Down Ratra Road : fifty years of civil defence in Ireland / Padraic O'Farrell.

By:

O'Farrell, Padraic

Material type: Text

TextSeries: [Catalogue lists] (Ireland. Stationery Office) ; no.D/039.Publication details: Dublin : Stationery Office, 2000.Description: viii,118p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:

070766506X (pbk)

Subject(s):

Civil defense -- Ireland -- History

DDC classification:

363.3509417 21

Subject: This book is a celebration of fifty years of Civil Defence in Ireland. Tracing the origins of the Service and its development, it adds interesting anecdotal information and illustrations. It includes a thumbnail history of the Civil Defence School at Ratra House in Dublin's Phoenix Park and the building's fascinating background. The book's title, 'Down Ratra Road', stems from this connection.

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This book is a celebration of fifty years of Civil Defence in Ireland. Tracing the origins of the Service and its development, it adds interesting anecdotal information and illustrations. It includes a thumbnail history of the Civil Defence School at Ratra House in Dublin's Phoenix Park and the building's fascinating background. The book's title, 'Down Ratra Road', stems from this connection.

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