Former Defence Forces Chief of Staff Tadhg O'Neill dies
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Irish Independent
Thursday September 17 2009
The former Defence Forces Chief of Staff, , died at a hospital in Dublin today.
The 82-year-old was an Artillery Officer, who served as Chief of Staff from February 1986 to October 1989.
His distinguished career also included service with the United Nations in the Congo, Lebanon and Cyprus.
He is survived by his wife Emer and daughters Orla, Niamh and Emer.
The Defence Forces has offered the family its most sincere condolences.
The removal will take place from Peamount Hospital, Rathcoole to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Clondalkin for 5.30pm tomorrow.
Funeral mass will be on Saturday at 11am, followed by burial at Newlands Cemetery with full military honours
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Irish Independent
Thursday September 17 2009
The former Defence Forces Chief of Staff, , died at a hospital in Dublin today.
The 82-year-old was an Artillery Officer, who served as Chief of Staff from February 1986 to October 1989.
His distinguished career also included service with the United Nations in the Congo, Lebanon and Cyprus.
He is survived by his wife Emer and daughters Orla, Niamh and Emer.
The Defence Forces has offered the family its most sincere condolences.
The removal will take place from Peamount Hospital, Rathcoole to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Clondalkin for 5.30pm tomorrow.
Funeral mass will be on Saturday at 11am, followed by burial at Newlands Cemetery with full military honours
I had the pleasure of running into him once in COllins Barracks on Leb Training- I crashed my brand new mountain bike into his staff car as he was leaving the Bks-
My bike was a right off and his lovely new car was scratched- he got the driver to bring me to Bricins and told BSM McPhilips that I wasnt to be charged-
If he had smelt my breath I would have been a civy- SMithwicks and Bycycles dont mix-
He was good to me and he cant be to bad if he named his daughters after Naval Vessels
or was it the other was around-
RIP
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