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Irish Troops Land in Liberia

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
February / March 2004

February 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

A rapid reaction force of 450 Irish soldiers landed in Liberia as part of the U.N.'s 15,000-strong military intervention in the war-torn West African country. The troops will take part in a peace enforcement mission that is expected to last between three and four years. It is the Irish Army's first U.N. engagement since the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon came to a close last … [Read more...] about Irish Troops Land in Liberia

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On this day in 1944, Irish author and poet Eavan Boland was born in Dublin. Boland was educated at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and Bowdoin College in Maine. She also attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Some of Boland’s most famous works include “Against Love Poetry” and “In a Time of Violence,” for which she was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.

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