Pádraig Allen is Archives Manager of St John Ambulance National Headquarters in Dublin. His talk will cover a period from the formation of the Brigade at the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, through to the visit of King George V in 1911 and the Irish contribution to WWI (including the Hospital at Étaples), the turbulent period of the Easter Rising through to the visit of Edwina Mountbatten, and the St John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland Jubilee in 1954.

Guests are welcome to attend their first St John Historical Society lecture on a drop-in basis. Subsequently, we invite you to become a member of the Society.