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Albeit an Irish variant. Many Irishmen died fighting in WWI. Around 60,000 men of the Republic joined the fight against the Nazis as volunteers yet many were punished by the De Valera government. Nonetheless good to see recognition of these men who fought to help preserve our freedom.
Let's not forget the tacit support De Valera gave to Nazi Germany and also the fact that whilst our people were getting slaughtered in Flanders ,the " neutral" Irish were fighting us .
Changing times- Taisoch wearing a poppy on 10:34 - Nov 8 by whoflungdung
Interesting and good morning Paul
"Neutral" Ireland then
Let's not forget the tacit support De Valera gave to Nazi Germany and also the fact that whilst our people were getting slaughtered in Flanders ,the " neutral" Irish were fighting us .
De Valera kept Ireland in the 19th century and and the whim of the Catholic Church. Of course he would have been shot after the Easter Rising if it were not for his American citizenship. He also instigated the Civil War as he would not, unlike Michael Collins, come to any compromise.
Despite De Valera's position he allowed the use of Irish airspace by the allies. It is also thought the armed forces (who tacitly supported the UK) had identified potential airfields for the RAF to operate out of if the British mainland had been invaded. It is also believed that the Irish Intelligence Service passed on information to the UK and US-perhaps without government knowledge
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Changing times- Taisoch wearing a poppy on 10:54 - Nov 8 with 2952 views
Anyone that doesn't understand the Irish position doesn't understand people and history, Ireland no different to any other country in the same position, look at South Africa, many were against being on our side, military rebellions the lot, they had similar reasons to the Irish as to question who they should support.
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This has caused a hell of a furour in my house I can tell you (the Mrs being Irish). The comments section on the Irish papers make interesting reading. It's a stupid thing for him to do imo.
I think the thing that has most people wound up is that you would never in a million years see him wearing a lily pin. Also, I believe he took some sort of action against TD's who wore repeal (the 8th - an abortion rights campaign) gear to the Dail, don't recall what the Mrs was saying in her rant.
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Changing times- Taisoch wearing a poppy on 09:17 - Nov 9 with 2759 views
This hasn't come out of the blue, Prof. 2014 saw phenomenal growth of interest in southern Ireland's contribution in the Great War. WFA branches were formed in Cork and Dublin to compliment sister branches in Ulster and they flourished culminating in the ceremony in July at Islandbridge (apt name, that) in Dublin where representatives of the Irish Government and the Royal British Legion gathered to remember the Battle of the Somme.
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Changing times- Taisoch wearing a poppy on 10:02 - Nov 9 with 2740 views
Changing times- Taisoch wearing a poppy on 09:17 - Nov 9 by Lohengrin
This hasn't come out of the blue, Prof. 2014 saw phenomenal growth of interest in southern Ireland's contribution in the Great War. WFA branches were formed in Cork and Dublin to compliment sister branches in Ulster and they flourished culminating in the ceremony in July at Islandbridge (apt name, that) in Dublin where representatives of the Irish Government and the Royal British Legion gathered to remember the Battle of the Somme.
It wasn't the just WWI either. Many Irish people joined the British army to fight the tyranny of the Nazis. However they didn't leave behind their belief that Ireland should be a United Republic country, independent of the British Parliament. IMHO the greatest song about the the tragic waste of life in the two World Wars is "The Green Fields of France", written by Eric Bogle (an Australian). Bogle used an Irishman as his subject to show that they too had stood for Britain in in it's time of need
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Changing times- Taisoch wearing a poppy on 10:02 - Nov 9 by STID2017
It wasn't the just WWI either. Many Irish people joined the British army to fight the tyranny of the Nazis. However they didn't leave behind their belief that Ireland should be a United Republic country, independent of the British Parliament. IMHO the greatest song about the the tragic waste of life in the two World Wars is "The Green Fields of France", written by Eric Bogle (an Australian). Bogle used an Irishman as his subject to show that they too had stood for Britain in in it's time of need
" Young Willie Macbride" existed, you know. He was a member of the 36th Ulster Division and lies at the CWGC cemetery in Authuille. If you go there you'll see the visitors book full of messages from all over Ireland and beyond in his memory.
Thinking in terms of millions of lives lost is too abstract, when it becomes focused on an individual sacrifice it becomes honed and enormously powerful. I think it's fair to say that song has now taken a place alongside the poetry of Wilfred Owen and the symbolism of the poppy as a motif of The Great War.
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Changing times- Taisoch wearing a poppy on 20:37 - Nov 9 with 2642 views
Just seen that South African Afrikaner nationalist song on video, put up by Swans fan jaco on his Twitter feed the one showing Brit Nat concentration camps with the union flag prominent with women and children in the camp. Oh dear.
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