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Richard (Dick) Mulcahy was born in Waterford. He was a member of the IRB and joined the Irish Volunteers in November 1913. Arrested after the rising, Mulcahy was imprisoned in Richmond Barracks, Knutsford Detention Barracks, Cheshire and Frongoch Internment Camp, Wales. He was a member of Dáil Éireann and during the War of Independence he was Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He supported the AngloIrish Treaty and following the death of Michael Collins in the Civil War, succeeded him as Commander in Chief of the Free State National Army and was also Chief of Staff. He was a founding member of the Cumann na nGaedhal party and was later leader of the Fine Gael party. Richard Mulcahy died in 1971 aged 85 years old.

This interview was recorded on 10 December 1965.