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  • Originally posted by DeV View Post
    They are definitely FCA Pearse Bn. Integration started 1959
    20th Bn FCA. Pearse Bn became a coy of 20th Bn in 1959 ("Integration"). I was on that parade and still have the black beret.
    "Fellow-soldiers of the Irish Republican Army, I have just received a communication from Commandant Pearse calling on us to surrender and you will agree with me that this is the hardest task we have been called upon to perform during this eventful week, but we came into this fight for Irish Independence in obedience to the commands of our higher officers and now in obedience to their wishes we must surrender. I know you would, like myself, prefer to be with our comrades who have already fallen in the fight - we, too, should rather die in this glorious struggle than submit to the enemy." Volunteer Captain Patrick Holahan to 58 of his men at North Brunswick Street, the last group of the Four Courts Garrison to surrender, Sunday 30 April 1916.

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    • Definitely FCA. It was Pearse Company. Each company in 20th Bn had their own flash and at the time Pearse Company would have been at company plus strength. Also I have listened to Louis talking about that GOH by the Pearse far too many times.

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      • Sorry can't add 1916+50 isn't 1956

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          • That music is worse than what they use now!

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            • Some of that footage is pre 1994.

              Ciara and Orla were commissioned in 1988 as is pictured here and the class of recruits leaving the square are from early 1988.
              Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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              • Deirdre had got rid of her Lifeboat much sooner too. Maybe DFAV only put it together in 1994? Great to see how far things have come since then, in terms of kit and equipment. Divers no longer have to run to the decompression chamber, it is waiting for them when they get out of the water, either on the back of a truck, or on the deck of a ship. Firefighting gear is on a par with the best available to public and private firefighting units outside the main gate.
                For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                • Originally posted by hptmurphy View Post
                  Some of that footage is pre 1994.

                  Ciara and Orla were commissioned in 1988 as is pictured here and the class of recruits leaving the square are from early 1988.
                  The fact the parade were carrying FNs was another giveaway !
                  "Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player!" (Jimmy Greaves)!"

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                  • Deirdre had got rid of her Lifeboat much sooner too
                    1986, but the life boat doesn't feature in the footage, She continued to carry both boarding and liberty boats in the original falls after the lifeboat had been removed, but did require ballast to balance her out.
                    Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                    • "Air Corps Get New Aircraft to Protect of Irish Waters 1995"

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                      • And we got neither additional ships nor aircraft.
                        For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                        • Originally posted by na grohmití View Post
                          And we got neither additional ships nor aircraft.
                          They did get an additional vessel 5 years later (Roisin)

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                          • A few archive news clips of Irish Peacekeepers overseas.

                            "Irish Republic United Nations troops, serving in Sanai, are to return home"



                            "An Irish contingent is among the United Nations forces who now face the threat of real action against the well-armed Labanese rightist militiamen"



                            "Irishmen all round the world celebrated St Patrick's day and one of the most unusual settings was a village in Lebanon. Troops of the Irish army are serving there with the United Nations peace-keeping force (UNIFIL) and they laid on a display that delighted everyone. The film features Major General Emmanuel Erskine of Ghana, the commander of the United Nations interim force in Lebanon."



                            "The situation is still tense in South Lebanon where the UN Peace Keeping forces (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon - UNIFIL) are positioned between the Palestinian guerrillas and the Christian militias. The UNIFIL 6,000 men are still facing several operational difficulties in the troubled Southern part of the country."



                            "Report on the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) Irish troops in Southern Lebanon."



                            "Irish battalion serving as part of UN peacekeeping force in South Lebanon."



                            "Lebanese man speaks to press (later with English translation) on the killing of two Irish soldiers. He says that he killed them with their own guns and that if he sees any more Irishmen in the village, he will kill them also."



                            "The bodies of two Irish UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon) soldiers allegedly murdered bt rightist Christian Militia while serving in South Lebanon were bring flown home to Ireland today. At a brief airport ceremony tribute was paid to them by UNIFIL Commander, General Emanuel Erskine, and the Irish Ambassador to Lebanon."



                            "An Irish peacekeeper and a Lebanese civilian were wounded on Tuesday when mortar shells fired from an Israeli position in southern Lebanon landed on a village.

                            Israeli war planes also launched an air attack on guerrilla positions in the hills and valleys of Iqlim al-Tuffah, a guerrilla stronghold that faces the Israeli-occupied border enclave.

                            Israeli planes fired four air-to-ground missiles in the attack on the hills of Iqlim al-Tuffah.

                            Iqlim al-Tuffah is a frequent target for Israeli warplanes, is said to be used extensively by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrilla group.

                            Israel says it serves as an effective base from which to stage attacks against Israeli troops and their allied militiamen in the occupied zone.

                            Plumes of black smoke billowed from the area, but there was no immediate word on casualties from the air raid, the second in south Lebanon in a week.

                            In Jerusalem, the Israeli army confirmed the afternoon air raid, saying all planes returned safely to base.

                            In a separate incident an Irish UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force ) soldier was wounded when shells from an Israeli mortar attack landed in the village of Haddatha, on the edge of the Israeli-occupied zone.

                            The soldier, Sgt. Patrick Leahy, was slightly wounded by shrapnel when the shell landed near his vehicle, which was badly damaged.

                            A 60-year-old Lebanese civilian who was passing near the Irish position was also hit and taken to a hospital in Sidon, the main town in southern Lebanon

                            It is believed that UNIFIL has started an investigation into the incident."



                            "Two Irish soldiers are in a comfortable condition in hospital after being injured in a mortar attack while on United Nations peacekeeping duty in Lebanon.

                            The men are thought to have been hit when shells hit their U-N post, which is close to Israeli-occupied territory, during a clash between Lebanese forces and Israeli troops.

                            The incident happened at Haddatha, in southern part of the country, close to a spot inspected by Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on his tour of the Middle East last month.

                            The wounded men, Corporal Noel Roche and Private John Flaherty, both from County Clare, were thought to have been hit by shrapnel when shells hit their U-N post.

                            The base is close to Israeli-occupied territory.

                            A spokesman said the direct source of the mortar shells could not be immediately
                            established.

                            But he added that six shells exploded outside the U-N post during an early morning clash between Lebanese guerrillas and Israeli troops and their allied Lebanese militiamen.

                            In Beirut, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement said its guerrillas had attacked Israeli positions at Haddatha, Baraasheet, Dabsheh and Sweidah, scoring direct and certain hits.

                            The group gave no further details.

                            The latest incident came a day after Israeli and the South Lebanon Army gunners bombarded suspected guerrilla hideouts and infiltration trails in hills and valleys near Shi'ite Muslim villages facing the occupied zone.

                            Five members of a Lebanese family, among them two sisters aged one and seven, were injured when an artillery shell hit their house in the village of Mejdel Selim, about 25 kilometres (15 miles) east of the southern port of Tyre.

                            The bombardment came after a militiaman from the South Lebanon Army was killed and another wounded in a roadside bomb attack in the occupied zone.

                            The Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrilla group claimed responsibility for the attack.

                            The Israeli military spokesman confirmed a number of Hezbollah attacks on Israeli and militia positions in the occupied zone and that Israeli and S-L-A gunners fired back.

                            He said the guerrilla attacks caused no damage or casualties.

                            The army spokesman declined to comment on the wounding of civilians."



                            "Three hundred and sixty Irish and Finnish peacekeepers working within the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon will be heading back home after ending their mission there, officials said.
                            A farewell ceremony for the soldiers was held on Saturday in the main UNIFIL camp in Blat near Marjoyoun and was attended by UNIFIL Commander General Claudio Graziano and Lebanese Army officers.
                            Finland contributed 210 soldiers and Ireland 160. Together the two forces formed a Logistic Battalion which assisted in building positions and camps for UNIFIL troops at the eastern sector in Northern Lebanon.
                            Around 13,500 troops from twenty seven countries form the UNIFIL force in southern Lebanon.
                            The reinforced UNIFIL deployed after last year's summer war between Hezbollah and Israel, a 34-day conflict that killed up to 1,200 Lebanese, most of them civilians, and some 160 Israelis, 40 of them civilians.
                            Under U.N. resolution 1701, the force assists about 15,000 Lebanese troops maintain a weapons-free zone along the border."



                            "Irish Defence Minister Willie O'Dea said Kosovo was "far more unstable" than he had originally thought, after a visit to the newly independent country on Wednesday.

                            "The situation remains quite unstable. In fact more unstable then I've anticipated," O'Dea told AP Television after visiting Irish peacekeeping troops based in Lipjane, Kosovo.

                            Around 285 Irish troops are serving in the region, as part of a broader NATO led international force responsible for securing peace and stability.

                            Kosovo declared full independence from Serbia on 17 February this year but tensions there are running high between the ethnic Albanian majority and minority Serbs.

                            Both Serbia and Russia fiercely oppose its independence.

                            O'Dea said a NATO's (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) KFOR presence would likely be required in the region for some time.

                            "There are a lot of deep seated problems here, some of them which have preceded the declaration of independence, some of them which had rise since the declaration of independence, so I do anticipate that KFOR presence will be needed here for many, many years to come," O'Dea said.

                            Ireland would continue to play a "central role" he said."

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                            • "Smoke screen operation is feature of training for Free State Troops at Kilbridge Camp."



                              "Frank Aiken new Minister of Defence takes salute at St. Patrick's Day Parade of regulars."



                              "At Queenstown, Irish troops embark on a tender for Spike Island, while in the harbour the British destroyer "Acastra" stands by to take off the English garrison. Mr de Valera is present to see the proceedings, while the guard of honour fires a Feu de Joie."





                              "Various shots of Irish maneouvres. in which armoured cars, scout cars, and motor cycles take part."







                              "Celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of arrival of Owen Roe O'Neill in Ireland - he was appointed leader of the Irish army in Ulster in 1649. Most of celebrations took place in Cavan."



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                              • "Our pictures show men of the 34th Battalion, about to leave Dublin for duty in the Congo as part of the United Nations force. Two battalions, the 32nd and 33rd, have been serving there for nearly six months. They will now be replaced by the 34th."



                                "United Nations troops, Irish troops of the First Infantry Group Eastern Command, are back in Dublin after six months spent in foxholes and under canvas in the Congo. They fought beside Swedish troops in the now famous "Battle of Kamina", in which (without suffering loss) they beat off 2,000 tribesmen."



                                "Fifty years after the Irish Rebellion, celebrations outside the General Post Office, where the first shots were fired. Among the many hundreds of veterans, President de Valera, the sole surviving Commandant of the Rebellion."





                                "Movietone record the 'Lying-in-State' and funeral of ex-President Eamon de Valera. De Valera is a name that will be forever linked with the emergence of the Irish Republic. ® The people of Ireland paid their last respects as the body of their ex-leader lay in St. Patrick's Hall. A Requiem Mass was celebrated in Dublin's Pro-Cathedral and then the coffin was bourne on a gun carriage to its final resting place, GLASNEVIN CEMETERY."

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