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The National Army, sometimes unofficially referred to as the Free State Army or the Regulars, was the army of the Irish Free State from January 1922 until October 1924. Its role in this period was defined by its service in the Irish Civil War, in defence of the institutions established by the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
Brittany Ferries is the trading name of the French shipping company, BAI Bretagne Angleterre Irlande S.A. founded in 1973 by Alexis Gourvennec, that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between France and the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain, and between Spain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Irish Army pipe band in uniform. Army Bands wear a black ceremonial uniform with red facings and red stripes on the trousers and a forage cap as headwear. [10] The Cavalry corps ceremonial escort of honour wears a new dress uniform since 2010. Army Pipers and drummers wear a saffron kilt with Royal green tunics and black beret with saffron band ...
For this reason, Alexis Gourvennec, founder of the SICA (Society of Agricultural Collective Interest) of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, along with the vegetable producers whom were part of this at the time, came up with the creation of the BAI society (Brittany, England, Ireland, better known under its commercial name: Brittany Ferries). Naturally, at ...
Condor Ferries has been serving both of the largest Channel Islands for 60 years, but that could soon change after Jersey delayed its decision on which firm would run its ferry services from March
Free Stater, or pro-Treatyite, [1] were terms, often used by opponents, to describe those in Ireland who supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 that led to the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922. [2] The pro-Treaty side included members of the Old IRA who had fought the British during the recent Irish War of Independence.
My Fight for Irish Freedom. Talbot Press. Ryan, Desmond (1945). Sean Treacy and the Third Tipperary Brigade I.R.A. Kerryman Limited. Augusteijn, Joost (1996). From public defiance to guerrilla warfare the experience of ordinary volunteers in the Irish war of independence, 1916-1921. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-7165-2607-0. Shelley, John R.
The Free State's National Army was quickly expanded to over 38,000 by the end of 1922 and to 55,000 men and 3,000 officers by the end of the war; one of its sources of recruits was Irish ex-servicemen from the British Army. Additionally, the British met its requests for arms, ammunition, armoured cars, artillery and aeroplanes.