William O'Callaghan (Irish Army officer)
| William O'Callaghan | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Liam Ó Céallachgáin |
| Born |
3 July 1921 Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 26 December 2015 |
| Allegiance |
 Ireland
|
| Service/branch |
 Irish Army
|
| Rank |
 Lieutenant-General
|
| Commands held | United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon 1981-1986 |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Honour National Order of the Cedar |
World War II
Lebanese Civil War
Lieutenant-General William Bull O'Callaghan (DSM) (Irish: Liam Ó Céallachgáin; 3 July 1921 – 26 December 2015) was an Irish Army officer.
He was born in Buttevant, County Cork and joined the Irish Defence Forces at age 17 in 1939.
He graduated from the Military College at Curragh Camp, County Kildare. He is most famous for being the Commanding Officer of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon from 1981 to 1986; a needed neutral United Nations Peacekeeping military command leadership during the Lebanese Civil War that hastened the various military, peacekeeping, and general tasks which led to the successful environment of the Multiforce.
O'Callaghan was a County Cork native who had the unique distinction of holding the 2 most important United Nations appointments in the Middle East and arguably the world during a particularly tumultuous period in the 1970s and 80s, when he was the Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from February 1981 to May 1986 and the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) from April 1978 to June 1979 and again from May 1986 to June 1987, commanding multinational troops in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Jordan.
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