Northern Ireland 5 million:rolleyes: try 1.8 million & 55 million for England no cherry picking involved Ivan .
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Northern Ireland 5 million:rolleyes: try 1.8 million & 55 million for England no cherry picking involved Ivan .
Never in doubt Ivan , My grand father said the only reason the Irish fight among themselves is to keep in practice until England finds them another war they need winning.
hi ivan cloherty #12
good evening, never mind the calculations, wait until the 12th of july, their will be a lot more counting to be done.
tom:confused:
So in WW1 the Irish never took part you have obviously never been to the Somme. By the time WW2 came around the Island of Ireland had partitioned. So Northern Ireland sat on the fence did they? Certainly took a pounding during the Blitz. N Ireland industry H&W, Shorts , Mackies , Ships , Planes, Munitions.
75,000 served in the British forces during WW2. 42,000 from the Republic alone.
Lewis, for once your facts are correct.
Yes in WWI the now Republic was still part of UK so many good Irishmen went to fight for the motherland.
The song' It's a Long Way to Tipperary' comes from then when an R&R station was in the county.
But in WW2 there were a number of them living in UK who did join up.
My brother in law left UK in late 50's as conscription was still going on and he had been informed he would be called up as he had UK residency.
So he came out to Oz with his new wife instead.
Republic now has about 4.5 million.
Had it not been for the spud famine it may well have been a lot more.
Think we are all just little wind up clocks, ticking away and quite happy to do it but come the time that the Spring snaps! Watch Out! Just Run dont even Shout! LOL