Global InformationFinbar Cafferkey information
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| Born | 1977 or 1978 Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Died | (aged 45) near Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine |
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| Rank | Volunteer |
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Finbar Cafferkey (born 1977 or 1978,[1] died 19 April 2023[1][2]) was an Irish political activist and soldier. In the late 2000s and early 2010s Cafferkey was active in the Shell to Sea campaign, which campaigned against the construction of an oil pipeline in north-west County Mayo.
In 2017 Cafferkey was in Syria providing medical aid before he joined the People's Defense Units, an arm of the Syrian Democratic Forces aligned with Rojava, and fought against the Islamic State. In 2023 it emerged that Cafferkey had been in Ukraine, fighting alongside the Ukrainian International Legion against the Russian invasion. Cafferkey was killed 19 April 2023 near the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk Oblast.[3]
- ^ a b "Finbar Cafferkey, Cashel, Achill, Co Mayo". MidWest Radio. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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