James Crockett

Recording No: 233

Theme: Policing and Defence

Interviewee: James Crockett
Date of Birth: 1945
Interview Location: Cork City
Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore
Series Title: 1922-2022: A Century of Change (part 3)
Date Recorded: 09/06/2021
Recording Length: 01:16:35

Keywords: Detective Inspector in Mayfield, Cork; 1970 Mountjoy Police Barracks; Garda Underwater Unit 1978; Special Task Force; Dublin Castle and Harcourt Square; Emergency Response Unit; Pope John Paul II Irish visit; Black Belt in Judo; Irish Champion 1968, 1969, 1974; Martin Cahill, The General; Uncovering art stolen from 1988 – 1991.