PATRICK CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY
Threemilehouse man, Patrick Hurson who celebrated his 100th Birthday recently.Patrick better known as Paudge, was born on the 12th of march 1917 at Rooskey, Threemilehouse, Co. Monaghan. He was the eldest of nine, 6 boy’s and 3girls. He enlisted in the Irish Army in 1933 and was first stationed at Mc Kee Barrack’s in Dublin in the Artillery Corps.
While there he was in the Blue Hussars, Irelands Mounted Presidential Escort. He served at Kildare, Curragh, Kilkenny, Clonmel and Ballincollig Barrack’s , before being transferred to …