Vietnam War

Delta 13 Charlie: Reflections of an Irish Soldier in Vietnam

By Michael Coyne, as told to Wesley Bourke, editor of Ireland’s Military Story
October / November 2017

October 1, 2017 by 5 Comments

Michael Coyne is one of many Irish-born soldiers who served in Vietnam. A crewman on a Patton tank, he spent most of his time far from base on patrol in jungle and rice paddies. My name is Michael Coyne. I was born in Cornamona, Galway, 1945. When I was seven we moved here to Jenkinstown, County Meath, as part of the Land Commission Resettlement program. Our family, including … [Read more...] about Delta 13 Charlie: Reflections of an Irish Soldier in Vietnam

Film Reviews: Tigerland

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
December / January 2001

December 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

Starring Colin Farrell. Directed by Joel Schumacher. 20th Century Fox. ℘℘℘ Faster than a speeding bullet, it seems, onetime Ballykissangel actor Colin Farrell has shot to fame as the next "it" Irish actor. When you see his Vietnam war flick Tigerland, you'll see it's not just his good looks that got the young Dubliner all this attention. Swapping his Dublin accent for … [Read more...] about Film Reviews: Tigerland

July 6, 1907

Ireland’s Crown Jewels are found missing on this day in 1907, just before days before a state visit by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The theft remains a mystery to this day. Arthur Vicars, Officer of Arms at Dublin Castle, held the jewels in his office and publicly accused his second in command, Francis Shackleton. Shackleton was exonerated and the case was never solved. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used this historical event as the influence for his Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.”

Delta 13 Charlie: Reflections of an Irish Soldier in Vietnam

Film Reviews: Tigerland

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