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same year Wayne put some of the magazine's articles
forward into the EMPA (European Military Publication
Association) Awards, An Cosantóir won Best Article
2013 with 'At The Gates of Hell (Mali)' - written by Irish
Author & Military Historian, Paul O'Brien MA; a great
achievement for the magazine, Paul and Wayne.
As well as redesigning the magazine and winning
awards, Wayne took on other projects with regards to
An Cosantóir, such as overseeing the scanning of older
issues into downloadable PDF format files, which will
ensure that the history of the magazine will continue
on into the digital age. On top of that he oversaw the
searchable database of the An Cosantóir which made
researching through the older issues of the magazine,
for the authors or the article titles, a breeze. If you've
been an avid reader of An Cosantóir you'd know that
Wayne - alongside his good friend Irish Author &
Military Historian Paul O'Brien - has now become an
author himself, co-authoring the highly coveted book
'Shadow Warriors'.
Wayne has now moved on from the An Cosantóir office
and PR Branch, he is now back serving in his beloved
Air Corps. We here in the An Cosantóir office would like
to wish Wayne all the best in his future endeavours not
only in the Air Corps and Irish Defence Forces but any
other future projects and jobs he takes on.
Go raibh mile maith agat agus go n-éirí leat.
An Cosantóir team
The front cover from The War of Independence Special
in which Wayne was Editor for
Wayne's article relating to his book Shadow Warriors
Above is Wayne's first published article as Editor of An
Cosantóir magazine back in June 2011
Above is one of Wayne's last articles as Editor of An
Cosantóir in the Feb 2020 Issue
SGT WAYNE FITZGERALD
