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Ireland’s Wars: UNFICYP
The ONUC mission in the Congo was not even over when the United Nations found itself getting involved in another similar situation, this time in an island in the Mediterranean Sea. On this occasion the nature of the mission, and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1960s, cyprus, history, ireland, irish defence forces, UN, unficyp, war
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NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: Lepanto
My first naval entry and its a big’un. Name: The Battle of Lepanto The War: Part of the interminable Ottoman-Habsburg Wars and the Ottoman-Venetian Wars When: 7 October 1571 Where: The Gulf of Patras in the Ionian Sea, off Greece. Lepanto … Continue reading
Posted in History, Middle East, NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World, Religion, War
Tagged 1571, battle, christians, cyprus, decisive battles, don juan de austria, galeasses, gulf of patras, history, holy league, islam, lepanto, muslims, naupactus, oar ships, ottomans, our lady of victory, papal states, pasha ali, pius v, religion, venice, war
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The Irish Army And Why It’s Needed
The Sunday Tribune is what I read Sunday mornings. I’m not completely won over by the paper (It’s very anti-whoever’s in government at the time and employs some rather stupid people like Una Mullally) but apart from that its a decent read. … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Irish Defence Forces, Politics, War
Tagged adama, Battlestar Galactica, chad, congo, cyprus, ira, irish air corps, irish army, irish defence forces, irish military, irish navy, john cooney, lebanon, military downgrading, military downsizing, peaceenforcement, peacekeeping, sellafield, sunday tribune, timor, udf, UN
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