Death of Pte Kevin Barrett – 84 Inf Bn UNIFIL – 18/02/1999

From National PROOn Thursday 17 Mar 1988, Gnr Paul Cullen (20) 62 Inf Bn UNIFIL, tragically lost his life in an accident while he was on leave in Limassol, Cyprus. He was on his first tour of overseas service and he along with three comrades was in the holiday resort before they were due to…

Capt Christopher McNamara was from Crusheen, Co Clare and he joined the Defence Forces as a Cadet with 29 Cadet Class in 1954.  He was commissioned on 25 Nov 1956 and appointed to the Supply and Transport Corps.  He was appointted to Depot S&T Corps in the Curragh Training Camp and then he served in…

PRO IUNVA  On Saturday 31 May 1980 Sgt Edward (Ted) Yeates, A Coy, 47 Inf Bn UNIFIL died when the Panhard APC he was travelling in overturned. He was the patrol commander and he was in the turret when the accident happened. The vehicle patrol was returning to Coy HQ at Brashit (6-16) from the…

By PRO IUNVA This article recalls the death on 13 Sep 1961 of Tpr Edward (Eddie) Gaffney (22), C Coy, 35 Inf Bn ONUC in Elisabethville, capital of the breakaway province of Katanga in the Republic of the Congo. This was the first day of a weeklong offensive operation in Katanga Province – Operation Morthor….

by Pro Iunva In this article we remember the death of the second member of the DF who died while on service with the UN, he was the first Senior Irish Officer in the service of the UN and was a pathfinder for the generations who followed.  Col Justin MacCarthy (46) was born in 1914…

By Pro IUNVA This article recalls the death of Francis Eivers in Sep 1961, he was a former Garda Sgt and was the first Irishman to die while serving in a UN civilian appointment. On 13 Sep 1961, the UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjöld made his fourth visit to the Congo since the start of…