Cootehill is a market town and townland in County Cavan, Ireland. Cootehill was formerly part of the neighbouring townland of Munnilly. Both townlands lie within the barony of Tullygarvey. Cootehill i
Brigadier Eric Edward "Chink" Dorman-Smith, MC, who later changed his name to Eric Edward Dorman O'Gowan, was an Irish officer whose career in the British Army began in the First World War and closed
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…Tanagh Outdoor Education Centre provides adventure sport activities (including canoeing and orienteering) for school groups and others. Major-General Eric Dorman O'Gowan, a senior-ranking officer in the British Army during the Second World War and an advisor to the IRA executive during the 1950s IRA Border Campaign…
Eric Dorman-Smith (left) talking with General Sir Alan Brooke at El Alamein, Egypt, August 1942.