This is a list of Irish military personnel of the
Defence Forces The phrase Defence Force(s) (or Defense Force(s) in US English - see spelling differences) is in the title of the armed forces of certain countries and territories.
Defence forces
* Ambazonia Defence Forces
*Artsakh Defence Army
* Australian Defen ...
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.
Fatalities have primarily occurred as part of United Nations peacekeeping missions, with 26 lives lost in the
Congo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
under
ONUC; 9 in
Cyprus under
UNFICYP
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is a United Nations peacekeeping force that was established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting following intercommunal violen ...
; two in the Middle East under
UNTSO; 47 in Lebanon under
UNIFIL
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( ar, قوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان, he, כוח האו"ם הזמני בלבנון), or UNIFIL ( ar, يونيفيل, he, יוניפי״ל), is a UN peacekeeping m ...
; one in
East Timor under
UNTAET; one in
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
under
UNMIL and two in Europe under the EU
Nordic Battlegroup and
EUMS
The Military Staff of the European Union (EUMS) is the directorate-general of the European Union's (EU) External Action Service (EEAS) that contributes to the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) by providing strategic advice to the Hi ...
.
Irish Defence Forces Roll of Honour
Fatalities by mission
See also
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List of Gardaí killed in the line of duty
This is a list of Garda officers killed in the line of duty since the establishment of the '' Garda Síochána'' in 1922. The list includes all Gardaí who were killed in the service of the state (accidentally and unlawfully), as per the offi ...
Notes
References
{{Irish Army & Army Reserve
Casualties overseas
Military casualties overseas
Irish Defence Forces
The Defence Forces ( ga, Fórsaí Cosanta, officially styled ) derives its origins from the Irish Volunteers. Whilst the Irish for ''Defence Forces'' is , as Ó Cearúil (1999) points out, the Defence Forces are officially styled . is used in ...
Military casualties overseas