Ian Malone

Lance Corporal Ian Malone (8 December 1974 – 6 April 2003) from Dublin, Ireland, was a member of the British Army's Irish Guards. He was the first person born in Ireland to be killed in the Iraq War. Malone's funeral in Dublin was the first funeral with a uniformed British military presence in the Republic of Ireland since 1922.

Background

Twenty-eight-year-old Ian Malone came from a working class background in the Dublin suburb of Ballyfermot. The eldest of a family of five, Malone was educated by the De La Salle Christian Brothers Catholic school. He served in FCA, the reserve force of the Irish Army. It is claimed that he applied to join the Irish Army as a regular soldier, but was rejected due to his age. but when he joined the Irish Guards in 1997, a regiment of the British Army created in 1900 by Queen Victoria he was 23 years old and the age limits for the Irish Army is over 17 years and under 25 years of age.

Military service

Malone was promoted to lance corporal in October 2000 and served on Operation Agricola in Kosovo. He completed a piper's course in April 1999, and was a member of the pipe band. He also served with the Battle Group in Poland, Canada, Oman and Germany.

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Ian Malone (footballer)

Ian Malone (born May 14, 1983 in Dublin is an Irish football player who plays with Monaghan United F.C. in the League of Ireland First Division.

Malone began his career with spells at Tolka Rovers, Cherry Orchard and St. Pats.

Malone moved to Monaghan for the 2005 season where he impressed so much that he was awarded the Monaghan young player of the year for that season.

He moved to Kildare County for the 2006 season and quickly established himself as a regular in the heart of the defence. Injury kept him out for the entire second half of the season.

Malone remained sidelined due to injury for the beginning of the 2007 season. Kildare County re-signed him on the 17th of June 2007. He made his return against Athlone Town F.C. on the 23rd of June in a 2-1 victory for Kildare County. He returned to Monaghan United for the 2008 season.