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  • #46
    Anyone willing to place bets on the next naval vessel being named Cathal, as a mark of respect for our dear departed dictator...er I mean former Taoiseach.


    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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    • #47
      are Naval vessels not named after females
      Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
      Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
      The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
      The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
      The best lack all conviction, while the worst
      Are full of passionate intensity.

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      • #48
        Operational ones usually are othes (tugs ect.) are named after males. its on the 1st page of this thread
        The school of artillery told us it couldn't be done...
        They were wrong.

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        • #49
          Setanta, Ferdia etc. Good chance the proposed vessel would fall into the "auxiliary" category, thus qualifying for a male name.


          Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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          • #50
            L.E Maire ! After our last and present commander in chief.

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            • #51
              Eh...
              No.


              Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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              • #52
                Operational ones usually are othes (tugs ect.) are named after males. its on the 1st page of this thread
                thats a long way away
                Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
                Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
                The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
                The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
                The best lack all conviction, while the worst
                Are full of passionate intensity.

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                • #53
                  Was there an L.E Grainne ?

                  Grainne = Grace. Grace O'Malley was a 16th century Irish Pirate and seafarer. http//home.fiac.net/marshaw/mhaille.htm
                  Last edited by EMT; 19 June 2006, 22:00.

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                  • #54
                    Yes. Ton Class Minesweeper. Retired about 84.

                    Originally posted by Farel'
                    The current policy with the naming of Irish Naval vessels is to name them after Characters in irish Folklore. Operational Ships have been named after Female characters,while the auxiliaries were named after men. Any suggestions for the future ships,if any?
                    To remind you,the names already used were as follows.
                    Auxiliaries:
                    Ferdia
                    Setanta

                    Operational
                    Cliona
                    Maeve
                    Macha

                    Banba
                    Grainne
                    Fola

                    Deirdre
                    Emer
                    Aoife
                    Aisling
                    (aisling is the only exception so far,not being an actual person but a female vision in one of yeates poetry or something)
                    Eithne

                    Ciara
                    Orla

                    Roisìn
                    Niamh
                    for those too lazy to visit the first page.


                    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                    • #55
                      Oisin?
                      Meh.

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                      • #56
                        setanta is oisin.


                        Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                        • #57
                          Originally posted by Goldie fish
                          Yes. Ton Class Minesweeper. Retired about 84.



                          for those too lazy to visit the first page.

                          Yeah ! your right. Should've started at the beginning.

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                          • #58
                            Sorry, I got him mixed up with Cuchulann.(another great hurler)


                            Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                            • #59
                              Only we could use the names of the great warriors of the Fianna for auxilliaries.
                              How /why did that ever come about? I know Irish women have a reputation and all that but...?

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                              • #60
                                L.E Constance ?

                                check out the link and all will be revealed.
                                bbc.co.uk/history/war/easterrising/profiles/po10.shtml

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