The Connaught rangers

The WOlfe Tones performing this song about a Irish batallion which went on mutiny during WW1 to Support the Irish aim for Independance. And wel toast our Offaly heros from beyond the grave!

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[cameramanAL]

Why does it say 'up the RA' on the video of a song about a group of men who had nothing to do with the IRA?

[carluketim]

ive read abt this bit of irish history. (british)? only regiment to take an imperial eagle. wow. more medals than the medical corps. wow again. never forgotten. Ireland should honour these men who stood tall and refused to be 2nd class.

[bsapsb]

After 1922 their veterans were spat on, disrespected, even burnt out of their homes. Then to add to the ignominy the sectarian murders who supported the IRA's cause claimed them as their own. My grandfather was a Connaught Ranger, he hated the IRA and Sinn Feinn, he called them traitors to Ireland. They say the victors write the history. But the truth lives in those who survived it.

[bsapsb]

A Sergeant John Joseph Barror from the Connaught Rangers was involved in putting two snipers out of action during the Rising in Dublin.

[bsapsb]

In the days after the Rising the Connaught Rangers patrolled the Irish countryside and raided Irish homes. They captured hundreds of Volunteers and their weapons.A number of Connaught Rangers who were in Dublin at the time of the Rising volunteered to join other British army units including the Royal Irish Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers to fight against the Irish rebels.

[bsapsb]

The Connaught Rangers fought against the Irish rebels, who were fighting to end British rule in Ireland and to establish the Irish Republic during the Easter Rising. None of the Connaught Rangers were killed but one was wounded.

[bsapsb]

The majority of British troops deployed to quell the Easter Rising were Irish. They didn't respect the traitors who rose up to stab them in the back in the middle of a World War.

[LimeyPipeSmoker91]

@carluketim erm the 44th Regiment of Foot (East Essex) captured an Eagle at Salamanca....wow

[cameramanAL]

@MrIrishrover2011 I left that comment a while ago, but what I meant was that the IRA of today and the IRA those men went on to join were two very different organisations, so it annoys me that today's IRA would try to put their stamp on them.

Thanks for your informative reply though, and the unnecessary aggro too I suppose. If you want a well mannered discussion leave another reply. If you want to throw insults and be rude, don't bother.

[MrIrishrover2011]

@cameramanAL are you thick ???? many of these men went on to join the i.r.a. in the fight for independance