Similar Posts
Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4 Issue October 2023
Click for Article
Obituary Lieut Col Pearse McCorley (Retd) Irish Times 26/02/2022
From IUNVA PROBorn: January 8th, 1944 Died: February 13th, 2022 Pearse McCorley, who has died aged 77, had a long and distinguished career in the Cavalry Corps, during which he participated in several overseas tours of duty, serving with peace keeping forces of the United Nations. Later, he worked with the Organisation for Security and…
Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 10 Oct 2022
Post No 6, Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 9 Click for Article Below is the content in audio format
Operation Morthor in Elisabethville Congo 13 – 21 September 1961
In this article we look at the killing of Trooper Edward Gaffney, C Company 35 Infantry Battalion in action during Operation Morthor and the first Irish personnel who were captured by the Gendarmerie Trooper Edward Gaffney Today we remember the 60th anniversary of the death of Trooper Edward Gaffney, C Company, 35 Infantry Battalion…
Elisabethville Congo 1961 Article 2 of 3
The is the second article to cover the deaths of 36 Inf Bn personnel in Elisabethville in Dec 1961. The first article on the deaths of Irishmen during Operation Unokat mentioned the wounding of Sgt Patrick Mulcahy and four men from A Coy 36 Inf Bn by shrapnel from mortar fire that killed Cpl Michael…
Opening Statement to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
The Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA) was formed at a meeting on the 10th Feb 1990 when a group of personnel led by Maj Gen Vincent Savino (Retd) and currently President of (IUNVA) identified a need to look after Veterans and their families who had fallen on hard times and where in some instances…