Grand music, so smooth from one tune to another and a great selection. I love their uniforms especially the green cape. They are fine ambassadors for all on this island.
excellent .. thise men are really fit..all that marching and blowing into the bagpipes at the same time ...and great to hear the Irish tunes being used...
Great video! I have found another channel! For anyone interested the marches played were, 1) 0:20-Company Marches of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards ¹ The Star of the County Down ² Holy Ground ³ Boys of Wexford ⁴ The Green Glens of Atrim ⁵ The South Down Militia (Return to Barracks) 2) 7:09-The Minstrel Boy 3) 7:21-The Sash My Father Wore 4) 7:56-The Wearing of the Green 5) 8:32-Fare Ye Well Inniskilling 6) 9:08-Kelly the Boy from Killane (They Repeat Again)
I know they’re good marching tunes but ‘The Boys of Wexford’ and ‘The Wearing of the Green’ are curious choices for a British Army band. The former is about the 1798 rebellion by the Irish _against_ the British and the latter is about kicking the British out of Ireland. But, hey, whatever floats your boat!! 😃
I enjoyed this immensely! For 2 reasons: My maternal grandfather served in WWI in the Cold Stream Guards and did his training based at Combermere Barracks on Sheet Street, Windsor, where the Irish Guards were marching from in this video; and for about 2 years in the 1980s, I was a Traffic Warden based at the Windsor Police Station on Alma Rd. Every day that the Guard was changed, we Traffic Wardens had to clear the streets of vehicles, to help the Police ensure the safety of the Guards as they marched from the Barracks to Windsor Castle to relieve the Guards that had been on duty there for 24 hours. I always felt a sense of pride to be able to help in my small way an important team effort by the Police and the Ministry of Defence personnel to preserve such a stirring and patriotic tradition! I am old now, and live far from England, but those times all came back to me!
“Greatcoats”, Lottie. They come in all colours but those worn by the British Army are grey. “Atholl Grey” is the official name. And yes, you were right. It was the last day for Coat Order.
Can you give us some background? How often does this happen? How long does each guard remain at the castle? What does the guard do when it gets back to barracks? How many changes are accompanied in this way? I know I could Google it but I reckon you’d enjoy explaining.
It wasn't about rejecting British rule, was about greed. The rebels wanted to not pay taxes and ended up paying taxes. Ironicly the rebels were British themselves 😂
years ago the Irish Guards were primarily from the Republic of Ireland, when first formed. If you want to have a good read of who the Irish Guards were then you should read a Book by their one time commanding officer Mr Verney !!! called the Micks ,A fascinating read as I have read it many times myself. Nowadays, the Irish Guards will have Soldiers of Irish decent more so than Irish born but none the less very Irish and very proud to be Irish Guards. Queen Victoria was against an Irish Guard Regiment cos of the constant rebellions there, but eventually there came about the IRISH GUARDS, their record in the wars is , well read Mr Verney's book, yours, Wolfhound
Think u will find they are all northern Irish. nobody nowdays from the irish Republic signs up 2 serve the Queen and Country they have their army.and nobody from Northern Ireland call themselves irish they call them British.they hate the thought of be called irish..
Why don't they call themselves the Scotch Irish Guards or Irish Scotch Guards considering a large proportion seemingly come from that background, if this is not the case and even with a relatively a small number of so called southners reintegrate into an English regiment. Going forward in this post Brexit when the island of Ireland 🇮🇪 will eventually be one country in a progressive Europe these English military enthusiasts with their love of the imperial past accepting many Irish people fought in the 2nd World War against nazism its time to accept using the term "Irish " with independent country called ROI its time to drop or change the title or reintegrate to another regiment as stated earlier, the Scotch or Welsh can make their own decisions in the future.
My mother was from the ROI and came over to England during the second world war, she married an English soldier. Their son, me , joined the British army. I met quite a few soldiers from the South who were British soldiers also. So really you should keep your bigoted nose out of the choices people make
It's company march in the. Micks... Played along with the wearing of the green... Before you comment on anything you know nothing about... A bit of research would serve you well....
Just a wee bit of info ya... Its not the Irish guards pipes and drums.... Its the DRUMS AND PIPES OF THE IRISH GUARDS.... THE TITLE IS IMPORTANT... say pipes and drums to a mick and he'll correct ya
