Sun May 10, 2015 9:24 pm
Sun May 10, 2015 9:32 pm
099 sound system wrote:VE Day today.
So much to be thankful for the brave English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers, as well as soldiers from other brave nations.
Sun May 10, 2015 9:36 pm
Connacht Bluebird wrote:099 sound system wrote:VE Day today.
So much to be thankful for the brave English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers, as well as soldiers from other brave nations.
Fair play, that is an ignorant post. 5,000 irish soldiers fought with the allies.
Sun May 10, 2015 9:37 pm
Connacht Bluebird wrote:099 sound system wrote:VE Day today.
So much to be thankful for the brave English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers, as well as soldiers from other brave nations.
Fair play, that is an ignorant post. 5,000 irish soldiers fought with the allies.
Sun May 10, 2015 9:41 pm
099 sound system wrote:Connacht Bluebird wrote:099 sound system wrote:VE Day today.
So much to be thankful for the brave English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers, as well as soldiers from other brave nations.
Fair play, that is an ignorant post. 5,000 irish soldiers fought with the allies.
Fair play to those brave 5000, and apologies for my ignorance. But what about the Irish who supported the Hun? There were many, many of them that did.
Sun May 10, 2015 9:44 pm
099 sound system wrote:Connacht Bluebird wrote:099 sound system wrote:VE Day today.
So much to be thankful for the brave English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers, as well as soldiers from other brave nations.
Fair play, that is an ignorant post. 5,000 irish soldiers fought with the allies.
Fair play to those brave 5000, and apologies for my ignorance. But what about the Irish who supported the Hun? There were many, many of them that did.
Sun May 10, 2015 9:46 pm
Wayne S wrote:Connacht Bluebird wrote:099 sound system wrote:VE Day today.
So much to be thankful for the brave English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers, as well as soldiers from other brave nations.
Fair play, that is an ignorant post. 5,000 irish soldiers fought with the allies.
Yep deserted the Irish army to Join the British and fight in WW2.
Didn't go howe to a heroes welcome either. Had to hide their medals and faced arrest an their return.
Sun May 10, 2015 9:48 pm
Wayne S wrote:099 sound system wrote:Connacht Bluebird wrote:099 sound system wrote:VE Day today.
So much to be thankful for the brave English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers, as well as soldiers from other brave nations.
Fair play, that is an ignorant post. 5,000 irish soldiers fought with the allies.
Fair play to those brave 5000, and apologies for my ignorance. But what about the Irish who supported the Hun? There were many, many of them that did.
There was a report written after the war that credited many in Ireland with being more anti belligerent than neutral.
Was that report by the Echo?![]()
They passed info on Germans activities. It's the Irish government who needed to look at what stance they took.
Sun May 10, 2015 9:48 pm
Wayne S wrote:099 sound system wrote:Connacht Bluebird wrote:099 sound system wrote:VE Day today.
So much to be thankful for the brave English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers, as well as soldiers from other brave nations.
Fair play, that is an ignorant post. 5,000 irish soldiers fought with the allies.
Fair play to those brave 5000, and apologies for my ignorance. But what about the Irish who supported the Hun? There were many, many of them that did.
There was a report written after the war that credited many in Ireland with being more anti belligerent than neutral.
They passed info on Germans activities. It's the Irish government who needed to look at what stance they took.
Sun May 10, 2015 9:49 pm
Connacht Bluebird wrote:Wayne S wrote:Yep deserted the Irish army to Join the British and fight in WW2.
Didn't go home to a heroes welcome either. Had to hide their medals and faced arrest on their return.
Cant win either way then wayne?
Sun May 10, 2015 9:52 pm
Wayne S wrote:Connacht Bluebird wrote:Wayne S wrote:Yep deserted the Irish army to Join the British and fight in WW2.
Didn't go home to a heroes welcome either. Had to hide their medals and faced arrest on their return.
Cant win either way then wayne?
An amazingly brave thing to do at a time when you were shot dead for desertion.
You rarely see strength like that nowadays.
Sun May 10, 2015 9:53 pm
099 sound system wrote:Don't mean to offend you Wayne. Just sick of plastic paddies near Bridgend .......
Sun May 10, 2015 9:58 pm
Wayne S wrote:099 sound system wrote:Don't mean to offend you Wayne. Just sick of plastic paddies near Bridgend .......
Not offended mate. Its just never that clear cut to brandish everyone the same.
I'm pretty sure your statement fits many in Ireland during WW2, just not all.
Sun May 10, 2015 10:51 pm
Mon May 11, 2015 12:37 am
Mon May 11, 2015 1:44 am
Mon May 11, 2015 5:47 am
Mon May 11, 2015 6:28 am
Mon May 11, 2015 10:28 am
Mon May 11, 2015 11:05 am
Wayne S wrote:Connacht Bluebird wrote:099 sound system wrote:VE Day today.
So much to be thankful for the brave English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers, as well as soldiers from other brave nations.
Fair play, that is an ignorant post. 5,000 irish soldiers fought with the allies.
Yep deserted the Irish army to Join the British and fight in WW2.
Didn't go howe to a heroes welcome either. Had to hide their medals and faced arrest an their return.
Mon May 11, 2015 11:51 am
099 sound system wrote:Wayne S wrote:099 sound system wrote:Connacht Bluebird wrote:099 sound system wrote:VE Day today.
So much to be thankful for the brave English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers, as well as soldiers from other brave nations.
Fair play, that is an ignorant post. 5,000 irish soldiers fought with the allies.
Fair play to those brave 5000, and apologies for my ignorance. But what about the Irish who supported the Hun? There were many, many of them that did.
There was a report written after the war that credited many in Ireland with being more anti belligerent than neutral.
They passed info on Germans activities. It's the Irish government who needed to look at what stance they took.
Don't mean to offend you Wayne. Just sick of plastic paddies near Bridgend, who slaughtered me when I said that I used a local church to cast my vote in the recent elections. They took the piss out of the Church of England with a venom. My answer to them was - if you dont like it here, f@ck off to Ireland. Most of them have never been there! Plastic paddies - I shit Em
Mon May 11, 2015 1:30 pm
Mon May 11, 2015 1:42 pm
Mon May 11, 2015 9:26 pm
Mon May 11, 2015 9:27 pm
Gaz777 wrote:The Irish PM Éamon de Valera, offered his condolences to the German embassy in Dublin. on hearing of the death of Adolf Hitler!
A shameful act indeed.
Mon May 11, 2015 9:56 pm
Gaz777 wrote:The Irish PM Éamon de Valera, offered is condolences to the German embassy in Dublin. on hearing of the death of Adolf Hitler!
A shameful act indeed.
Mon May 11, 2015 10:13 pm
Mon May 11, 2015 10:22 pm
ronnieconradsflatcap wrote:The Irish republic helped Britain during the war.
The Cranborne report, detailing Irish-British collaboration during 1939–1945
They agreed to our use of Lough Foyle for naval and air purposes. The ownership of the Lough is disputed, but the Southern Irish authorities are tacitly not pressing their claim in present conditions and are also ignoring any flying by our aircraft over the Donegal shore of the Lough, which is necessary in certain wind conditions to enable flying boats to take off the Lough.
They have agreed to use by our aircraft based on Lough Erne of a corridor over Southern Irish territory and territorial waters for the purpose of flying out to the Atlantic.
They have arranged for the immediate transmission to the United Kingdom Representative's Office in Dublin of reports of submarine activity received from their coast watching service.
They arranged for the broadening of reports by their Air observation Corps of aircraft sighted over or approaching Southern Irish territory. (This does not include our aircraft using the corridor referred to in (b) above.)
They arranged for the extinction of trade and business lighting in coastal towns where such lighting was alleged to afford a useful landmark for German aircraft.
They have continued to supply us with meteorological reports.
They have agreed to the use by our ships and aircraft of two wireless direction-finding stations at Malin Head.
They have supplied particulars of German crashed aircraft and personnel crashed or washed ashore or arrested on land.
They arranged for staff talks on the question of co-operation against a possible German invasion of Southern Ireland, and close contact has since been maintained between the respective military authorities.
They continue to intern all German fighting personnel reaching Southern Ireland. On the other hand, though after protracted negotiations, Allied service personnel are now allowed to depart freely and full assistance is given in recovering damaged aircraft.
Recently, in connection with the establishment of prisoner of war camps in Northern Ireland, they have agreed to return or at least intern any German prisoners who may escape from Northern Ireland across the border to Southern Ireland.
They have throughout offered no objection to the departure from Southern Ireland of persons wishing to serve in the United Kingdom Forces nor to the journey on leave of such persons to and from Southern Ireland (in plain clothes).
They have continued to exchange information with our security authorities regarding all aliens (including Germans) in Southern Ireland.
They have (within the last few days) agreed to our establishing a Radar station in Southern Ireland for use against the latest form of submarine activity.