A Curragh Chap Joins The Army by Joey Kelly

[Matt McNamara]

Hi All

The following document gives an account of a young Curragh chap (Joey Kelly) joining the Army. It starts with his recruit training in McDonagh Barracks in 1967 and continues on to McDermott Barracks and his training with the Engineers and eventual UN service with C Company 10th Inf Group in Cyprus.

I am sure that this is only the first installment and hopfully more to follow.

dl.dropbox.com/u/33111706/Curragh%20Historical%20Documents/Curragh%20Documents%20PDF/A%20Curragh%20Chap%20Joins%20the%20Army.pdf

All the best

Matt

[andybrennan]

Matt,

Yet another delightful little read of Joey's memories .

Really enjoyed it and the names of so many nice people that he encountered.

Good stuff Joey.

Prayers for your boy still on going

Andy

[derekrochford]

Hi Matt,

Nice that you put up that Article by Joey Kelly for people to read.

I really enjoyed it.

It's lovely to read of other peoples experiences and how they describe them.

Well done on your writing Joey and do hope that your son will be well soon,

Regards,

Derek

[tommyhetherington]

Very Good Joey,
Two days after you joined I was born hope this fact does not make you feel oooolllddddd,
nice story keep it up

[joemurray]

Just want to share with others my enjoyment of Joey Kelly's writings of his times in the army on the Curragh and in Cyprus.I'm sure he put alot of work into it.Well done Joey