The founding of Irish Military Online came about after the merger of the two leading internet sites dedicated to the Irish Defence Forces, Shane Barry's 'Boomer' website and "Kermits" Naval Service site. Eamonn Ó hAodha soon joined the duo to begin creation of the new site in mid 2002. In October of the same year, the new Irish Military Online website went live along with the new discussion board. Having already a good userbase due to the solid foundation created by its two predacessors, the site flourished.

It soon became clear that the discussion board was the backbone of the site when membership trippled in the first three months. What started out as an alternative to the lacklustre official Irish Military website, soon grew to become the place where soldiers come first to hear news and gather information. Irish Military Online offered members of the PDF and more popularly the Reserve Defence Forces a place to discuss the latest goings-on in the military. In January 2004 the site passed a landmark 500 members and 25,000 posts which is sure to be doubled even quicker. The site now proudly boasts the accurate title of 'Irelands Largest Military Community'.

Due to the sheer growth of the website and discussion boards, more volunteers were required to help, thus the addition of 'yellowjacket', 'Goldie Fish', 'FMolloy' and 'Joshua' to the team. It is these four men that endure the difficult task of keeping the boards in order.

To contact a member of staff please use the contact form on the corresponding page, private message through the discussion boards or send an email to webmaster@irishmilitaryonline.com