Recording No: 283
Theme: Policing and Defence
Interviewee: Mary Stratford
Date of Birth: 1940
Interview Location: Malahide, Dublin
Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore
Series Title: 1922-2022: A Century of Change (part 3)
Date Recorded: 20/08/2021
Recording Length: 48:10
Keywords: Mary Garvey Garda joined force 1962; First Clare woman in force; One of first Ban Gardai attached to Edward St. Garda Station Limerick; Plain clothes and uniformed detective Pearse St. Dublin station 1960s; Worked with Crime Prevention Unit 1960s; First woman in force to transfer from Limerick to Pearse St. Dublin Garda Station; Retired 1968 due to marriage ban.
