A century of keeping people safe – commemorating 100 years of An Garda Siochána
Venue: Church of Ireland
Within weeks of the transition to the Irish Free State the Royal Irish Constabulary was disbanded and the fledgling administration had established a new unarmed police force. UCD Professor of Modern Irish History, Dr Diarmuid Ferriter looks back at the highs and lows, the triumphs and the controversies, of the first century of An Garda Siochána.
