By PRO IUNVA Trooper Paul Fogarty was born in the Families’ Hospital, part of the General Military Hospital in the Curragh Training Camp in 1963. His mother was Ella Fogarty, née Hogan from Feakle Co Clare and his father, John Fogarty, was BQMS at the AAS in Naas. He was the second youngest of seven…

By PRO IUNVA This article is on the death in Jul 1965 of Cpl William Hetherington, HQ Coy, 4 Inf Bn UNFICYP following injuries suffered in a road traffic accident.William (Billy) Hetherington was born in Co Tipperary on 16 Jun 1937. Days after his 17th birthday, he enlisted in the army on 29 Jun 1954…

By Pro IUNVA On Sunday 8 Jul 1979, a small number of personnel from 2 HQ Coy UNIFIL HQ were sunbathing on rocks near Tara Camp at Naqoura when Pte Philip Grogan (19) and Pte Thomas McKinley (19) were washed off the rocks by a large wave. Irish and French personnel entered the water to…

By PRO IUNVA Tpr Michael Kennedy was born in Oct 1949 and he grew up in Gracefield, Portarlington on the Co. Offaly side of the town, he was the third youngest of six children. In Dec 1966 he joined the DF at the Curragh Training Camp. His father, Henry, had served in the Cavalry Corps…

By PRO IUNVA On 23 Jun 1981 Pte Niall Byrne (21), C Coy 49 Inf Bn was killed in a traffic accident when a Land Rover in which he was travelling in as front seat passenger overturned, the driver suffered non-life threatening injuries.  A DF statement said one of the vehicle’s wheels went off the…

From PRO IUNVAOn 14 Jun 1993 CQMS Declan Stokes (39), 28 IrComp (Irish Component, Camp Comd, UNIFIL HQ) collapsed while playing in an inter-unit football match at Haris in South Lebanon. He was evacuated by helicopter to the UNIFIL Hospital at Naqoura but he was declared dead at the hospital from a heart attack. His…

From PRO IUNVAPte Brendan Cummins (23), HQ Coy, 20 Inf Gp UNFICYP, died from natural causes on 11 Jun 1971. He had been admitted to Princess Mary’s Hospital, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus for treatment for heart disease and he passed away after an operation. His parent unit was 2 Inf Bn and he was on his…

By PRO IUNVA On Monday 10 Jun 1968, Cpl James Fagan (28) Armd Car Gp 10 Inf Gp was killed in a road traffic accident at Pano Zodia, Cyprus. He was taken to the mining company hospital at Pendayia, Xeros where he died after five hours. He was the 33rd member of the DF to…

By PRO IUNVA This article tells of the killing of Comdt Thomas P Wickham, an unarmed UN observer who was shot dead fifty five years ago on 7 Jun 1967 during the Six Day War (5 – 10 Jun 1967). Comdt Thomas P Wickham (48) was a native of Dublin and he joined the DF…