Trip down memory lane for ex-sergeant

He raised his family and worked within the walls of Elizabeth Fort, and yesterday, he returned for the first time in almost 20 years for a trip down memory lane.

Former garda Mike Houlihan, from Ventry, was the sergeant in charge at the former Barrack St station, which was located just inside the fort’s walls, when he retired from the force on June 11, 1979, after 34 years and four days in uniform.

He, his wife, and children lived in a house just next to the station, which closed last year.