator doesn’t know much about history
He's not the curator, he's a serving member, who doesn't do tours. As all members of staff here are serving members, the tour guide was on duty and not available. He was thrown in at the deepend, and he did his best.