The history, stories and personalities of the old Royal Irish Constabulary. "Ireland has too many histories; she deserves a rest"
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In respectful remembrance of those officers and men of the Irish Constabularies who lost their lives on duty, or whilst on service with the armed forces.
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The head of Military Intelligence, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, said in the Israeli security cabinet yesterday: “Of the 6,000 people who crossed the border from Gaza and infiltrated Israel on October 7, 4,000 have been eliminated. There are 2,000 remaining—we will get to every last one of them"
Carrickmacross making it into the news again - for all the wrong reasons.
The old police station is still operational, still has its steel armoured shuttering from 1920, and my grandfathers day office (left of the front porch) is still there.
The nominal roll of men who served in County Armagh from 1919-1922 now completed (260 known names).
Some surprising statistics (as compared to other counties during this period) - nearly 98% of the police were Irish, 59% Catholic, and only 9 resignations (7 of those in 1920).
It would seem that no English recruits (Black and Tans) joined the Armagh Force; however this roll EXCLUDES those men of the Armagh Ulster Special Constabulary. No definitive roll exists of these individuals. It is known that 280 Special Constables were in County Armagh as of March 1921; 200 distributed around various stations, and 80 at the Newry Military Barracks (as two Platoons).
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Those who pray are aware of their own limitations; they do not kill or threaten with death. Instead, death enslaves those who have turned their backs on the living God, turning themselves and their own power into a mute, blind and deaf idol (Ps 115:4–8), to which they sacrifice every value, demanding that the whole world bend its knee. Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life. #Peace
The British Army, proudly fighting yesterdays war, under drone-free skies.
Please learn lessons from Ukraine.
#tanktuesday Armour and infantry working together in the urban environment - a powerful combination against an opposing force.
To become part of a tank crew please visit: jobs.army.mod.uk/roles/royal…
#armoured #FindandDestroy #britisharmy #tanks
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Happy St Patrick’s Day!
(Image is of a spray of shamrocks from a Constabulary of Ireland shoulder belt pouch)
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Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0, and Golf Clubs 4.1. Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and House Cleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems but to no avail.
What can I do?
Signed: Desperate
Dear Desperate,
First, keep in mind, that Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an Operating System.
Please enter the command: I thought you loved me.html and try to download Tears 6.2. Do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5. However, remember, overuse of the Tears application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta version.
Whatever you do, DO NOT, under any circumstances, install Mother-In-Law 1.0 as it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.
In addition, please do not attempt to re-install the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.
In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking 3.0.
Good Luck
Tech Support
The Badge of Merit of the Irish Constabulary.
Three rare examples of this award shown together for the first time
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The Limerick Boycott in Context reviewed in current issue of the Irish Theological Quarterly. Very many thanks to all involved.
A very happy and peaceful Christmas to all followers and guests.....may the next year prove to be healthy and peaceful for us all
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Of all the great people I’ve worked with across the globe, none are finer than those I had the honour to serve with in the #RoyalUlsterConstabulary and the @PoliceServiceNI. While some may attempt to rewrite history, those of us who served know the truth and the sacrifice made by far too many of our colleagues. RIP #LestWeForget
ALT A montage of fallen RUC officers
In respectful remembrance of the Officers and Men of the Irish Constabularies who lost their lives on duty, or on active service with the armed forces.
RIP ex-Det Supt Albert Kirby, only 80 years old. Kirby led the Jamie Bulger case.
A real gentleman.
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A very good summary (AI, via Grok)
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A really good article here by @CherylWroteIt regarding the Hebron Massacre of 1929. (Click on link for the details).
Members of the now-disbanded Royal Irish Constabulary, now in the uniform of the British Section of the Palestine Police, helped deal with the riots in Hebron, Jerusalem and elsewhere.
It is asserted elsewhere that it was in this period that the narratives of the Arab and Jewish people - who had previously lived in comparative harmony - started to drift apart, with the consequence we see today.
In Jerusalem, a small force of the British Section of the Palestine Police - 78 in number - successfully managed to hold back Arab mobs trying to break into the Jewish quarters, many of whom had fled. Amongst this small number of men were 12 ex-RIC and 5 ex-members of the Auxiliary Division. All were awarded a silver medal for the 'Jerusalem Riots 1929'.
In Hebron, A.S.P. Raymond Cafferata of the British Palestine Police had only a small force of Arab constables - many of whom sided with the Arab mob. In his own words: 'On hearing screams in a room I went up a sort of tunnel passage and saw an Arab in the act of cutting off a child's head with a sword. He had already hit him and was having another cut, but on seeing me he tried to aim the stroke at me, but missed; he was practically on the muzzle of my rifle. I shot him low in the groin. Behind him was a Jewish woman smothered in blood with a man I recognized as a[n Arab] police constable named Issa Sheriff from Jaffa in mufti. He was standing over the woman with a dagger in his hand. He saw me and bolted into a room close by and tried to shut me out-shouting in Arabic, "Your Honor, I am a policeman." ... I got into the room and shot him.'
Cafferata is credited with saving the Jews of Hebron that day, and was awarded the Kings Police Medal. A Liverpudlian, he had previously served with 'C' Company, Auxiliary Division in Macroom.
Such is the complexity of the Middle East that he was later the subject of an assassination attempt by the Jewish Lehi/Stern Gang in 1946.
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The war in Ukraine continues to sow death and destruction. I renew my closeness to the Ukrainian people and to all the injured families. I ask everyone not to give in to indifference, but to draw close to them through prayer and concrete gestures of charity.
