Recent content by stonewall23

Another bad stratigic plan from Churchill.I have been told ( I do not know if its true ) that the 10th irish Div. was sent to suvla bay and V beach and because of an admin. error their artillary was sent to France.

The Irish who fought at Gallipoli have until recently been largly forgotten.The 10th Div. ,29th Div lost 4,000 dead . The 29th Div. was made up of the Dublin , Munster and Inniskillin fusiliers .Politics muddied the waters and allowed these brave men to be ignored but this has at last been...

I see on the b.b.c that Britian is almost finished paying back the war loan ( WW2 )to America.They could buy proper quantities of body armor for their troops in harms way now .

Purely in the interest's of national pride I will be forced to try German Beer and if I can find any some Czech beers to compare to the Irish beers.It may take some time but I will try and be objective with the results.

Hate each other.....No not me .......I'm just cranky.

I spent four years in the Irish army reserve and they wear green berets.Does that mean I was elite all that time and I didn't realise it !!!!!!!!!!! I was special but not in a good way ( sigh ) .

To true mkloby.It is grossly unfair to generalise.I know a few priests who are genuine ,decent people who do their best for people.They do a very difficult job with little or no thanks from from people.A lot of people are openly hostile to them,because of the actions of a terrible group within...

Yes , it's a shame but your right FlyboyJ.His short career belies his skills.He does remain largely unrecognized. A real shame.

I'm surprised by one name not on the list .Brendan ' paddy ' Finucane ,he fought in the battle of britian .He had 32 confirmed kills , 9 probable ,8 damaged. He was the youngest wing commander in the R.A.F ( june 1942 ) and he was awarded the D.S.O and D.F.C with two bars. He was killed by...

You have to be kidding !!!! We should have accepted the invasion by a forign power,then all join hands and sing" God save the Queen ". Then it would be utopia . By that logic the world would have been a nicer place if the occupied countries of europe had just excepted the nazi's .

I always concidered the FN FAL to be the best ,reliable ,powerful and accurate. NO.2 would be the styer aug ( made in Austria ) I belive the newer styer's have quality issiues ! No 3. AK 47. The best bolt action weapon I think has got to be the Lee enfield smle .A weapon not on the list which...

You are correct, but I resent the overtone of " But we ( the british empire ) did what we did for your own good " mentality.All empires founded on violence and greed are evil this includes the British. A saying used here expresses what I think " Do not piss down my back and tell me its raining ".

We R.c,s do not pelt people with tinned tomatoes anymore That is SO LAST YEAR, we use only organic fresh produce now.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You do not deny the empire killed millions,starved millions and oppressed millions...........If thats not evil what is. .Freedom from control of a foreign power superceeds any good things that comes out of that oppression .Try and view this from the view point of the oppressed.If it was so good...

I find it hard to belive what you say is true........Double standards in the catholic church.....It's SO hard to belive.