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RIC and DMP to be commemorated this month

ZuluDawn2020

Apparently a ceremony is going to be held attended by the Minister for Justice and Garda Commissioner to comemorate members of the DMP (Dublin Metropolitan Police) and RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary) killed during the Irish Revolution.

Does anyone else think this is grotesque?

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saabsaab

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Build a statue of Cromwell while we are at it

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cork-statue-of-oliver-cromwell-found-after-8-years-missing-903732.html

Someone beat you to it!

saabsaab

corks finest wrote: »

Well as my family were all anti free state Collins signed his own death warrant ,end of

Michael Collins was the main man who beat British Intelligence at their own game and forced them to the table.

Even De Valera himself said that he was the one man who could have ended the Civil War early. Collins said on signing the peace treaty that he had signed his actual death warrant. R.I.P.

LuasSimon

Fine Gael wish we were still part of the United Kingdom , Charlie Flanagan and the South Dublin oligarchs and don’t forget RTÉ ( BBC Donnybrook) and (British )Independent Newspapers

whisky_galore

Lefty Bicek wrote: »

It isn't that simple.

'Don't like it, therefore object to it in principle' is a much more decent position to take.

I couldn't care one way or the other but all these people getting triggered sure is funny.

TwoMonthsOff

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1214209061966811136?s=09

He's an arrogant c**t

spurious

The ignorance of Irish History in this thread is fantastic.

corks finest

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Never heard it called the "hunger' before now!

Not in school, not in college, not anywhere. All references on the internet and reference books call it the Irish Famine (the great famine) primarily caused by potato blight......

Maybe it should be officially renamed?

An gorta mor

corks finest

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I couldn’t say what I really want to here, but I just hope people will remember this when it comes to an election. Sickening but not unexpected with FG and Drew Harris running the show.[/quote leo the Langer is truly am awful leader,who has no cultural, historical,or family toes with Ireland,so it's really not surprising the way he acts

corks finest

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I couldn’t say what I really want to here, but I just hope people will remember this when it comes to an election. Sickening but not unexpected with FG and Drew Harris running the show.[/quote leo the Langer is truly am awful leader,who has no cultural, historical,or family toes with Ireland,so it's really not surprising the way he acts

corks finest

saabsaab wrote: »

Nobody knows who killed him and at this stage we probably never will.

Well as my family were all anti free state Collins signed his own death warrant ,end of

[Deleted User]

I couldn’t say what I really want to here, but I just hope people will remember this when it comes to an election. Sickening but not unexpected with FG and Drew Harris running the show.

Montage of Feck

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Build a statue of Cromwell while we are at it

A good Republican.

The high horse brigade

Why don't we commemorate the Nazis while we're at it!

Montage of Feck

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

No one deserves to be killed for either their political beliefs or simply doing their job.

No one.

Repression and trechery isn't a normal requirement for most jobs. The RIC was an armed paramilitary force, as the saying goes "live by the sword, die by the sword".

Millionaire only not

KWAG2019 wrote: »

Lord Mayor of Cork is not attending this shameful event.

Fair play to him , 24 counties left or is that 30 to go

theguzman

Even the Germans are smart enough to not go commemorating the National Socialists.

Dr. Bre

Build a statue of Cromwell while we are at it

saabsaab

Lefty Bicek wrote: »

Put a GS uniform on him, no-one know the difference.

Never thought of that, might be a GS waiting in the shadows to stop a few cars! That and locals lads having a few too many.

saabsaab

Lefty Bicek wrote: »

It isn't that simple.

'Don't like it, therefore object to it in principle' is a much more decent position to take.

True, it isn't that simple, these things rarely are. This is being done on behalf of the people of the 26 counties by their government.

Lefty Bicek

saabsaab wrote: »

There is a villiage I know of that is rumored to have a ghost figure. Said to be a 'Tan' or 'Auxie' that died there and appears near a corner on the way out of the village. Not said to do a lot but stands and stares.

Put a GS uniform on him, no-one know the difference.

saabsaab

There is a villiage I know of that is rumored to have a ghost figure. Said to be a 'Tan' or 'Auxie' that died there and appears near a corner on the way out of the village. Not said to do a lot but stands and stares.

Lefty Bicek

whisky_galore wrote: »

Upcoming Civil War commemoration is going to be a far more interesting prospect.

Here's a thing about RIC/DMP commemoration, you don't like it, don't go to it. It's that simple.

It isn't that simple.

'Don't like it, therefore object to it in principle' is a much more decent position to take.

dresden8

Hopefully they hold it in Croke Park. From the Hogan stand.

marieholmfan

Winning_Stroke wrote: »

Ara sure, why not. We should have a statue of Johnny Mad Dog Adair on O'Connell street too.

We should open a chain of chippers called Treveleyan's

Winning_Stroke

Ara sure, why not. We should have a statue of Johnny Mad Dog Adair on O'Connell street too.

KWAG2019

Lord Mayor of Cork is not attending this shameful event.

CrankyHaus

DrumSteve wrote: »

I think these sort of events are saying to Unionists, look, were willing to commemorate some aspects of the british while they were here.

If we want unity, it has to be a two way street with them.

I will say, I don't agree with the Tans getting their day out, probably would have drawn the line at the RIC.

The calls to commemorate the RIC aren't coming from Stormont but from Dublin Castle.

Unionists have had pretty much sweet FA to say on the issue.
It's largely Gardai and retired Gardai who had antecedents in the RIC and want our official history whitewashed to honour them.

The reconciliation angle is just PR slapped onto this vanity measure to smear anyone with a fondness for historical truth and accuracy as some Ra loving bogman who wants to keep this country in the 1930s.

DrumSteve

I think these sort of events are saying to Unionists, look, were willing to commemorate some aspects of the british while they were here.

If we want unity, it has to be a two way street with them.

I will say, I don't agree with the Tans getting their day out, probably would have drawn the line at the RIC.

cameramonkey

Here are some of the Irish Constabulary's actions during the tithe war. It is interesting to note they seemed at ease in murdering large amounts of demonstrators to collect tithes from poor Catholic farmers for the Church of Ireland bishops.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithe_War

TwoMonthsOff

katiek102010 wrote: »

There was only shortage of potatoes, no other food. It was genocide. It cannot be called anything else

The Perfect Holocaust is a good book on the subject.