RIR TA return from Afghanistan
The TA section of the Royal Irish Regiment deployment has returned to Northern Ireland after its six month tour in Afghanistan.
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Books
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The Earl Bishop
Interesting BBC article on an upcoming presentation and talk [Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, 17 August] by lecturer and broadcaster Stephen Price on the subject of his new book – The Earl Bishop. The 18th Century ”Earl Bishop” was Frederick Augustus Hervey, fourth Earl of Bristol and Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry. Hervey was also elected [...] read our review »
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The Written World
Here’s something to keep you occupied over the weekend. [Will there be a quiz? - Ed] Possibly… The BBC magazine has an short and interesting, but un-embeddable, audio slide-show of Melvyn Bragg’s Radio 4 five-parter, In Our Time: The Written World. The British Library has more online information about the texts and technology featured in each [...] read our review » -
Learning from 1798?: Northern Ireland’s Upcoming Decade of Commemorations
Last year, the Lilliput Press released a new extended edition of Tom Dunne’s Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize winning book, Rebellions: Memoir, Memory and 1798. First published in 2004, Dunne’s book provoked considerable controversy with its critique of the ‘commemorationist’ history that Dunne believed dominated the 1998 commemorations of the 1798 Rebellion. The book blasted the involvement [...] read our review »
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Good to see the lads home safe and well.
Good bless the only real army in Irealnd.
And Good bless you too!
‘Good bless the only real army in Irealnd.’
Eh?
Welcome back and lets hope for the sake of their families they don’t have to go back again . Recent comments made by senior Army personnel seem to suggest that there is little hope of a quick ‘victory’ over the militants even with a build up of troops . Whether the West has the stomach for a 20 year ‘stay’ and the will to pour billions more in is in question .
Afghanistan probably could have been ‘settled ‘ after the overthrow of the Taliban bt as we all know now Iraq’s oil was a ‘juicier ‘ target
The British Army old boy !
(perhaps victory could be made more likely if we let the soldiers do their jobs instead of lumbering them with political behaviour protocols that only worsen the situation and make no difference to enemy propaganda or attitudes ? eh what ?!)
Indeed Kong old chap. Dig those rag-heads out of their holes what! Every man, woman and child of them. Untie the army’s hands and all that, let loose the dogs what.
And then they can realy dig themselves into the shit and we won’t have to worry about them ever coming back here.