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Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 11 Dec 2022

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Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 10 Oct 2022

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Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 9 Aug 2022

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Obituary Maj Gen Vincent Savino (Retd) Irish Times 24/09/2022

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Cavalry Corps Remembrance Day 14/08/2022

By PRO IUNVA Cavalry Corps Remembrance Day Traditionally the Cavalry Corps Remembrance Day has been held in the Curragh Camp on the first Saturday in September. This year it is being held on Wednesday 14 September to mark the centenary of the establishment of the Armoured Car Corps (ACC) on Establishment Day on 14 September…

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First Chaplin to the Defence Forces to Serve Overseas

By PRO IUNVA This article recalls the service of the first DF chaplain who deployed on overseas service with the United Nations in Jul 1960. Fr Cyril Patrick Crean was known as Fr Paddy and he was ordained in Rome in 1933. He worked in Harold’s Cross in Dublin before he joined the British Army…

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De Facto Forces Attack on UNIFIL HQ Naqoura South Lebanon On 12 Apr 1980

By PRO IUNVAWhen the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was being established in Mar 1978, the Force HQ was set up in Naqoura as a “temporary” HQ, some UN documents refer to it as a Tactical HQ. The military advice at the time was to locate the HQ in the Lebanese Armed Forces barracks…

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An Overview of the Battle of At Tiri – 6 to 12 April 1980

From PRO IUNVAAn Overview of the Battle of At Tiri 6 – 12 Apr 1980. IntroductionThis article is intended as general background information on 46 Inf Bn operations during the week from Easter Sunday 6 Apr 1980. The challenges, tension and the dangers faced by the Bn were unprecedented; this was the first time that…

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Mass Murder UN Peacekeepers in the Congo April 1961

From PRO IUNVA Mass Murder of UN Peacekeepers in the Congo in April 1961. Sixty one years ago, in Apr 1961, the UN suffered heavy casualties in a murderous rampage by members of the Armed Forces of the Central Congolese Government. On 28 April 1961, ONUC suffered its highest number of fatalities in single event…

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History of the United Nations Emblem, Flag and Blue Beret

The flag which so many Irish peacekeepers have proudly served under and the beret which they wore. By George Kerton PRO IUNVA In Apr 1945, near the end of World War II, fifty Allied nations gathered in San Francisco and this conference led to the establishment of the United Nations in Oct 1945. Delegates wore…

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