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This is a list of Irish military personnel of the Defence Forces who have died while serving overseas. Since the 1960s, 88 personnel (87 from the Irish Army and one from the Air Corps ) have died in overseas deployments.
The Irish Army (Irish: an tArm) is the land component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. [5] The Irish Army has an active establishment of 7,520, and a reserve establishment of 3,869. Like other components of the Defence Forces, the Irish Army has struggled to maintain strength and as of April 2023 [update] has only 6,322 active personnel, and ...
Irish Army personnel (2 C, 2 P) C. Chiefs of Staff of the Defence Forces (Ireland) (16 P) N. ... List of Irish military casualties overseas This page was last ...
A seven-year investigation of a former Irish Republican Army double agent concluded Friday in an interim report that the spy was probably responsible for more deaths than lives saved during ...
Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) Irish Republic [1] United Kingdom: Victory. Anglo-Irish Treaty: [2] Dominion status for 26 counties of Southern Ireland as the Irish Free State; 6 counties of Northern Ireland remain part of UK; United Kingdom retains the Ports of Berehaven, Spike Island and Lough Swilly; Irish Civil War (1922–1923 ...
Besides sanctioned international military missions, the unit may be deployed overseas to protect Irish diplomatic missions and diplomats (particularly in times of war or civil unrest in host countries), [47] to provide close protection to members of the Irish government travelling overseas, [48] [49] to rescue kidnapped Irish citizens, [37] [50 ...
Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while in a military explosives convoy: Broomfield, County Monaghan: Patrick Gerald Reynolds: Garda: 21281D: 23: 20 February 1982: Fatally shot by an Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) gunman after investigating a report of suspicious activity: Tallaght, County Dublin: James Gerard Downey: Garda ...
Members of the Irish Defence Forces have been deployed to a town in the south of Ireland to deal with extensive flooding due to Storm Babet. The army and civil defence units supported evacuation ...