The Irish Guards

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[JEJGANGSTER]

my brother got on my utube so if theres any stupid comments its him ....

[frankex312]

Having looked through the posts on here I'm almost ashamed to be Irish. I served in the British Army (in the Irish Guards) after my family had to leave Ireland because my father lost his job and was blocked from any other decent work by the policies of a cowardly Spanish-American bastard! My da served in WW2, and together with my 2 brothers I followed him. I am, and always will be proud of my service. It makes me no less Irish and we do tend to be good at fighting for other people anyway

[paddy8461]

im irish and im in the irish guards i come from the republic of ireland

[sceolaing100]

I really do think that some of the people before posting comments should become familiar with the following.The United kingdom means England Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland sometimes called the six counties otherwise the rest of Ireland is Eire or the Irish Republic, but whether it is the north or south of Ireland it is collectively the Island of Ireland .Chieftan

[happygael]

I am an american of Irish descent. I served in the US Army in WW2 .God Bless the Irish Guards.

[debz1105]

my son is english and is a sgt in the regiment....most of his mates are from liverpool and birmingham, with some irish guys too.....dont think it matters where u come from ...

[stephennelson1690]

hey manormaid i bet it was only the officers who were english

[TinyArts]

@philipem01 I'm born and raised in Sweden with a Swedish passport but my grandfather was a irishman, born in Dublin does that mean that i'm allowed to join? I'm to old now but it would be interesting to know.

[TinyArts]

Anybody here knows if the irish guards fought in Burma during ww2 ?

[frankex312]

@manormaid My family were Galway.  I served in the Irish Guards with people from all over Ireland, North and South, Catholic and Protestant. NO RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL PROBLEMS. Being tolerant was the thing - God we even allowed Englishmen in the Regiment!! lol What counted was the capbadge you wore, not where you came from.

[manormaid]

@frankex312 Yeah, fighting and working for others, never for themselves.

[freebeerfordworkers]

@manormaid They reckon about half are from Ireland -North & South - but their main recruiting area is Liverpool which has been virtually an Irish colony for 100+ years. The Lord Mayor of Dublin once described Liverpool as "Dublin's overspill" meaning new suburb because until 20 years ago it was the main ferry port for Ireland.

Sadly at least one Dublin boy was killed in Iraq and returned home for burial.

[manormaid]

Does this brigade actually have Irish guys(from Dublin or Tipp for example) in it or is it just the name.