An Cosantóir the official magazine of the Irish Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces.
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www.military.ie the defence forces magazine | 5 Manager Comdt Colin Lawlor info@military.ie +353 (0)45 44 5306 Editor Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald magazine@military.ie +353 (0)45 44 5307 Connect Sgt Karl Byrne connect@military.ie Photo/Journalist: Cpl Lee Coyle journalist@military.ie Photographer Cpl Neville Coughlan photo@military.ie 045 44 5307 Subscriptions Cpl Kelly Gallagher +353 (0)45 44 5312 subs@military.ie DF/PR Information: Cpl Lynn Ryan (Overseas) admin@military.ie +353 (0)45 44 5308 DF Webmaster Sgt Mick Burke +353 (0)45 44 5309 webmaster@military.ie Magazine Archivist Mr Sean Shinnors Designer/Advertising JM Publishing & Media, Arklow, Co. Wicklow,Ireland Tel: +353 15331911 Tel: +353871344135 Web: www.jmpublishing.ie Email: info@jmpublishing.ie Printer Turner's Printing Co., Ltd Earl Street, Longford, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)43 3350500 The fact that an article appears in this magazine does not indicate official approval of the views expressed by the author. © Published by OiC Public Relations Branch for the Defence Forces at DFHQ, Block 5, Ceannt Bks, DFTC, Curragh Camp, Co Kildare, Ireland. Tel: +353 (0)45 445312 Front Cover Design concept by Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald. For more Defence Forces photographs, checkout: www.flickr.com/photos/ dfmagazine Editorial H ello and welcome to our October 2016 issue. We have kept the 40-page size going, which contains 20+ individual stories, so please let us know if you think the size fits. Your On Parade photos get us started this month before our In Focus page looks at two military shows, Salute, in Swords and Living History, in the Phoenix Park. Then we have Robert Fisk's visit to the UN School. This is followed by two stories about honouring military veterans, one about the Irish UNIFIL Association visit to the Netherlands and the other about the 3rd Defence Forces Veterans Day. Moving on we have an account by former crew members of LÉ Cliona receiving scrolls of commendation in LÉ Cliona Crew Honoured. In History Online, Conor A Dullaghan PhD, briefs us on early Irish militaria collecting. This is followed by another history piece in which former DF serviceman Pat Fitzgerald writes about the newly unveiled Callan War Memorial, erected in honour of nearly 200 local people who served in World War I. Senior pipe band instructor, Coy Sgt Kevin Duncan, DFSM, gives us a brief history of DF pipe bands in Piping up! Cpl Ian Keogh tells us, in UNDOF Peacekeepers Display Their Skills, about the Irish peacekeepers who took part in the UNDOF FC's Military Skills Competition in Camp Ziouani. Our Strategic Review article, Death in Paradise, by Paul O'Brien, looks at terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, in November 2008. Coy Sgt David O'Connor updates us on how Irish medics got on in their fourth visit to Exercise Arduous Serpent – a British Army medical services tactical training exercise. Our In Reserve piece, Reservists Dig Deep, looks at members of 2 Reserve Platoon, 1 MIC, who recently completed their 3-star training. Our front cover feature, Jadoville Remembered, looks at the backstory of the Jadotville siege; a song on the same subject; and the recent issue of a unit scroll to 'A' Coy, 35 Inf Bn. Our first history feature looks at the bombing of Dublin's North Strand in May 1941, and this is followed by The Curragh, Home of the Warrior, by Lt Col Dan Harvey. Our extended Sports article looks at martial arts and features DF members who are international title holders in MMA, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Kyushoshin ju jutsu. We also have our regular Gear Up, Noticeboard, Reviews, and What I Do, features. Check out our competitions and results on pages 35 and 36. Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald - Editor Western Front Memorial Pictured at the Somme Ceremony at Guillemont, France on 3rd September is Brig Gen Joseph Mulligan, GOC DFTC with other members of the Defence Forces at the granite cross memorial to the 16th Irish Division. Photo: Pte Aidan Gillespie, 28 Inf Bn Brig Gen Joseph Mulligan lays a wreath at the 16th Irish Division memorial at Guillemont. Photo: Armn Michael Whelan, Air Corps Museum & Heritage Project