Admit it.

The Scientician

Your grandad or granny was in the old IRA. Admit it yiz feckers.












(Unless you're ultra-young, in that case a pox of acne upon thee)

Magic Beans

They still are.

Rubecula

Actually not, he was in the RIR instead. (Although I may be slightly wrong on what he did afterwards. But he did emigrate to marry my gran so afraid not, no IRA connections in my family at all.)

Fremen

My gran was in the Sendero Luminoso. Arriba!

/joins travelling Peruvian flute band

abouttobebanned

He was in the judean people's front. We don't like to talk about it.

Guill

His grave stone does say 'Member of the old IRA'.

Rubecula

Apparently my other grandad was in the Pub a lot, does that count?

Guill

abouttobebanned wrote: »

He was in the judean people's front. We don't like to talk about it.

My gran was in the Peoples front of Judea.

The Scientician

Guill wrote: »

His grave stone does say 'Member of the old IRA'.

Really? "deadly"!

flutterflye

I'm not admitting nothing.

I used to love the game 'Torture IRA' though.

The Scientician

Rubecula wrote: »

Apparently my other grandad was in the Pub a lot, does that count?

Well if he went in there a lot he was republican.

senorwipesalot

Guill wrote: »

My gran was in the Peoples front of Judea.

Splitter

sunflower27

My older sister once told me my grandfather was a communist. I had no idea what she meant but didn't want to let on so said 'I know :rolleyes:'

zyxwvu

Grandad in the Irish army for 'the emergency' I think! Don't know about great-grandparents but grandparents weren't in the ira afaik..

The Scientician

flutterflye wrote: »

I'm not admitting nothing.

I used to love the game 'Torture IRA' though.

Please explain that game.

Fremen

The Scientician wrote: »

Please explain that game.

If it's the same one, all the neighbourhood kids split into two teams: the cops and the IRA. The IRA picked a codeword, and everyone was given a letter. Then the IRA split up and hid around the estate/park/wherever you were playing.

If the cops caught you, they had to beat the **** out of you until you either escaped and ran away, or until you couldn't take anymore and told them your letter.

When they figured out your team's word, they won and the teams switched roles.

Superb game.

Ciaran500

Fremen wrote: »

If it's the same one, all the neighbourhood kids split into two teams: the cops and the IRA. The IRA picked a codeword, and everyone was given a letter. Then the IRA split up and hid around the estate/park/wherever you were playing.

If the cops caught you, they had to beat the **** out of you until you either escaped and ran away, or until you couldn't take anymore and told them your letter.

When they figured out your team's word, they won and the teams switched roles.

Superb game.

Played that game twice, ended up in hospital after the second game when I forgot the word and fell awkwardly when someone pushed me over. Really must play again.

Hank_Jones

I put the screw in the tuna!!!

senorwipesalot

Fremen wrote: »

If it's the same one, all the neighbourhood kids split into two teams: the cops and the IRA. The IRA picked a codeword, and everyone was given a letter. Then the IRA split up and hid around the estate/park/wherever you were playing.

If the cops caught you, they had to beat the **** out of you until you either escaped and ran away, or until you couldn't take anymore and told them your letter.

When they figured out your team's word, they won and the teams switched roles.

Superb game.

If it was a draw did ye have sudden death?(or at least kneecapping)

Pandora2

It has been said that my Great Grandfather and a few of his neighbours hid an entire u-boat crew for 10 days while they worked on repairs at night!! Was there any actual Irish Resistance Force organised??

O/H's Granda robbed his own Post Office to fund the arms struggle, did time for it and all. Daughters Great Granfather had a shot wound in his cheek and was interned.

Was at my granny's cousins funeral and the lads with balaclavas appeared, volley of shots over the tri-colour so no ambiguity there:D

3ndahalfof6

The granfather was a runner for dev, but since I think dev was an american prick its no biggie, if it had been for collins his photo would be in my wallet.

abouttobebanned

Guill wrote: »

My gran was in the Peoples front of Judea.

Pretty much the same ideals and goals. Take the roads from the Romans. Protect our women from the Romans. Etc. Just different biscuits at the meetings.

Fremen

senorwipesalot wrote: »

If it was a draw did ye have sudden death?(or at least kneecapping)

Internment without trial, followed by dirty protest.

Badly Drunk Boy

Yes. But you make it sound like a dirty thing...




(Were your grandparents Blue-Shirts?)

phasers

I have no idea, I never met them.

Cee-Jay-Cee

My Granda was the king of the IRA so he was in charge of all your grandparents...he said most of them were rubbish.

Oscar the grouch

Fremen wrote: »

If it's the same one, all the neighbourhood kids split into two teams: the cops and the IRA. The IRA picked a codeword, and everyone was given a letter. Then the IRA split up and hid around the estate/park/wherever you were playing.

If the cops caught you, they had to beat the **** out of you until you either escaped and ran away, or until you couldn't take anymore and told them your letter.

When they figured out your team's word, they won and the teams switched roles.

Superb game.

i remember that game...played slightly different tho....it wer boys v gurls...and it wernt beatings that wer dished out the extract the letter...:):)

Fremen

Oscar the grouch wrote: »

i remember that game...played slightly different tho....it wer boys v gurls...and it wernt beatings that wer dished out the extract the letter...:):)

Eh, so what exactly did you dish out? Shaggings?

FortuneChip

Fremen wrote: »

Eh, so what exactly did you dish out? Shaggings?

Reminds me of our version of Bulldogs Charge...

"Red Rover, Red Rover, Break Through Or Bend Over"

Mike 1972

CJC999 wrote: »

My Granda was the king of the IRA.

Does not compute

3ndahalfof6

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Does not compute

His name was Bartley Gorman.

Capt'n Midnight

One grandad was in the old IRA the other was in the Black and Tans

we're still collecting both pensions :pac:

PK2008

My grandparents were in the Black and Tans..


Oh how we laughed at their stories of Irish people using hurling sticks as guns...

....how precious

Dusty87

RA one side,
other side fought in the Caunnaught Rangers.

gernon

Tell them nuthin our fella

later12

My Grandads were in the British army. lol

/traitorfamily

later12

PK2008 wrote: »

My grandparents were in the Black and Tans..

actually I've always thought there must be some descendants of black and tans here in Ireland I'm sure they didn't all go home.

Scarlet for them

yeahimhere

later10 wrote: »

actually I've always thought there must be some descendants of black and tans here in Ireland I'm sure they didn't all go home.

Scarlet for them

Remember watching a documentary about the gangs in Limrick - a lot of the main families have connections to the black and tans.

oppenheimer1

I was in the GPO during the Easter Rising.

Toby Take a Bow

My grandfather was in the IRA. Apparently there was an 'incident' which he refused point blank to ever discuss with his family :eek:. The family overheard bits of information when 'the lads' would come over for funerals and the like.

My other grandfather was in the British army. That should've made family occasions a laugh.

My grandmother's parents let a fugitive on the run from the Black&Tans stay with them, knowing it would mean certain death for them if he was found. She had vivid memories of him babysitting her while her parents were at some fair. Supposedly he got word that the fair was going to be ambushed, so he flung her on to his shoulders and ran to warn them.

A greataunt, I think, worked in the GPO when it was taken over and apparently she sent a letter home describing Pearce as being really polite.
ng really polite.

Monty Burnz

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

My grandfather was in the IRA. Apparently there was an 'incident' which he refused point blank to ever discuss with his family :eek:.

Was it something like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj0_l696dEk

Toby Take a Bow

Monty Burnz wrote: »

Was it something like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj0_l696dEk

That was probably it. And then he murdered all the rest of the people there.