 Friends         |  musicman2010: TO ALL THE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN OF BOTH IRELAND,BRITAIN,AND OF OUR SISTER COUNTRYS,THANK YOU FOR THE LOYAL SERVICE TOO YOUR COUNTRY IN BOTH PEACE KEEPING AND IN WAR. for the honor of our irish,salute or bow your head for a moment and thank them for giving there life so we live in a safe world. Below are the names, ranks and dates on which Irish personnel have died overseas. Please remember their families in your thoughts and prayers. Congo Coy Sgt Felix Grant (BSD) 03 Oct 1960 Col Justin McCarthy (BSD) 27 Oct 1960 Lt Kevin Gleeson 08 Nov 1960 Sgt Hugh Gaynor 08 Nov 1960 Cpl Liam Dougan 08 Nov 1960 Cpl Peter Kelly 08 Nov 1960 Pte Matthew Farrell 08 Nov 1960 Tpr Thomas Fennell 08 Nov 1960 Tpr Anthony Browne (BMC) 08 Nov 1960 Pte Michael McGuinn 08 Nov 1960 Pte Gerard Killeen 08 Nov 1960 Pte Patrick Davis 08 Nov 1960 Cpl Liam Kelly 24 Dec 1960 Cpl Luke Kelly 30 Aug 1961 Tpr Edward Gaffney 13 Sep 1961 Tpr Patrick Mullins 15 Sep 1961 Cpl Michael Nolan 15 Sep 1961 Cpl Michael Fallon 08 Dec 1961 Sgt Patrick Mulcahy (BSD) 16 Dec 1961 Lt Patrick Riordan (BSD) 16 Dec 1961 Pte Andrew Wickham 16 Dec 1961 Cpl John Geoghegan 28 Dec 1961 Cpl John Power 03 Mar 1962 Capt Ronald McCann 09 May 1962 Cpl John McGrath 21 Mar 1963 Comdt Thomas McMahon 28 Sept 1963 Cyprus Coy Sgt Wallace McCauley 22 Feb 1965 Sgt John Hamill 07 Apr 1965 Cpl William Heatherington 19 July 1965 Coy Sgt James Ryan 04 Oct 1966 Capt Christopher McNamara 16 Jan 1968 Cpl James fagan 10 June 1968 Lt Ronald Byrne 28 Oct 1968 Tpr Michael Kennedy 01 July 1969 Pte Brendan Cummins 11 June 1971 UNTSO Comdt Thomas Wickham 07 June 1967 Comdt Michael Nestor 25 Sept 1982 Lebanon Pte Gerard Moon 25 Aug 1978 Cpl Thomas Reynolds 24 Dec 1978 Pte Philip Grogan 10 July 1979 Pte Stephen Griffin 14 Apr 1980 Pte Derek Smallhorn 18 Apr 1980 Pte Thomas Barrett 18 Apr 1980 Sgt Edward Yeates 31 May 1980 Cpl Vincent Duffy 18 Oct 1980 Pte John Marshall 17 Dec 1980 Coy Sgt James Martin 10 Feb 1981 Pte Hugh Doherty 27 Apr 1981 SS Caomhán Seoighe 27 Apr 1981 Pte Niall Byrne 23 June 1981 Pte Gerard Hodges 20 Mar 1982 Pte Peter Burke 27 Oct 1982 Cpl Gregory Morrow 27 Oct 1982 Pte Thomas Murphy 27 Oct 1982 Cpl George Murray 09 Oct 1984 Tpr Paul Fogarty 20 July 1986 Lt Aonghus Murphy 21 Aug 1986 Pte William O’Brien 06 Dec 1986 Cpl Dermot McLoughlin 10 Jan 1987 RSM John Fitzgerald 24 Feb 1987 Cpl George Butler 29 Aug 1987 Gnr Paul Cullen 17 Mar 1988 Pte Patrick Wright 21 Aug 1988 Pte Michael McNeela 24 Feb 1989 Cpl Fintan Heneghan 21 Mar 1989 Pte Thomas Walsh 21 Mar 1989 Pte Mannix Armstrong 21 Mar 1989 Sgt Charles Forrester 21 May 1989 Comdt Michael O’Hanlon 21 Nov 1989 Cpl Michael McCarthy 15 Nov 1991 Cpl Peter Ward 29 Sep 1992 Cpl Martin Tynan 13 Dec 1992 CQMS Kieran Stokes 14 June 1993 Airman Stephen O’Connor 03 Oct 1993 Sgt John Lynch 06 Aug 1997 Cpl Michael Dowling 16 Sept 1998 Pte Kevin Barrett 18 Feb 1999 Pte William Kedian 31 May 1999 Tpr Jonathan Campbell 05 Sept 1999 Pte Declan Deere 14 Feb 2000 Pte John Murphy 14 Feb 2000 Pte Matthew Lawlor 14 Feb 2000 Pte Brendan Fitzpatrick 14 Feb 2000 East Timor SS Peadar Ó Flathartha 15 Apr 2002 Liberia Sgt Derec Mooney 27 Nov 2003 Your names are etched into the pages of our history, and more importantly, into our hearts. We salute you – today and always. |
Nelson Mandela
You're the idol
Of freedom and peace
For all humanity.
You fought for freedom
Made many sacrifices
You set your goals
And achieved them all.
Not just Africa
But the world's proud
For what you gave
In a selfless way.
Twenty seven years
You spent in darkness
To shed rays of hope
For downtrodden masses.
Nobel prize for peace
You received in honor
But no prize's higher
Than the prize of freedom.
Mandela, Mandela
Beloved Madiba*
You're forever
Etched in our hearts.