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    • No wonder the Blue Hussars were replaced by a Motorcycle EoH !

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      • Originally posted by DeV View Post
        No wonder the Blue Hussars were replaced by a Motorcycle EoH !
        And the numpty commentating mentioned they were Cavalry, which they not as we all know, horse mounted artillery!
        Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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        • what about the numpty that was driving the car, where was he going in such a hurry...

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          • Originally posted by jack08 View Post
            what about the numpty that was driving the car, where was he going in such a hurry...
            Well we know it wasn't Dev as he had surrendered his driving licence back in 1936 because of his failing eyesight. One of his great passions was driving......
            Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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            • "Irish U.N. peacekeepers in South Lebanon came under Israeli and South Lebanese Army artillery attack on Friday (4/11) during cross-border hostilities."

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              • Originally posted by Rhodes View Post


                "Irish U.N. peacekeepers in South Lebanon came under Israeli and South Lebanese Army artillery attack on Friday (4/11) during cross-border hostilities."


                At 3.50 in this video is that a "robbed" APC ?
                Last edited by sofa; 3 August 2015, 23:56.

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                • More likely that France supplied the New Lebanon, it being a former colony. Doesn't appear to have the HS turret.
                  For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                  • Thousands Pay Tribute to Éamon de Valera 1975



                    State Funeral of Éamon de Valera at Glasnevin Cemetery 1975

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                    • "A new Dauphin Helicopter for the Irish Air Corps undergoes sea trials on the LE Eithne."
                      An RTE News report broadcasted on 3 October 1985.

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                      • "‘Today Tonight’ investigates the slum conditions in which army families are living at Griffith Square, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin."

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                        • "The work of the 48th Irish Battalion in Lebanon.

                          RTÉ News reports from Lebanon in the days after St Patrick’s Day 1981 where Tom McCaughren meets members of the 48th Irish Battalion."

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                          • Originally posted by Rhodes View Post
                            "‘Today Tonight’ investigates the slum conditions in which army families are living at Griffith Square, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin."

                            What year was this? Must be 1970's?

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                            • 1981 I think
                              Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                              • Originally posted by Rooster View Post
                                What year was this? Must be 1970's?
                                1986, remember it well

                                Anytime somebody slags off PDFORRA show them this.

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