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"My Family at War"
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Rambling | Report | 15 Mar 2016 13:12 |
One I will be watching tomorrow night so thought I would post for the few who might be interested, in case you've missed the trailer. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 15 Mar 2016 14:17 |
My great grandmother's young nephew was killed by the British Army during the Easter Rising. |
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Rambling | Report | 15 Mar 2016 14:28 |
Not so 'few' where my ancestors lived Rollo. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 15 Mar 2016 15:01 |
Between 1922 and 1930 all of my Irish relatives (except my GGM of course who was married to a British soldier) left for the USA where they were safe from Michael Collins and de Valera. |
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Rambling | Report | 15 Mar 2016 15:34 |
Some of the recently released records have proved enlightening as to possible family connections, old stories that seem to have substance, I'm hoping they will lead, by a sideways movement possibly, to getting beyond my gt gt grandfather. |
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TessAkaBridgetTheFidget | Report | 15 Mar 2016 16:39 |
Thanks Rollo. It makes interesting reading. I was not aware of the burning of Cork. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 15 Mar 2016 17:15 |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 15 Mar 2016 17:48 |
Like most programs of its ilk Brendan O’Carroll looking back will leave some very large holes. One of them is the myth that the British Army hated the Irish. |
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Rambling | Report | 15 Mar 2016 17:59 |
Interesting Rollo, a pity you couldn't have had the photo. |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 16 Mar 2016 12:56 |
There were large numbers of southern irish men serving in n.ireland regiments in the 60 and 70's. |
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ElizabethK | Report | 17 Mar 2016 11:17 |
Did anyone ? Rose :-) watch this programme ? |
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'Emma' | Report | 17 Mar 2016 11:31 |
Brendan O'Carroll did not do a good job imo telling |
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Rambling | Report | 17 Mar 2016 11:47 |
I enjoyed it, it was a personal story of his uncles and so as such I didn't find his jokes distracting it's who he is. Most celebs who do this sort of programme, WDYTYA etc, tend to talk over others it's probably the ego thing that got them into tv in the first place lol , and it will have been edited to put a bit of 'drama' in. |
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'Emma' | Report | 17 Mar 2016 12:10 |
Agree Rose it is an ego thing with them, but these programmes |
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Rambling | Report | 17 Mar 2016 12:37 |
I always come back to the thought of how fortunate to be able to go to the relevant places, meet people who know the history, and even better when some of that history is written in your ancestor's own words :-) |
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'Emma' | Report | 17 Mar 2016 12:42 |
I would love that Rose, he is very fortunate |
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'Emma' | Report | 17 Mar 2016 12:44 |
I read a lot of history mainly English, some Scottish |
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Rambling | Report | 17 Mar 2016 12:55 |
I read quite a lot on Irish history back in the '80s when I started looking at that side of the family, but don't know nearly enough...about everything lol, so much still to learn so little time! :-D |
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ElizabethK | Report | 17 Mar 2016 14:23 |
I felt as Emma did about his rather "lighthearted" interventions but I found it interesting and has helped me understand how it went from a "soft" rebellion to the conflict in 1922 |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 17 Mar 2016 16:53 |
I was glad he mentioned the 200 young Sherwood Forresters who were killed by 7 IRA - all because of the pig-headed commanding officer insisting these lads take this bridge whereas they could have detoured and gone across another. |