Jim McCormick wrote: > I am trying to locate information about my g-uncle who participated in the > rebellion (1916 - 1921). He was an active member of the IRA and was > incarcerated by the British forces during that period. I understand that if > I have his regiment, I may be able to get his service information from the > GRO in Dublin. Can anyone tell me where I might be able to get a list of > the IRA regiments by county? (He was from Cavan.) Sir, Since when have barbarous murder gangs been graced with the style of "regiments"? The only Irish regiments at that time were those which loyally fought for King and Country against the Huns, Turks, Bulgarians and their native Irish rebel allies Yours, etc. Sir Crispin Gaylord, Bt.

I must respond to the note below...by someone who says he is a 'Sir (bt)' meaning his ancestors served the murderous, rapist, genocidical royal family of days long gone by. Someone who by definition, using his title assumes he is better by (blue) blood than others with the red, human blood that passes through all our veins. 'Sir,' how dare you assult the loyal Irish and even attempt to say that traitors who serviced your king or queen served loyally? Or, maybe the poor unfortunates forced to service your king or queen were 'loyal' like a woman being raped is loyal to her rapist? The tragedy of what happened in Ireland over hundreds of years is now recognized by Amnesty International and all freedom loving people around the world. Your kind, and ilk and 'cult' around the royals is losing ground, even in England, where people are finally realizing that a foreign family came to rule England, only to suck it dry of money, live a life of privelege and incestually in-breed because they think themselves superior in a conceited, and if you study their history of patricide and fratricide, indeed, they are the least 'noble' amongst any peoples anywhere in the world! So, maybe you consider freedom fighters 'barbarous murder gangs,' but I sir, consider them and the American forefathers who fought and defeated the SAME enemy, heroes! Maybe you think kissing the royal arse to be 'noble,' I think you should research what service was performed by your ancestor (maybe he killed some helpless Catholic priests, or beat and raped some nuns...maybe he killed babies for the crown or imprisoned, tortured and starved some people in India, or addicted some Chinese to opium as a royal drug pusher, or sold slaves in the Americas or Indies...or maybe he just killed some helpless, un-armed and defenseless people somewhere else for the glory or the crown and to expnad the empire?) and maybe atone for those sins against humanity that built the wealth of Elizabeth, Charles and his whore. I know this sounds bitterly strong, and indeed, I apologize to the British subjects who would never support such actions. I have friends in and from England, and I know there are good, great and even...yes, noble people in the territories of Great Britain, some of whom like the royals for Arthurian, romantic notions. I understand, even the idea of somekind of a divine right of kings sounds reassuring. But, please 'Sir,' do not assail the brave men and women who died because one man (usually) thought he should own and manage a people. A man who perhaps killed his father or mother, a brother or sister with the jealous notion that indeed, he should be king....or his filthy and again, dare I say it, inbreed children, grandchildren, etc...it's the same as saying the only loyal Germans were Nazi's or Russians were the communists...and maybe we should salute Hitler's children or grandchildren. In the end, a king is nothing more or less that a dictator who loves ceremony and ritual. A king can at times be benevolent, yet he always holds his subjects in a kind of bondage of infiority, even as a 'Sir' you are 'beneath him and his family.' Throughout history, these people have used people like chess pieces, pawns and useless fodder only good for taxing and beating into submission. Yes, in Ireland we too had kings, but there were gatherings and votes, a kind of Irish democracy. Serving YOUR royals was not loyal, it was serving a foreign lord who was 'given' Ireland by a corrupt Pope. I know and love the British people...they are NOT the enemy. But Elizabeth and Charles are charlitans at best and disgusting excuses for human beings with no concience or feeling for anything but their own pleasure. God Bless the Irish!~ Jim Riley --- sir_crispin@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > Sir, > Since when have barbarous murder gangs been > graced with the style > of "regiments"? The only Irish regiments at that > time were those which > loyally fought for King and Country against the > Huns, Turks, Bulgarians > and their native Irish rebel allies > > Yours, etc. > > Sir Crispin Gaylord, Bt. > > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com