Paddy. Blair mayne was a Distinguished officer Who live. Here. In Newtownards paddy Didnt suffer fools lightly. He was known By the. Trail. Of stories That got him into hot Water. Which was. Put to the side like his attitude to his superiors. Who often Kept their distance from. Getting. A bit of Paddys bad temper as He was known not just just turning his bad Temper out on his Subalterns. But any one that disagreed With paddy got the Wrath of his bad temper. along with sterling his co partner They crested. The. L R D G known better as the. Long range Desert. Group. Which today is known as the SAS. he. And. Sterling Caused havoc among The elite of Hitlers best of battle hardened soldiers Some that are still with us could tell When. Paddy doned A Germans uniform And posed as. Brigadier. In fluent. German while him and Sterling set. To destroy. All. The enemies aircraft those who are aware of who I am talking about. Should know. When he had s fatal. Car crash. No one. Went to his aid fearful of his temper which had some one had gone To his aid paddy might still be alive
Paddy. Gets the. Name of being slothful and ignorant Where as. Paddy as he is called at birth Was more. Alert than His predators who was guilty of. Being Harassed. By those He was serving with But beneath all the. Comments. Was a man as good as those Who was his. Tormentors from. Centuries. Those who. Came from. Over. The Border. Had been. Serving. Under the. Eyes of king Richard Proved. There. Worth Today they are Remembered for their bravery in the heat of Battle. On the out break of the first world War. Many came from Across the border to Fight for. King and. Their country. The sad fact is. Those that Came from. Over the Border. Are still not Given there right of Place.
Pat Geraghty (Irish Guards) is one of the funniest guys I was trained by at the Guards Depot Pirbright (1993). Although he was extremely tough he never bullied anyone , he knew he was respected and used charisma and humour to motivate. Men like him bring out the best in people. Salt of the earth.
Aged out of the Irish foster system in 1989, absolutely nothing for me in Ireland so went to the UK and joined the Royal Navy. They ended up paying a substantial amount towards my university fees. Spent some of the best years of my life there and owe them the life I live today. Living in France now so never did go back to Ireland
I am from Offlay Royal Artillery 1999-2013 I know a guy in the Royal Marines from Dublin and a guy from Cork in 2 Para I meet 6 lads from ROI in my corp RA
Was the national anthem of the Kingdom of Ireland from September 1745 until 1 January 1801 and then of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 January 1801 until 6 December 1922. It is not the national anthem of the majority of Ireland but continues to be used as the anthem of Northern Ireland
@JacktheFilmFanatic-vu1nk definetley not needs to be confined to the past, I see the Presbyterians in the North as my countrymen and women even if they necessarily don't see that.
@JacktheFilmFanatic-vu1nk I agree whole heartedly, its just mainly Identity politics and golorification if even such as the terrible Portadown or the Potato famine. I'd be lying if I didnt say I would like a 32 county independent irish state its what i believe in but in this climate no. The type of independent Ireland I would like is the vision of the United Irishmen and that rebellion but that was ruined by Scullabogue
Oh so its a our massacres are justified yours arent situation maybe we can see the Scottish settling Ulster as payback for the Irish settling Scotland in the 5th and 6th centuries which is literally where Scotland gets its name from the Scots tribe from Ireland
He literally made it a hereditary system and only didn't accept the title of King because he had just gotten rid of a King he banned Dancing Drinking and Christmas to name a few things he was a dictator
Sgt John Cronin at the start of this docu, was commissioned from the ranks and became an officer. He was able to get BA and MBA after his name, thanks to the British Army.
Okay you want a career or a bit of Rambo witch the Irish army can't give you, theirs the Foreign Legion,US forces and propaly loads of others,I'll not judge you,you had your reasons,do you know the history of Ireland & england the things they done to our ancestors and still today 🇮🇪
@@robbie856 I served for 22 years in the Irish Army and NEVER saw any bigotry as you describe. Good humour yes, slagging in a friendly way, yes, banter as soldiers always will, but NEVER once as you allege.
Not once in 19 years. One of my best friends is from the Shankill Road, another is from West Kerry. I have a place to stay in all 32 counties and my home is open to lads from all 32 counties. I've been a best man at a Protestant wedding and I've shed tears with my Northern brothers at a Catholic funeral. It doesn't matter what side of the fence you come from all that matters is knowing the Ranger left and right of you has your back as I have theirs. I will say the English lads are always very quiet during the Six Nations ;)
I served with an Irishman in the RAF NCO and also knew a female Petty Officer in the 80’s, both of whom told me they got opportunities that they could never have got in the Republic.
I come from an Irish background and most of the fam serve in the Irish army and the UN. I serve in the British army and am proud of my Irish heritage but also proud to serve in the British Reme. Ppl should get over historic events ffs.
I personally know four PIRA members who joined Brit army to learn there systems and gain knowledge of tactics. This has been the way for hundreds of years my own uncle was released under the GFA he was 11 years into a life sentence. He was known as the Jew because he betrayed the Brit military.
