Looking for that ideal present for the military person in your life? Chiefs of Staff: The Portrait Collection of The Irish Defence Forces, edited by Colonel Tom Hodson, could be the answer to that ongoing problem.
The Book has a foreword by the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, together with fascinating articles on the collection itself and on the historical perspective in which they are set. There are biographical details of the individual Chiefs of Staff and of the artists, as well as outstanding reproductions of the portraits themselves by Commandant Paddy Walshe. It is now available, cost €50, from Commandant Pat Casey, McKee Officers’ Club, C/O McKee Officers’ Mess, McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7.
