Happy Fathers' Day to my wonderful dad, Billy Savage, who served in the regiment and in the Royal Ulster Rifles 1957-1966

I respect the Irish Guards so much. My granddad died little over a week ago, and he served for the Irish gaurds for a long time fighting in ww2 and conflicts through out the years. Thank you all to anyone in the irish gaurds from then and now you have all done us proud, and to the everyone serving in the irish gaurds now, keep safe and dont loose faith. God bless the services.

@infobeam1902

4 жыл бұрын

Emily Southwood God bless

@williamwallace2278

3 жыл бұрын

See members of the Ldn Irish Rifles in P&D's there

@williamwhite2830

8 ай бұрын

It's my dad's 70th ❤❤❤ d and ds

1:38 Drum Major Alan Harvey, Irish Guards leading The 1st Battalion Irish Guards Corps of Drums and The 1st Battalion Irish Guards Pipes and Drums

Great stuff. Seeing the old vets marching is great too

Glory to them.

I’m a bit late to this video but Brilliant! Makes me proud to be from Northern Ireland!

Well done Vic for taking the rear - you all done us proud, the boys looked great and the association were outstanding....QS

Soldiers of All lands Unite.

Go on the lads

Respect!

MOVE OUT THE WAY YOU SILLY PEOPLE!!! haha what a great turn out though! :)

Great video

1:58 look at the height uniformity.. nobody beats the guards 💂

😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I would join like the Irish guards 🇬🇧💂

respect to the armed force all over the world they deserve it after what they done for the country

Micks

all i can say say is heros one and all

Battle Honours

No Bobby Campbell?.., he told me he was in charge of the Irish Guards.

is there mostly irish/northern irish in the regiment or has it got lots of english lads and that?

@Hal-zf4fv

2 жыл бұрын

Mostly northern Irish

Good show

@marykinsella417

Жыл бұрын

Least we forget Blessings

Newtownards No Surrender

The old guys marching behind

@patsymillar9447

3 жыл бұрын

I cut myself off before I finished. The old guys marching behind, were previous guardsmen paying theirvrespacts to the current servicemen.

it s a big honner to be irish guard

Is there much of a difference between Irish and Scottish pipes?

@Fergus110

3 жыл бұрын

Not anymore.

@darkshadow2341 They still call themselves British AND Irish

@darkshadow2341 where did you get that one from? i am a scotsman, if anyone called me english i would be really upset, just like the irish. your confusing "british" with english. a lot of foreigners get that wrong.

@Hal-zf4fv

2 жыл бұрын

Get a life!

@darkshadow2341 ok

Up the mucks

Where's the rifles with bearnets fixed?

Royal irish

Sueños imperiales?

They should be in parade uniform with rifles...

@eds874

4 жыл бұрын

Are they allowed march with rifles in northern Ireland on parades They always carry them in parades in England .

Anybody know why they are not carrying rifles ?

@Hal-zf4fv

2 жыл бұрын

I'd hazard a guess because of the troubles. Although over. It might cause offence or worry. Or the weapons could fall into the wrong hands.

Where are the girls?

our boys

This is the PRIDE of Ulster, the very essence of of ourselves. In 1912 our forefathers signed a covenant, we as the descendants of our blood must remain steadfast. "Lamh deargh Abu!"

Proudly marching past people who burn tricolours on the 12th! 'Irish' indeed!

@1981fallout

8 жыл бұрын

Lol

@eoinenglish7659

8 жыл бұрын

+flip inheck If there's nothing Irish about Newtownards why are the 'Irish Guards' marching In it? That's a funny version of history you've posed there! When did the Irish government 'openly supply a terrorist organisation'? I assume you're referring to the Arms Crisis which saw the government of the day sacking 3 of its members. Remind me why the Irish government had to start accepting refugees from the North?How does that tally with what you say? The cowardly, Irish government? Unlike the 'heroic' British government that murdered its own citizens and oversaw an apartheid statelet....explain that one 'kid'.

@eoinenglish7659

8 жыл бұрын

'Charles Hawkey'?? I assume you mean Charles Haughey. Haughey was never President either. There's really no point you commenting on this topic as you clearly know nothing about it.

@eoinenglish7659

8 жыл бұрын

Haughey wasn't Taoiseach at the time....Jack Lynch was. As stated, you clearly no nothing about this so stop embarrassing yourself.

@eoinenglish7659

8 жыл бұрын

What 'facts' am I avoiding? It's common knowledge that the Irish government had drawn up plans to enter the North in order to protect Irish civilians who were being burnt out of their homes by Unionist terrorists. You've posted utter rubbish here. You don't even know the names of the people involved! and then claimed 'Charles Hawkey' was later president! I'm glad that by correcting you you've learnt something here. Ask your teacher at school tomorrow to fill you in.....

dad's army ,

@iansoutryer3189

5 жыл бұрын

...and Maria, what have you done in your life for your country...?

Darkshadow get a life serious

Don't understand purpose of the old men marching behind, I'm sure in there day they were/are heroes as well, and I am NOT putting them down in anyway, but shouldn't it be solely for the current returning heroes

@mfdixon2265

6 жыл бұрын

John Titor I think it is nice that the vets March with them.... all soldiers who sacrificed for freedom. We owe them a lot.

@gordonsmith8899

5 жыл бұрын

John Titor I'm guessing you have never served in the military. Those old soldiers were demonstrating the fact that once a guard, always a guard. The regiment is 'family'

@johntitor4952

5 жыл бұрын

6 years US Army, thank you for explaining, God bless them all

@gordonsmith8899

5 жыл бұрын

John Titor You're welcome John. My apologies for assuming you'd never served your country. Some of those 'old men' probably had sons or grandsons in uniform marching ahead of them. This is a common feature of many British infantry regiments that have strong territorial/national connections. Bound by common blood, loyalty, history, service and sacrifice.

Irish men with schottish sack pipes help me out here.

@gordonsmith8899

5 жыл бұрын

Nolifemerc You're showing your ignorance - the 'sack pipe' as you so elegantly put it, was/is known throughout the British Isles and in many other countries and cultures. It just happens that it survived in use in Scotland longer than in other areas. Check Northumbrian pipes.

@rapier1954

3 жыл бұрын

They are primarily Ulster Scots with the odd real Mick in there and plenty of English.

Victory parade in ards. What fucking victory. While you are parading in ards the taliban have over run Afghanistan.

Tbh I don’t see why ulster unionists would associate themselves with this regiment everything about it is IRISH and ulster men claim to have no connection to ireland

@vestty5802

5 жыл бұрын

flip inheck Irish guards when first founded consistently of mainly catholics and most of their symbols and traditions represent Ireland and the Irish people who also made a third of your military way back when and Ulster Scots well all they have is a red hand which is also a Gaelic symbol you fucking idiot

@adammagill930

4 жыл бұрын

@@vestty5802 a third of the army was catholic, not irish. when the regiment was founded all of ireland was apart of the UK.

Absolutely clueless

While I have great respect for the Irish Gaurds, I am afraid that a lot of Irish people do not, and for complicated reasons that reflect not specifically on the Gaurds themselves but on the entire British army. There are a few reasons for this that most British people do not know. There are many horror stories in Ireland about historically verified atrocities carried out by the British army (the land war)/ British army veterans (black and tans) against Irish civilians. It must also be noted that although the Irish did contribute majorly to British victories like the battle of Waterloo, at that time specifically, Irish people’s rights were extremely restricted by the Penal laws, enforced often by British troops. Also the majority of Irish people had supported an effort to remove British rule from Ireland in 1798, in which 30,000 Irish people, mostly civilians, died at the hands of British troops. This is not to mention the Great famine which took place only a few decades later, during which British army troops were tasked with guarding food that was still being exported from Ireland despite the millions dying from starvation. So, although I have great respect for the Irish Guards and the British army as a whole, I think it is important that British people know why, for the reasons I have listed (along with a lot more) the British army has a mostly negative reputation in Southern Ireland.

@infobeam1902

4 жыл бұрын

Jim 54 I was with you for a sec What about Gerry the bomber adams? Did the pease process happen or was it pretend

@Jim54_

4 жыл бұрын

info beam The peace process happened and it has held up, although in my opinion Sinn Féinn still cannot be trusted

@user-eh8oo4uh8h

Жыл бұрын

Where are you from Jim?

Defeated in iraq. Defeated in Afghanistan.

@biffocraig1

5 жыл бұрын

and our point is

@robholloway6829

5 жыл бұрын

Name a single engagement where the Irish guards were defeated

@StrongishGull90

4 жыл бұрын

Ha get your facts right lol