Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The non-commissioned officers and men of A Company and attached 35th Infantry Battalion, United Nations forces in Congo took responsibility for the UN post at Jadotville on 3 September 1961. On 9 September, they were surrounded by a large force of Katangese gendarmerie. Early on the morning of 13 September, the company came under attack, which it endured almost continuously until 17 September. Despite its courageous resistance, A Company was taken captive. By this time, A Company had run out of water and several of its men were wounded. Their sacrifices in the service of peace are remembered with pride.

From Jadotville garrison, A Company and attached 35th Infantry Battalion, I mention Commandant Patrick Quinlan. I mention captains: Dermot Byrne; William Donnelly; and Thomas McGuinn. I mention lieutenants: William Carey; Joseph Leech; and Thomas Quinlan. I mention Chaplain Thomas Fagan. I mention Company Sergeant John Prendergast. I mention Company Quartermaster Sergeant Patrick Neville. I mention sergeants: Geoffrey Cuffe; Henry Dixon; Francis Gilsenan; Walter Hegarty; Patrick Joyce; Thomas Kelly; John Monaghan; Martin McCabe; Kevin McLoughlin; James Rea; and George Tiernan. I mention corporals: William Allen; Colm Brannigan; Patrick Burke; James Dempsey; John Devine; John Donnelly; Patrick Duffy; John Foley; John Foster; John Kerr; Brendan Laffere; Michael Lynch; John McAnaney; James McArdle; John McDonagh; Thomas McDonnell; John McEntee; John McManus; John O’Brien; Peter O’Callaghan; Michael O’Connor; Timothy Quinn; Patrick Rhatigan; Joseph Relihan; Christopher Roche; Michael Smith; Seán Tiernan; and Francis Williams. I mention privates: Gerard Battles; Francis Boland; Joseph Bracken; Robert Bradley; Michael Brennan; John Broderick; Michael Broderick; James Byrne; Patrick Conlon; Desmond Connolly; John Conway; Charles Cooley; Thomas Cunningham; Patrick Delaney; Albert Dell; Patrick Donnelly; John Dowler; Joseph Duff; William Duffy; Maurice Doyle; Patrick Dunleavy; Anthony Dykes; Michael Farrell; James Feery; Simon Finlass; Dominick Flaherty; John Flynn; John W Flynn; Thomas Flynn; Michael Galvin; Patrick Gildea; John Gorman; Edward Gormley; Noel Graham; Michael Greene; Thomas Gunn; William Hannigan; Dominick Harkin; James Harper; William Heffernan; Daniel Hegarty; Henry Hegarty; Joseph Hegarty; Gerald Hennely; Patrick Hogan; Thomas Hogan; William Hughes; William Keane; Robert Larkin; Thomas Larkin; Kieran Lynch; Edward Maher; Francis Malone; Joseph Maloney; Donal Manley; John Manning; James Myler; Daniel Molloy; Patrick Monaghan; James Murray; James McCourt; Michael McCormack; Michael McDermott; Thomas McDonagh; Matthew McGrath; Joseph McGuinness; Terence McMahon; Francis McManus; Anthony McNerney; John Nicell; James O’Kane; Joseph O’Kane; Robert Orr; Michael O’Sullivan; John Peppard; Christopher Powell; John Purtill; Matthew Quinlan; James Redmond; Daniel Regan; William Riggs; Anthony Roper; James Scally; Michael Seery; John Shanagher; John Stanford; Noel Stanley; Timothy Sullivan; Bernard Sweeney; Philip Sweeney; James Tahaney; Michael Tighe; Charles Tomkins; and Patrick Williams. Attached were: Commandant Joseph Clune; Lieutenant Kevin Knightly; Sergeant Colman Geary; Corporal Thomas O’Connor; Corporal James Lucey; Private James Kavanagh; Private John Dreelin; Private Michael Dunne; Private William Ready; Private Joseph O’Brien; Trooper Patrick McCarton; Trooper Michael Nolan; Trooper John Shanahan; helicopter pilot Eric Thors, interpreter Larse Froberg; and helicopter pilot Hovden Bjhrne.