Released in 2016, The Siege of Jadotville recounts the true events ... Jamie Dornan stars as Commandant Pat Quinlan, an Irish soldier who led his company of troops against rampaging mercenaries ...

Taking place during the Congo Crisis, the Siege of Jadotville saw a contingent of Irish peacekeepers, led by Pat Quinlan, besieged by a significantly larger force of Katangese mercenaries. Despite ...

A new multimedia theatre work by writer and director Michael Scott, based on the Siege ... of Jadotville (where the ore for the atomic bombs was mined) by Katangese mercenaries loyal to the ...

To his darling children Mary, Eddie, Patrick, Bridie, Gerard and Carmel, “hope yous are all doing well ... but I’m afraid we lost the ceasefire”. The Siege of Jadotville is now widely regarded as one ...

One of the last Irish war heroes who inspired the Hollywood movie The Siege of Jadotville has passed away ... for six days before being forced to surrender. Led by Comdt. Pat Quinlan, not one of the ...

Pat Quinlan, who led the successful and now worldwide-recognised textbook battle defence at the Siege of Jadotville in the Congo in 1961, is setting up the site which is due to go live in the next ...

THE SIEGE OF JADOTVILLE tells the true story of the 1961 siege of a 150-member Irish U.N. battalion under Commander Patrick Quinlan by 3,000 Congolese troo... Tuesday, 16 April 2024 ...

Originally from Elphin, in Co Roscommon, Mr Tighe wrote a book about his experience, Tiger of Jadotville and campaigned tirelessly to have the record on the siege set straight. Pat Quinlan’s son ...