royal irish regiment

xxboylarzxx

hey all,
ive always wondered if much irish people join the royal irish regiment?
thanks

iceage

The simple answer to this one is of course yes. Not too long ago a younger relation of mine did so, he comes from Tipp.

But its not exclusively Irish that join RIR. there are a lot of 2nd and 3rd Generation guys, plastic paddy's like like myself (FYI I haven't served with RIR) and a lot that aren't Irish at all! The Regt. is populated with people from all over the British Isles, and much further afield.. Figure that one out.

I reckon its the groovy lid they wear. :P

Fratton Fred

Mildly off topic, but do many Irish people join the Irish guards? They are based in Windsor at the moment the one my wife spoke to was a geordie.

She knows this because being a typical tourist, she stood next to him for a photo and asked if he would shoot her if she got too close, to which he replied (under his breath) No, but I will bite you, in a broad geordie accent:D

piby

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Mildly off topic, but do many Irish people join the Irish guards? They are based in Windsor at the moment the one my wife spoke to was a geordie.

I know two people who I went to school with both of which went over and joined the Guards rather than the RIR. I believe the latter is where most people from the Republic go but evidently it's not always the case.

Delancey

piby wrote: »

I know two people who I went to school with both of which went over and joined the Guards rather than the RIR. I believe the latter is where most people from the Republic go but evidently it's not always the case.

I have heard the same - lads from the Republic go to the Guards and Northern lads go to the RIR - doubtless plenty of exceptions though.

PatsytheNazi

Of course Catholics are welcome in the RIR



And the Taliban's latest tactic is to have supporters in the Afghan forces shoot you. I know the economy is in sh!te, but think about it. Afghans with guns in front of you, Afghans with guns behind you. Brilliant career move.

Fratton Fred

St Patrick's Day Afghan style

shaneybaby

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

Of course Catholics are welcome in the RIR

Yes they are indeed. I know plenty past and present who went through. Both officers and enlisted. Never heard a word of discrimination.

PatsytheNazi

Fratton Fred wrote: »

St Patrick's Day Afghan style

Comparing St Patrick's day to the 12th of July is like comparing the 4th of July to a KKK meeting.

Fratton Fred

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

Comparing St Patrick's day to the 12th of July is like comparing the 4th of July to a KKK meeting.

I'm not comparing the two at all, but if the RIR were as anti Irish as you seem to think, why are they celebrating St Patrick's day? As far as I am aware, Orangemen avoid St Patrick's day.

troubleshooter

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

Of course Catholics are welcome in the RIR



And the Taliban's latest tactic is to have supporters in the Afghan forces shoot you. I know the economy is in sh!te, but think about it. Afghans with guns in front of you, Afghans with guns behind you. Brilliant career move.

The photos above are of 1 Irish Guards in Iraq, the battalion had a mock riot and orange march for the 12 July, some of the Prods had an orange parade, the Catholic soldiers pelted them with plastic bottles and water, all in good fun.

IRA gobs*****s like your yourself then take those pictures, claim its another regiment and evidence of how how catholic soldiers are treated. :rolleyes:

http://www.orange-pages.tk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=35

All part of your internet anti British propaganda campaign. This has been pointed out numerous times, yet you persist with your LIES.



Soldiers keep it real with Basra Twelfth
By Diana Rusk
BRITISH soldiers in Iraq have held a tongue-in-cheek Twelfth of July demonstration complete with nationalist protesters and riot police.

Members of the Irish Guards held the parade at their base in Basra after an Orange lodge sent them sashes and orange lilies.

The images posted on internet forum Bebo show orange men from 'Basrah LOL 1 accompanied by a flute band called The Rising Sons of Basrah 2007.

They march past mock RUC officers dressed in full riot gear and a group of mock nationalist protesters holding Irish flags in opposition to the parade.

Their placards read "Reroute the marches. Keep it in your own area."

PatsytheNazi

troubleshooter wrote: »

The photos above are of 1 Irish Guards in Iraq, the battalion had a mock riot and orange march for the 12 July, some of the Prods had an orange parade, the Catholic soldiers pelted them with plastic bottles and water, all in good fun.

IRA gobs*****s like your yourself then take those pictures, claim its another regiment and evidence of how how catholic soldiers are treated. :rolleyes:

http://www.orange-pages.tk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=35

All part of your internet anti British propaganda campaign. This has been pointed out numerous times, yet you persist with your LIES.



Soldiers keep it real with Basra Twelfth
By Diana Rusk
BRITISH soldiers in Iraq have held a tongue-in-cheek Twelfth of July demonstration complete with nationalist protesters and riot police.

Members of the Irish Guards held the parade at their base in Basra after an Orange lodge sent them sashes and orange lilies.

The images posted on internet forum Bebo show orange men from 'Basrah LOL 1 accompanied by a flute band called The Rising Sons of Basrah 2007.

They march past mock RUC officers dressed in full riot gear and a group of mock nationalist protesters holding Irish flags in opposition to the parade.

Their placards read "Reroute the marches. Keep it in your own area."

Brit gobsh*tes are always making excuses :rolleyes:. I've clicked on the link and all I've seen are more pictures of the RIR in their orange regalia. No pics of " mock RUC officers dressed in full riot gear and a group of mock nationalist protesters holding Irish flags in opposition to the parade. "

BTW, I copied the pics from a post on Politics.ie. Stop grasping at straws :rolleyes:

troubleshooter

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

Brit gobsh*tes are always making excuses :rolleyes:. I've clicked on the link and all I've seen are more pictures of the RIR in their orange regalia. No pics of " mock RUC officers dressed in full riot gear and a group of mock nationalist protesters holding Irish flags in opposition to the parade. "

BTW, I copied the pics from a post on Politics.ie. Stop grasping at straws :rolleyes:

Why do you persist with your lies?

http://www.orange-pages.tk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=25


http://www.orange-pages.tk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=28


http://www.orange-pages.tk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=30

PatsytheNazi

troubleshooter wrote: »

Why do you persist with your lies?

http://www.orange-pages.tk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=25


http://www.orange-pages.tk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=28


http://www.orange-pages.tk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=35&pos=30

Well I'll tell you one thing, if I was there I'd pelt them with more than plastic bottles and water :cool:

iceage

Oh for fcuk sake..

Terrontress

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

Well I'll tell you one thing, if I was there I'd pelt them with more than plastic bottles and water :cool:

Why don't you head out there then and do something useful instead of being a keyboard warrior.

It wasn't me!

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

Well I'll tell you one thing, if I was there I'd pelt them with more than plastic bottles and water :cool:

Well, you're not, and if you were, you'd keep your damn mouth shut. Goddamn keyboard warrior shíte gets really old, fast.

RMD

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

Well I'll tell you one thing, if I was there I'd pelt them with more than plastic bottles and water :cool:

You haven't added anything constructive or beneficial to this topic, you've spread bull**** lies that Catholics aren't welcome and have provided no help to the OP at all.

Why don't you take your anti-British agenda somewhere else unless you're going to post something helpful and factual for the OP.

Poccington

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

Well I'll tell you one thing, if I was there I'd pelt them with more than plastic bottles and water :cool:

Yeah well you weren't there because you don't have the bottle to sign the dotted line and serve in the military of any country. Instead, you talk ****e on the Internet and troll topics trying to get a rise out of posters.

A poster asked a question and rather than getting helpful answers from the good members of this forum, he got a bollocks answer from you.

Don't post in this topic again.

tac foley

Well, Gentlemen, I'm a former red-head, 90% Irish AND Jewish when I joined the BA. What sort of a time do you think I had?

I got called 'Paddy O'Cohen' in the recruit phase, and after that it was never mentioned again for the next 33 years...

tac

Dr.Sanchez

Catholic, Protestant, Black, White... There all on the same team and they know it.

For some reason I don't think they worry too much about political differences or past history while their out in Afghanistan dodging bullets!

RMD

tac foley wrote: »

Well, Gentlemen, I'm a former red-head, 90% Irish AND Jewish when I joined the BA. What sort of a time do you think I had?

I got called 'Paddy O'Cohen' in the recruit phase, and after that it was never mentioned again for the next 33 years...

tac

Nice to see you didn't get it for such a lengthy time after that. If you think about it though, 33 years from today is 1977, height of the IRA and the troubles. I'm amazed you only got it during the recruit stage, hopefully it's even better now.

FruitLover

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

Well I'll tell you one thing, if I was there I'd pelt them with more than plastic bottles and water :cool:

IHM :rolleyes:

Pathetic.

tac foley

RMD wrote: »

Nice to see you didn't get it for such a lengthy time after that. If you think about it though, 33 years from today is 1977, height of the IRA and the troubles. I'm amazed you only got it during the recruit stage, hopefully it's even better now.

By 1977 I was a Staff Sergeant.

tac

concussion

tac foley wrote: »

snip.

Stand by for imminent "typical BA thug" comments. :rolleyes:

Edit - Post edited to reflect Tac Foleys edit.

tac foley

concussion wrote: »

Stand by for imminent "typical BA thug" comments. :rolleyes:

Typical Irishman, I'd call it [shrug].

The only difference was that I did it without the benefit of being drunk at the time.

tac

concussion

I saw no issue with your previous post, but have edited mine to remove the quotation. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts though, you must have had some interesting experiences during your service.

tac foley

concussion wrote: »

I saw no issue with your previous post, but have edited mine to remove the quotation. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts though, you must have had some interesting experiences during your service.

That is nothing less than the truth.

tac

iceage

Sober posting in here!!! I don't believe it. Pint Tac?

tac foley

iceage wrote: »

Sober posting in here!!! I don't believe it. Pint Tac?

Sobriety?

I'll drink to that!


Anyhow, gentlemen - a question for YOU.

How many non-Irish and on-ethnic nationals are there in the Irish Defence Forces? I mean ANY UK citizens from any part of the UK [Wales, Scotland, England, Northern Ireland], any British Commonwealth [Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Fiji and so on] or former part thereof - Sarth Efrican, Kenyan, Rhodesian, any religious minorities that depend on a different nationality to enjoy their religion - Moslem, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist...you get the picture, I'm sure.

I'll call back later when you've come up with the total.

Shouldn't take long. ; )

tac

iceage

I'm fairly sure theres one or two blowins about. Not that I know any in particular.

concussion

I must say Patsy, your posts are hilarious.

tac foley

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

You'd probably find that those from the above minority's come from a long line of the natives who collaborated with British occupation, it's not surprising that their descendant's should be drawn to the British forces many of whom had to leave with the British colonial administration as it was kicked out.

Be careful what you are saying there, Sir. There are to this day a comparatively large number of loyal Irishmen from the Republic who nevertheless choose for whatever reason to serve in the British Armed Forces. I had deliberately left them out my question for fear of such an answer as yours.

tac

Dr.Sanchez

PatsytheNazi wrote: »

You'd probably find that those from the above minority's come from a long line of the natives who collaborated with British occupation, it's not surprising that their descendant's should be drawn to the British forces many of whom had to leave with the British colonial administration as it was kicked out. Like you don't get many say, Brazilian Indians from the Amazon in the Brits now do you ?

Besides, the Irish DF's are small even for our population, no shortage of good young Irish lads and lassies wanting to join up.

I thought you were told not to post in here again?

Seriously though, look back over this guys previous posts, he always tries to get smart and stir up sh*t only to have his arse handed to him by someone else.

I mean who else would post the same line in multiple threads thinking their smart?

Here...

Here...

And here...

Your a real credit Patsy... Oozing with intelligence! :rolleyes:

jugger0

Could never understand how irish lads could join the british army... i dont hate the british (unionists aside:D) but it just seems like an insult to our ancestors.

Delancey

jugger0 wrote: »

Could never understand how irish lads could join the british army... i dont hate the british (unionists aside:D) but it just seems like an insult to our ancestors.

I can understand - young lads who want a military career can't join their own army cos it has a recruitment freeze - even if they do join they will be in an organisation with no opportunity of serving abroad and chronically underfunded. I think any young lad who wants a military career should look outside Ireland.
I have advised my nephew accordingly.......

DylanJM

no opportunity of serving abroad

No,it is entirely possible to serve overseas with the PDF. Chad,Congo,East Timor, Lebanon. All places where the PDF have served.

I agree about the underfunded part though :pac:

Dr.Sanchez

DylanJM wrote: »

No,it is entirely possible to serve overseas with the PDF. Chad,Congo,East Timor, Lebanon. All places where the PDF have served.

I agree about the underfunded part though :pac:

Actually, he's right. Theres no opportunity to serve abroad with the Army for the next couple of years. They've withdrawn from Chad.

DylanJM

I assumed he was talkng generally, as in we never serve overseas.

Theres no opportunity to serve abroad with the Army for the next couple of years.

Really? I thought we would be going back overseas the next time the UN needed us. Didn't know the government had stopped it for a set period of time.

jugger0

delancey42 wrote: »

I can understand - young lads who want a military career can't join their own army cos it has a recruitment freeze - even if they do join they will be in an organisation with no opportunity of serving abroad and chronically underfunded. I think any young lad who wants a military career should look outside Ireland.
I have advised my nephew accordingly.......

To be honest if the irish army had sticks and stones id still join them ahead of the brits without a doubt, as far as not being able to join i would look to america, even france anywhere but britain. How would you feel about going up the north? british flag on your shoulder? alot of my family were in the old IRA and i think id be sullying their reputation.

Dr.Sanchez

DylanJM wrote: »

Really? I thought we would be going back overseas the next time the UN needed us. Didn't know the government had stopped it for a set period of time.

The reason they pulled out is because the country can't afford to keep them over there. More than likely there will be no overseas opportunities untill the economy returns somewhat to the way it was, which by the looks of things won't be for a long time.

Dr.Sanchez

jugger0 wrote: »

To be honest if the irish army had sticks and stones id still join them ahead of the brits without a doubt, as far as not being able to join i would look to america, even france anywhere but britain. How would you feel about going up the north? british flag on your shoulder? alot of my family were in the old IRA and i think id be sullying their reputation.

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest considering about a quarter of the British army is from the republic anyway.

As I've said in a previous post, their all on the same team at the end of the day. I don't think they worry too much about flags and reputation when their out in an afghan desert...

Brainset

Right on, write on about whatever you feel best.

Corsendonk

Well the British Army is recruiting, the Irish army isn't exactly at the moment so its either join the British or the Legion or the US Army if you wish a life of soldiering.

The British at one time in the 1600s allowed Irish Catholic men to travel to the continent to fight for Spain, France and the German city states. There thinking was that it was better to get rid of the unemployed men before they caused trouble at home. But that ended when the Irish started turning up on the battlefield against them and putting up a good fight. So ever since then Ireland has been a plentiful recruiting ground for British Army.

jugger0

00Blaine00 wrote: »

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest considering about a quarter of the British army is from the republic anyway.

As I've said in a previous post, their all on the same team at the end of the day. I don't think they worry too much about flags and reputation when their out in an afghan desert...

A quarter? you joking yeah? same team for the time being maybe, they wont always be in afghanistan, irish men in the british army marching under the union jack, a sad sight to see. Would it bother you if were ordered to fire on your own countrymen? unlikely probably but you never know, still alot of hate up there.

DylanJM

Would it bother you if were ordered to fire on your own countrymen? unlikely probably but you never know, still alot of hate up there.

You mean firing on terrorists? I am proudly Irish, but I don't consider terrorists like the IRA as my fellow countrymen.

Wicklowrider

DylanJM wrote: »

You mean firing on terrorists? I am proudly Irish, but I don't consider terrorists like the IRA as my fellow countrymen.

Yeah. The British Army ONLY ever killed terrorists on this island. All those poor people mourning their innocent murdered relatives ( north & south) are delusional. I couldn't give a flying so & so about politics, republicanism or unionism - but get the facts straight.

DylanJM

Wicklowrider wrote: »

Yeah. The British Army ONLY ever killed terrorists on this island. All those poor people mourning their innocent murdered relatives ( north & south) are delusional. I couldn't give a flying so & so about politics, republicanism or unionism - but get the facts straight.

Maybe you could point out where I said that the Brits never killed any civilians if it's not too much trouble, because unless I've had a short term memory loss I'm pretty sure I never said anything of the sort.

Chiorino

Originally Posted by PatsytheNazi
You'd probably find that those from the above minority's come from a long line of the natives who collaborated with British occupation, it's not surprising that their descendant's should be drawn to the British forces many of whom had to leave with the British colonial administration as it was kicked out.

My great grandfather fought with the ICA in the Stephens green garrison in 1916 and was interned in Frongach afterwards. I joined the British army and served in the Royal Engineers. Not much logic in your argument there pal.

Dr.Sanchez

Whenever PatsytheNazi has his posts questioned or when he's completely humiliated, he deletes his posts like he was never even here!... sad!

Wicklowrider

DylanJM wrote: »

Maybe you could point out where I said that the Brits never killed any civilians if it's not too much trouble, because unless I've had a short term memory loss I'm pretty sure I never said anything of the sort.

You are right - you never said the brits only killed terrorists and THAT is precisely why I objected to your post.

Step by step..
You were asked adirect,concise, simple question:

jugger0 wrote: »

Would it bother you if were ordered to fire on your own countrymen?

You decided to convulute jugger0's question into:

DylanJM wrote: »

You mean firing on terrorists? I am proudly Irish, but I don't consider terrorists like the IRA as my fellow countrymen.

See the problem? YOU substituted the word TERRORIST for COUNTRYMEN.
I posted that not all your countrymen who were killed were terrorists but in fact a sizeable amount were 100% innocent.

But then you knew all this.