Thomas Kenny

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Irish soldiers board a plane to leave Baldonnell airport for Congo as part of a UN peacekeeping mission on July 28th, 1960
60 years on: Why Irish soldiers who died in Niemba did not get medals

Medals for gallantry for nine Irish soldiers killed in the Niemba ambush 60 years ago were not awarded because it might look like a “hand-out”. This (...)

TheAll-Ireland winning Tipperary hurling team on board the SS Bremen on their way to America for a 1926 US Tour.
Looking back on the Tipperary hurlers 1926 US tour

They resembled soldiers leaving for war – without the khaki and the latent fear. But these were hurlers, marching in formation to the music of a loc(...)