Source for: army retirement cast statue gift

jonny p · 28-02-2014 9:26am #1

Does anyone know where I could pck up the Michael Collins brass cast statue that is given to people retireing from the Irish army, as far as I know it is normally a micheal collins statue or an army lad with a Styre AUG.

my father died before he retired and I would like to get the collins one in his memory.

I'm not even sure i right about the collins statue being used its a vague memory of a retirement do i was at.

thanks

Hedgemeister · 28-02-2014 11:07am

I was at hundreds of retirement functions and never saw a Michael Collins Statue given to any retiree from the Army.
Personally, I got a glass Salad Bowl and a bunch of flowers (after 30 years Service) and if someone had presented me with a M. Collins statuette I'd not have accepted it.
Each to his own I guess.

davetherave · 28-02-2014 11:32am

Genisis in Mullingar do the Soldier alright, don't know about the Collins one.

tac foley · 28-02-2014 5:40pm

The day I retired I got given a book. A week later it was stolen.

So was the car it was in.

I miss the book far more than the car.

tac

Reggie. · 01-03-2014 8:40pm

tac foley wrote: »

The day I retired I got given a book. A week later it was stolen.

So was the car it was in.

I miss the book far more than the car.

tac

Unreal

mcko · 02-03-2014 10:12am

There is a shop in Cork City owened by Gerald McCarhty, the ex Cork hurler,just off the South Mall who sells all types of those figures, army, navy and Gardai.

triskell · 02-03-2014 1:38pm

mcko wrote: »

There is a shop in Cork City owened by Gerald McCarhty, the ex Cork hurler,just off the South Mall who sells all types of those figures, army, navy and Gardai.

Thanks for that. Do you have link or web address for his shop?

mcko · 02-03-2014 4:58pm

http://www.geraldmccarthytrophies.com/index.php?p=6&id=7

triskell · 02-03-2014 9:42pm

Ta very much

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