Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh served as Irish President from 1974-1976.
It's been 50 years since a Westmeath barracks was the unlikely set-up for the resignation of an Irish President.
The then defence minster Paddy Donegan made a speech criticising Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh for referring the government's Emergency Powers Act to the Supreme Court on October 18th 1976.
It followed rising tension after the killing of Garda Michael Clerkin after a bomb explosion in Garryhinch in Portarlington.
Mr Donegan made the comments during the opening of a new canteen at Mullingar's Columb Barracks which eventually led to Mr Ó Dálaigh's resignation.
Journalist with the Irish Times Ronan McGreevy says the President's decision did not go down well at the time:
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