An Cosantóir Magazine
An Cosantóir is the official magazine of the Irish Defence Forces. First published in 1940, An Cosantóir provides accurate and timely information about Defence Forces operations and policies to its members, their families and interested parties worldwide. A typical issue may contain articles dealing with new equipment, training, overseas service, unit and individual activities and achievements, international military affairs, military history, sport and much more. The An Cosantóir logo first appeared in the March 1981 edition of An Cosantóir. It is a silhouette of a Soldier, Sailor and an Airman symbolising the Tri-Service of the Defence Forces. This logo will appear throughout the website. This means that the article it is associated with has appeared in an edition of our magazine 'An Cosantóir'
April 2020
This edition contains features on:
Robert Stafford by Padraig Byrne, Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 Part 1 by Brian Hartigan, Slandail 2020 by Dr Gerry Waldron, Eye in the Sky by Capt Justin A. Barry, Valor Spring by Lukasz Gancarz, Leadership: A Personal Perspective by Ruairi Kavanagh.
March/April 2021
This edition contains features on:
The Role of SERE in Joint Personnel Recovery [JPR] by Capt. Barry Jones, CPO Patricia O’Sullivan by Tony O’Brien, Naval Service Variant DPM by Lt Cdr Cian O Mearain, O.N.E 70th Anniversary by Tony O’Brien, Walking into a Healthy Lifestyle by Sgt Thomas Deveraux, Earning it the Hard Way by Capt Gerry Duff, ARW HPP – Human Performance Program by ARW.
March 2020
This edition contains features on:
Irish Involvement in EUTM Mali by Comdt Gavin Egerton, Operation Sophia EUNAVFOR Med Cdr Caoimhin MacUnfraidh, OC LE Eithne, Israel, Lebanon and UNIFIL A view from the South by Comdt James O’Hara, Defence Forces Press Office, Last Shot by CQMS [AR] Michael Barrett, 7 Inf Bn RDF, Soldiering From Poland by Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald, Congo Hero Remembered CQMS Anthony Connolly DSM by Cpl Tracey Connolly Ret’d
December 2019/January 2020
This edition contains features on:
The Use of Force with Col Jerry Lane by Comdt James O’Hara, Aiding the Civil Power by Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald, Shelling in Irishbatt AO by Capt Gerry Duff, Lebanon Bound with 115 Inf Bn by Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald & JJ Hurley, The Boys are Back in Town: Polish Soldiers return to Lebanon by Pte Lukasz Gancarz, ‘Always Ready, Always Here’ Poland’s changing military by Pte Lukasz Gancarz, Jumping for Joy by Pte Eoin O Shea, Exercise ‘Sabre’ – When Cavalry Strikes by Comdt Ian Stewart, Ceremonial Tasks by CQMS Michael Bennett, Combating River Blindness in Liberia by Alison Bough, Cry ‘Havoc!’ And Let Slip the Dogs of War by Sgt Brendan Cruise, Cessna Stand Down by Lt Eoin Blake.
November 2019
This edition contains features on:
Sharpshooters put to the Test by Sgt Willie Fallon, 6 Inf Bn, Ordinance Corps Series: Night Vision Equipment by Ordnance School, DFTC, ONE: Serving Those Who Served by Brig Gen Colm Campbell Ret’d, The US Military’s Next Existential Threat by Shane McCarthy, Defence Forces Values Awards 2018 by Sgt Rena Kennedy & Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald.
October 2019
This edition contains features on:
A Sprinters Tail by Comdt Ruaidhri Kedney, 95th Cadet Class Adventure Training by Cdt Brian McGrath, Cdt Dylan O’Byrne, Cdt Alan Lundon, Back from the Abyss – Seventy Years Later by Lt Col Richard Brennan, OGL and the 2006 War [part2] by Comdt Kevin McDonald Ret’d,n AR Training by Pte Finn McHale, The Sound of silence[rs] by Lt O’Hare
September 2019
This edition contains features on:
3rd MOUT Instructors Course by Cpl Danny Maloney, Exercise ‘Angel Guardian’ 2019 by Lt Colin McNamara, A Look at Shock Troops by CQMS Michael Barrett, Iran: On the Verge of War by Paul O’Brien, OGL and the 2006 War [part1] by Comdt Kevin McDonald Ret’d, Marching for Caitlin by Sgt Simon Halpenny, Duais an Ardmheara – The Lord Mayors Award by Capt Antoine O Beolain.
July/August 2019
This edition contains features on:
Defence Attache Group Visit by Capt Aine McDonough, The ARW- Irelands Special Forces by Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald, Special Forces – Ultimate Hell Week by Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald, 1 Brigade Recce Course by Cpl Sean Fleming, Belgium’s Special Operations Regiment by Michiel Peeters, The Dogs of War – Mercenaries Part 2 by Paul O’Brien, ‘A Life Less Ordinary’ A Veterans View by Comdt Kevin McDonald Ret’d, ANSAC at 25 by Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald, From the Battlefield to the Classroom by Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald.
June 2019
This edition contains features on:
Battle Stripes by Comdt Gavin Egerton, Exercise Atlantic Gale by Sgt Eric O’Brien, ‘Big Shoes to Fill’-Sea King mk48 by Geert Meuris & Michael Peeters, ‘Room Clear’ by ‘Capt X’ Engineer
May 2019
This edition contains features on:
The Javelin MRATGW by Lt Edward Campion, Walk for the Dogs by CPO/ERA Ruairi de Barra, Lt Gen MJ Costello Awards 2018 by Sgt Wayne `Fitzgerald, Protecting Cyberspace by Dinos Anthony Kerigan-Kyrou, DF Values Champion RSM Johnny Murray by Sgt Mick Burke, The Winds of March by CQMS Michael Barrett.