Be proud of the Irish guards lads, no matter which tune they play...they are proud Irishmen of both Protestant and Roman Catholic religions....they fight side by side, and die side by side...be proud of 'Micks'
@@TheBlaert A Scottish court ruled some years ago on a man accused of singing a "sectarian song"....The Sash. They found that the song was NOT sectarian in any way, and was a simple folk song. You should read the words of it some time...honestly, you won't melt.
The tune of "The Sash" was well-known around Europe, and before the lyrics were added, it was a love song that lamented division between people. Instead of "it was old and it was beautiful", the lyrics were "she was young and she was beautiful" and is in Broadside Ballads (1787), titled "Irish Molly O".
@@BeastyLewisHD Good to hear Brother! Some turnout that day. Met Brethren from USA, Canada, Australia that day prior to the start of parade. We walked with Co Antrim Brethren and were led by Blackskull FB from Glasgow! A great day and one I'll remember forever! GSTQ
@@BeastyLewisHD Great to see Orangemen from your neck of the woods Bro! Great turnout that day from all our mainland Brothers and Sisters ! I'm also in the Royal Black and the App. Boys!
@Dherynia Flaharta They're the Irish guards for fecks sake, what do you expect them to play Masai war chants? Jayzus stop conforming to the stereotype.
@Dherynia Flaharta Butchers apron? Regularly voted the prettiest flag by those who like that sort of thing. Ireland had the chance of choosing a pretty flag in 1922 and what did they do? Decided to use a washed out Italian tricolour. And yes whether or not your arse likes it they are the Irish guards made up of Protestant and Catholics from North and South of the border and those who have no religion. I've never killed anyone nor has anyone I know we love the peace I hope you do too?
@Dherynia Flaharta There have always been men & women who choose to practice war. IRA, INLA, UDA, UFF, Irish Free State, Irish Republic, Black & Tans, British, French, German, American, Russian soldiers ect ect. All had or have killed many many innocent men women and children between them. I see no moral high ground unless you are directly killing to save your own or families life. And as for ISIS and equivalents they have no saving graces anyone who beheads kind selfless volunteer care workers ect deserve nothing but our upmost contempt and disgust. Bomb them back to the stone age as far as I'm concerned.
A lot of you seem to have missed the Minstrel Boy (written to commemorate the conflict in 1798) before the Sash and the number of Irishmen from the Free State and Republic who have served in the Irish Guards. It's a musical nod to both communities.
Sean Tighe wise the fuk up.. 1688 seige of londonderry.. No surrender.. 1690 boyne King william of orange... dublin/ nothing... 0 gate way for forinen employment!..
Listen here you ignorant tool. I was making a historical point. I'm a British citizen. My father proudly served in the Inniskilling Dragoons and literally put his life kn the line to protect the people of Ulster like you. Perhaps he shouldn't have bothered of you're anything to go by.
FYI - and I can vouch for this - The Irish regiments always play the two tunes together - Minstrel Boy and The Sash - always together and recognising the two communities where their roots are and then becoming one marvellous outfit - faugh a ball aghball agh
They play Wearing Of The Green as well and quiet rightly so. Never forget the first man to join the Irish Guards was an Irishman! Not a plastic paddy planter
...and hats off to them for doing so finglaspete. Both traditional Irish folk tunes when played (and sung) in the correct manner should give no cause for concern, and that is how it should be. My own band, the pipes, drums and bugles 1RHF played the 'sash' along with the Royal Ulster Rifles pipe band on their 'Vesting' (amalgamation) parade in Gibraltar, 1st July 1968 and were proud to have taken part.
As an irish catholic i believe orangism is an integral part of irish culture, i think its great that they played minstrel boy and the sash back to back !
Historic music that is part of British & Irish ☘️ history time has moved on and most people are glad it has but lest we forget and say never again we can’t say that it never took place nor should we ?
Maura Monaghan, aged 18 months, was the youngest victim of the Omagh bomb. Known as 'Mossie' by her family, she was buried in a tiny white coffin, along side her mother, Avril Monaghan, and her two unborn twin siblings
The police know who placed those car bombs but the crackpot government in power at the time gave get out of jail free cards to the murdering scum they will never be brought to justice.
So, it’s the Sash. I’m an Irish Nationalist who one day would like to see a United Ireland. I and many many like me really don’t care that much, who plays what, who marches where. What they play is a matter of choice. I happen to think it sounds not too bad on the pipes. ☘️👍
@George Job Is the war cry of the belfast brigade, Glory Glory to Old Ireland, Glory to the men who thought and died, beeep beep wont be fucking drumming anymore
Tom Hunter are you being fucking serious yous dirty fenians can't seem to watch a video that displays the union flag without commenting up the ra or something. NO SURRENDER🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
What a load of balls it’s a balled written in ulster telling of William 3rd victory against his father in law James 2nd at the river boyne few other battles in there too it was sung before the 1800s numpty lol 😂
The tune for both ‘the Hat my father wore’ and ‘the Sash my father wore’ is a popular 18th century Scots/Irish ballad ‘My Irish Molly O’ about a Glaswegian lad rejected by an Irish girl - the lyrics include ‘She is young and she is beautiful and her likes I've never known’. The American Irish hat song and the Ulster boys sash song both adapted the old Molly ballad for their own purposes.
Sean McLaughlin was a 12 year old schoolboy from Knockalla Drive, Buncrana. He had been in Omagh with some Spanish schoolchildren on an exchange trip. Sean was killed alongside his friends, Oran Doherty and James Barker.
Would the sash not be played to represent both sides of the community? The first song was an old rebel song called the minstrel boy, so the band played the sash to be representative to everyone
They aren't just from Ulster, down firm the south and a lot from Liverpool and London. They also aren't called the Royal Irish, that's a separate regiment entirely.
Minstrel Boy. One of the first tunes I played as a piper in D coy the North Irish Militia. The other was Gary Owen at 120 paces a minute. Bit of a challenge for a beginner ! Mikey.
All foot guards within the Household Division have the same basic uniform, scarlet tunics etc. Each regiment is denoted by the plume in the bearskin, and number of buttons in groups on the tunics. Coldstream have a red plume in their bearskins with buttons in groups of 2, Irish Guards have a blue plume in their bearskins with buttons in groups of 4.
Rocio Abad Ramos, a 23 year old Spanish woman, loved Ireland. She had almost finished a degree in biology in Spain, but had also been involved in exchange-trips between Spanish and Irish school children.... James Barker was a 12 year old schoolboy from Ballintrae, Buncrana in county Donegal. His mother, who is Irish, is married to an English man. They moved to Buncrana in 1997 in order to get a better quality of life.
@@Dingo-1 i was getting mixed up with another song but tbh although most scots and orangemen will know it as the sash. I know from personal experience that the irish guards band refer to this song as Irish Molly O here's a link to a cover of the original song for you. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k0DxJNhIPMw.html
Ken Frazer, former pipe major of the 1st Irish Guards, told me they call this one "the political set." During the Troubles, they had to be careful not to play it during times of political tension in NI or the rest of the UK.
Interesting how the traditionally Catholic regiment is playing a song associated with Protestants, especially being played immediately after Minstrel Boy, a song associated with Irish nationalism and considered a rebel song!
The Sash is not sectarian or bigoted , The lyrics are thought to be around 100 years old, and the melody has been traced back to the early 19th century. The tune of "The Sash" was well known around Europe, and before the lyrics were added, it was a love song that lamented division between people. Instead of "it was old and it was beautiful", the lyrics were "she was young and she was beautiful" and is in Broadside Ballads (1787). Having said that, It is old but it's beautiful
I disagree with the concept of a royal family, not whether they represent value for money. I am happy to pay taxes, higher taxes even, so long as they are spent on services for the people and not the establishment. This debate will rage on for many years i'm afraid. Whether Scots will get the chance to vote on the subject is the real concern for me.
