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20-06-2022
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Patric McGonigal
Special Forces Brothers in Arms
Eoin & Ambrose McGonigal: War in the SAS & SBS
Patric McGonigal
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The
McGonigal
brothers,
Eoin
and
Ambrose
were
fiercely
independent
characters.
Born
and
educated
in
southern
Ireland
to
a
catholic
family
but
raised
in
Belfast,
they
wasted
no
time
in
enlisting
at
the
outbreak
of
War
in
1939.
Both
outstanding
sportsmen,
their
leadership
potential
was
quickly
recognized.
Eoin
was
one
of
the
first
two
officers
selected
from
an
Irish
regiment
for
Commando
training
in
1940.
After
leading
a
troop
at
the
River
Litani
battle
in
Syria,
he
became
the
youngest
of
the
original
officers
selected
for
the
fledgling
SAS
and
quickly
made
a
name
for
himself.
Tragically,
he
was
lost
after
parachuting
behind
enemy
lines
in
Libya.
His
body
was
never
recovered
and
many
unanswered
questions
remain
today.
Ambrose,
having
carried
out
multiple
coastal
raids
with
the
Commandos
and
winning
two
Military
Crosses,
later
led
operations
for
the
SBS
in
Yugoslavia
and
Italy.
Post-war,
he
had
a
short
but
notable
legal
career
as
a
Lord
Justice
of
Appeal
in
Northern
Ireland
at
the
height
of
the
Troubles.
Light
is
also
shone
on
the
brothers’
close
friend,
the
legendary
Blair
Mayne
and
the
controversial
decision
to
downgrade
the
award
of
his
Victoria
Cross.
This
is
a
thought-provoking
account
of
lost
and
fulfilled
potential
and
unswerving
loyalty
at
a
time
of
political
and
religious turmoil
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