#OnThisDay 1969 The British Army was deployed for the first time in Northern Ireland. They were first deployed in Derry as part of Operation Banner. Operation Banner officially ended in 2007. It cannot go back to this.
#Ireland #History #NorthernIreland
#OnThisDay 1914 Second Battalion Royal Irish Regiment land in Boulogne. Three months later 2nd Batt is almost completely wiped out near Le Pilly during the Battle of La Bassée. Most of who survive are taken prisoner. #Ireland #History #WW1
#OnThisDay 1598 The army of Hugh O’Neill & Hugh O’Donnell attack & rout Crown forces at the Battle of Yellow Ford. The Irish killed roughly 2000, including Marshal Bagenal, the head of the English army & the rest of the Crown army fled back to Armagh. #Ireland #History
#OnThisDay 1942 Bernard Montgomery lands in North Africa & immediately takes command of British Eight Army.
“I have cancelled the plan for withdrawal. If we are attacked, then there will be no retreat.”
Monty’s paternal line was from Moville, Donegal. #Ireland #History #WW2
#OnThisDay 1649 Oliver Cromwell sets sail from Milford Haven at the head of 35 ships to bring death and destruction to Ireland. He will land in Dublin on the 15th & immediately march on Drogheda, then Wexford slaughtering both towns’ inhabitants.
The Irish at War 