I didn’t want to egress on lefty’s thread on Unit Traditions and History, but I think this deserves a thread of its own:
Do you think since 1922 we have lost in traditions and military history?
Now firstly admittedly we are a new country, the Republic is not even 100 years old yet!! Any we are a new Army/Defence Force separate from the BA.
But what of the traditions of Barracks, garrisons, ordinary soldiers, etc, that has been lost?
My point is also driven toward the effective airbrushing from history of the tradition of the Irish Soldier. We as a nation still seem to suffer from a stigma from being a dominion/colony of the British Empire and as such have tended to assign anything to do with the Empire to a forgotten history.
Only recently have we become mature enough to acknowledge the sacrifice of Irish soldiers in the First World War , with the joint dedication of the Messines Peace Tower. But even at this the old title of “least we forget” does not seem to ring true, as we as a nation have forgotten not only these men, but the men of many a British war, who soldiered not “For King and Country”, but for their livelihood and to escape the poverty of Ireland.
Do you think since 1922 we have lost in traditions and military history?
Now firstly admittedly we are a new country, the Republic is not even 100 years old yet!! Any we are a new Army/Defence Force separate from the BA.
But what of the traditions of Barracks, garrisons, ordinary soldiers, etc, that has been lost?
My point is also driven toward the effective airbrushing from history of the tradition of the Irish Soldier. We as a nation still seem to suffer from a stigma from being a dominion/colony of the British Empire and as such have tended to assign anything to do with the Empire to a forgotten history.
Only recently have we become mature enough to acknowledge the sacrifice of Irish soldiers in the First World War , with the joint dedication of the Messines Peace Tower. But even at this the old title of “least we forget” does not seem to ring true, as we as a nation have forgotten not only these men, but the men of many a British war, who soldiered not “For King and Country”, but for their livelihood and to escape the poverty of Ireland.
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