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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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Ceremony – UNTSI – 31 Oct 2024
On Thursday 31 Oct 2024 a ceremony was held in UNTSI, the Mil Col, to unveil a special display to the memory of Col Justin MacCarthy who was killed in a traffic accident in Leopoldville, Republic of Congo on 27 Oct 1960, while serving as Dep COS and Chief Ops Offr at HQ ONUC. Col…
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