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Lecture: “100 Years of Ireland’s National Police Force, 1925-2025”
Ed Synott has just sent on the details for the next South Kilkenny Society’s lecture. It sounds like it will be a fascinating lecture.
The lecture will take place on Thursday the 30th of October 2025 at 8 p.m. The lecture will be delivered by Conor Brady in person at the Mullinavat Parish Hall (opposite church) or via Zoom (Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85987326523 and Meeting ID: 859 8732 6523, 8 p.m. Dublin time).
Centenary of The Irish National Police Force
This year marks the 100 anniversary of the merging of An Garda Síochána (which was established in 1923) and the DMP (Dublin Metropolitan Police) to establish a national police force.
Speaker’s Connection to An Garda Síochána
According to the Garda Síochána Retired Members Association website gardahistory.com, Conor Brady is an Irish journalist, novelist and academic. Formerly, Conor was Editor of The Irish Times, an Editor of the Garda Review, a contributor on RTÉ and a former Commissioner of the Garda Ombudsman. He wrote two history books regarding the Garda Síochána: Guardians of the Peace: The Early Years of the Irish Police Force (2000); and The Guarding of Ireland: The Garda Siochana & the Irish State 1960-2014 (2014).
Conor is also the son of Cornelius (Con) Brady, who joined An Garda Síochána in 1923 and died in service in 1962. Superintendent Con Brady was one of the Garda Superintendents who shouldered the coffin of Kevin O’Higgins, the assassinated Minister for Justice in 1927. For Conor’s 2021 interview see the Garda Síochána Retired Member Association, gardahistory.com website.