Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 12 Feb 2023
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January Anniversary – Overseas Deaths
By PRO IUNVA Four Irish citizens died during the month of January while serving with the United Nations, two were members of the DF and two were civilians. We remember the killing of Seán Devereux (28) on 2 Jan 1993 while working for the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Somalia. He was…
Death Overseas Cpl John Geoghegan 28/12/1961 – Congo
By PRO IUNVA This article covers the death of Cpl John Geoghegan B Coy 36 Inf Bn on 28 Dec 1961, he was the last member of the unit to die in 1961. On 24 Dec 1961 at approximately 1600 ours Cpl John Geoghegan (41) and a Pte were on guard duty at Post No…
Death Overseas Cpl Liam Kelly 24/12/1960 – Congo
By PRO IUNVA This article recalls the death of the thirteenth Irish casualty during the United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC). Cpl Liam Kelly (22) was from Ballydonnell, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny. He joined the DF at the Curragh Training Camp in Jul 1958 and on completion of recruit training he passed out as the…
Death Overseas Cpl Thomas Reynolds 24/12/1978 – Lebanon
By Pro IUNVA Cpl Thomas N Reynolds (35) was a member of the Tpt Pl, HQ Coy, 44 Inf Bn and was injured in road traffic accident on Saturday 23 Dec 1978 when the Land Rover he was travelling in went off the road near Tibnine while travelling to Haddatha. He died from his injuries…
Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 11 Dec 2022
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Death Overseas Pte John Marshall 17/12/1980 – Lebanon
By PRO IUNVA On 25 Nov 1980, Pte John Marshall (20), 48 Inf Bn was admitted to SwedMedCoy in Naqoura suffering from tonsillitis. Complications set in and he was transferred to Ram Bam Hospital in Haifa but he died there around midday on 17 Dec 1980. He was from Glin Ave, Coolock, Dublin and he…
Death Overseas Cpl Martin Tynan 13/12/1992 – Lebanon
By PRO IUNVA This article recalls the death thirty years ago of Cpl Martin Tynan at an early age from natural causes in Dec 1992. Cpl Martin Tynan (30) lived at Cowpasture, Monasterevin, Co Kildare with his wife Evelyn and their children Martin, Leona and Daryl. His home unit was Dep MP Corps at the…
Deaths Overseas Cpl Fallon, Sgt Mulcahy, Lieut Riordan & Pte Wickham December 1961 – Congo
By PRO IUNVA In this article we remember the four peacekeepers from A Coy, 36 Inf Bn who were killed during combat operations in Elisabethville in the Congo during Dec 1961. The main body of 36 Inf Bn arrived in the Congo between 5 and 24 Dec 1961 in twenty chalks transported by USAF in…
Takeover of Military Installations in Dublin during Dec 1922
By PRO IUNVA Twenty six military barracks, posts and other properties were taken over by the National Army of Saorstát Eireann (the Irish Free State) during the month of December 1922 and just two are in use today by Óglaigh na hÉireann, McKee Bks and Bricin’s Military Hospital. On Thursday 14th December six installations were…
