John O’Mahony from Scartaglen who was abducted with two other Irish soldiers in Lebanon in 1980. Privates Thomas Barrett and Derek Smallhorne were murdered. The abduction was carried out by the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army.
John O'Mahony is pictured recently in his UN veterans suit at home in Scartaglin, County Kerry
Picture by Don MacMonagle
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