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The Military History Society of Ireland was founded in 1949. The aim of the Society is to promote the study of military history, and in particular the history of warfare in Ireland and of Irish people in war. The flagship of the Society, The Irish Sword, is a twice yearly publication, renowned for its scholarly treatment of military history.
The Society is affiliated, under the style of the Irish Commission for Military History, to the International Commission of Military History (www.icmh.info)
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Notice of 2025 Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held at 11.15 a.m. on Saturday, 29 March 2025 in The Officers' Mess, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin 6 by kind permission of OC Cathal Brugha Barracks and the Mess President.
In accordance with Rule 7.c of the Rules of the Society (adopted at the 2006 AGM), any member wishing to move a resolution at the Annual General Meeting shall give notice thereof to the Honorary Record Secretary so that it is received at least six weeks before the date of the Annual General Meeting, that is, not later than 7 February 2024. Any such notice should be addressed to the Honorary Record Secretary, Military History Society of Ireland, Newman House, 86 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin D02 CC99 or sent by email to akinsella212@gmail.com. Please state the email subject as “MHSI 2024 AGM Resolution(s)”.
A resolution means any motion, proposal or nomination upon which members at the meeting are required to vote and it must include the names of the proposer and seconder.
In accordance with Rule 7.d, the Council shall, not later than three weeks before the date of the Annual General Meeting, give notice to members of the agenda of the meeting which notice may be given on its website. You are hereby notified that this notice will be posted on the Society’s website, www.mhsi.ie by 01 March 2025.
Anthony Kinsella,
Honorary Record Secretary
4 November 2024
75th Anniversary of the Military History Society of Ireland
In 2024, the Society celebrated its 75th Anniversary. The occasion was marked, inter alia, by a keynote lecture given on 22nd March 2024 by Past-President, Dr Harman Murtagh, on the history of the Society since its inception. This lecture will be recast and published in a future issue of the Irish Sword. A short summary, 75 Years of Military History, is available by clicking the link below.
We also publish a message from the President of the Society, Brig Gen Tony Cudmore, to mark this historic occasion.
Goodwill messages were received from Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D Higgins; Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin; and the President of the International Commission of Military History, Prof Massimo de Leonardis.
Links to these messages are provided below.
Message from Uachtarán na hÉireann
Message from Tánaiste and Minister for Defence
(PTC 2024)