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Former Chief of Staff of Óglaigh na hÉireann (1995-1998), Lieutenant General Gerry (Gerald) McMahon DSM

We would like to express our sadness at the death of the former Chief of Staff of Óglaigh na hÉireann (1995-1998), Lieutenant General Gerry (Gerald) McMahon DSM.

Lt Gen McMahon maintained a very active interest in the Defence Forces into retirement and was a great friend and advocate of the Military Archives.  Most recently, he was a patron of our Oral History Project, but unfortunately illness prevented him from inaugurating it as keynote speaker at the launch event last October.  Lt Gen McMahon contributed interviews to the project in December 2016 and February 2017, selected extracts of which can be listened to here.

We would like to express our deepest sympathies to his family at this time.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.