The Connaught Rangers

[@123maggen]

The part I love the most is in the end of the chorus where it goes "and your royal artillery!" and the one dude yells (without the guns!) like he was sitting there while writing it going all "bloody hell lads, I get yer spoiling fer a fite but we cannae very well outgun the fookin artillery." xD

[@raymondcoventry1221]

Yep, it's perfect

[@muizzmustafa4438]

:)

[@symmachus898]

Me too.

[@laboskie349]

4 years later yer comment still making me laugh haha

[@manperson5315]

@@laboskie349 same

[@paulaholmes8291]

My Grandfather was in the Connaught Rangers and he always sang this song so my mother told me. very proud of my Grandfather.

[@FernandoSegovia701]

Your grandfather was a hero, you have all the rights to be proud of him!

[@michaelterrell5061]

You should be I’m an American and you english and us both live are troops

[@WizzardJC]

so was my great granddad, and the kings African rifles with his son, small world haha

[@timsavanski7017]

@@michaelterrell5061 connaught ranger are irelan

[@michaelterrell5061]

Tim Savanski Oh my sincerest apology apologies😊

[@YorkyOne]

Interestingly, in 1896 during the Mahadist Wars in the Sudan a Connaught Rangers machine gun company attached to the Egyptian army decided that rather than wear the now standard khaki they would, as a matter of pride, fight in their traditional scarlet uniform. They were almost certainly the last British Army troops to do so.

[@danielvance5274]

Nice the Irish ware the last

[@gunner678]

Fantastic regiment as are all the paddies and micks God bless em all!

[@Brookmier]

Boer War 1899-1902 saw a number of Regiments in red - initially. Because the Boer marksmen were so good with their Mauser rifles, it was decided that a more subdued colour was the preferred option.

[@warrenlehmkuhleii8472]

They probably did that to give advance warring to their enemies that they were about to crush them.

[@michaelterrell5061]

Warren Lehmkuhle exactly

[@justinneill5003]

The song has some basis in truth. The Connaught Rangers had a fearsome reputation for close combat. During the siege of Cuidad Rodrigo, Wellington was trying to storm the breach and he sent in the Highlanders. This assignment was called “The Forlorn Hope” as the first through the breach had little chance of survival. The Highlanders were brave but couldn’t break through, and as the survivors pulled back, Wellington sent in the Connaught Rangers. They passed their battered comrades with grim faces by all accounts, and they stormed the breach and took the city. Inside the walls they embarked on a murderous adrenalin-fuelled rampage, and as per the custom of the day, the commanders up to a point indulged it. I can’t help but wonder if they succeeded because they were told there were hundreds of barrels of liquor inside. They weren’t called the “Devil’s Own” for nothing.

[@roryobrien4401]

I've been to Ciudad Rodrigo. The remains of the wall the 88th blew down are still there. The anecdote about the sacking of the town is true, at least that's what the locals say.

[@raymondcoventry1221]

Back when soldiers could soldier without some busy body wagging their finger. Better times.

[@David-lu4gq]

That is a cool wee story lad, thanks for sharing.

[@sethlovell8424]

Yeah I’m gonna guess that the highlanders soften them up a bit first though😂

[@justinneill5003]

@@sethlovell8424 No disrespect to the Highlanders, they were tough brave soldiers, but storming the breach was an all or nothing mission which they nicknamed the “Forlorn Hope” because of the slim chance of survival. There wasn’t really any opportunity for softening up; with the enemy’s weaponry trained on them they either burst through the hole in the wall and cut down the enemy before too many of them were lost...or they didn’t.

[@rockinbillyboy]

"You may talk about your Guards boys, your Lancers and Hussars boys, your Fusiliers and Royal Artillery (without the guns!)...lol Fantastic OrlopRat...another fantastic song from this wonderful album.

[@MultiStokes1]

I used to be terrible at remembering the lyrics to songs. In 2015 I spent a long time learning the words to this song to the point where I can still sing it from memory in 2022. I’ve gone on to learn to sing many of the other songs on this album. My ancestors were always a part of the British army and singing these songs makes me feel like I am honouring their memory in some humble way. After a few drinks I often start singing them randomly, much to the embarrassment of my friends and family.

[@noodlyappendage6729]

🤣 ❤

[@molealto]

Sharpe: "The Connaught Rangers? Very steady, very steady."

[@onebullet2689]

Lmao

[@MichaelCollins1922]

I think after that he asked Harper if they were from Wales. Harper grinned, then translated what Sharpe said to the Rangers in Gaelic. They laughed their asses off.

[@Gwentelteefje]

I hear this song when playing Kaiserreich.

[@jamesillingworth4]

same

[@allyouneedislove3660]

Hells yeah. But can’t for the life of me find it on ITunes!

[@ffff7865]

Love this song! I'm southern Irish and serve in the British army Irish guards and very proud. Many people are surprised with the numbers of Irish that served in the British army particularly bhoys from the south.

[@L1Lassassin1224]

ff ff traitor's of Ireland lot of ye

[@bigburd875]

Hellfire 661 a brit... with the trators rag, what on earth...

[@fartimusbumworthy4682]

ff ff Thanks for your service mate, good luck.

[@irishtrapper9149]

ff ff Good lad, like myself. I'm from the South.

[@irishtrapper9149]

Celtic Gaelic Irish Catholic Fuck off you traitor. Treason. That flag is ugly. A nation claims to have so much culture yet that's the best flag we come up with...oh and name ONE Celtic tradition on the top of your head.

[@DameWhoGames623]

when the brave Irish fought along side us. Hats to all those brave men who died in America, The colonies, and The Western Front.

[@soap8572]

Huge Respect 👏👏👏

[@carloshannon8346]

What you and many others call Irish were actually Ulster Scots or Scots Irish soldiers and regiments from what is now Northern Ireland. It was an Ulster Scot who built the white house and an Ulster Scot general that burnt it. Yes there were regiments from other parts of Ireland like the Connaught rangers in this song but they mutinied more than once, just like the papist Irish soldiers in the US army that defected over to Mexico and became the san Patricio battalion. The Ulster Scots always remained loyal to who they fought for. The Ulster Division took all 3 German trenches at the Somme on the first day, the only one to do so.

[@swaythegod5812]

@@carloshannon8346​​⁠not all regiments we’re Ulster Scots tho I get that you are loyal to Britain But trying to minimize Irelands contributions is a fools game Even if you hate Irish people For example just to name a few Most of the sailors at the battle of Trafalgar we’re Irish that’s why Nelsons column was built in Ireland First soldier to get a Victoria cross for bravery and gallantry on the battlefield was Irish Also the only catholic founding father of America Who was a descendant of Irish royalty Who was richest man in 13 colonies who funded the American revolution Yes some did mutiny but the majority of them stood down because you could not expect them to fight against there own people

[@bobbirobin2051]

​@@carloshannon8346No, most were Irish, not "Ulster Scots'.

[@alancanavan3196]

My Grandfather fought with the Connaught Rangers from 1902 and through the Great War. I have a letter of recordation written by his CO, for my father on the Connaught Rangers Old Comrades Association letter head dated 1936. My father was applying for the Royal Flying Corps at the time.

[@RicTic66]

There is documented evidence that when regiments like The Royal Irish Rifles (Loyalist to a man) met The Royal Dublin Fusiliers on the Somme they gave each other rousing cheers and their respective bands played each others tunes.

[@swaaahtome]

Where did you read that? I would have thought the opposite.

[@Memento--Mori]

swaaahtome Regardless, WW1 led to both patriots and loyalists taking up arms together. Patriots of Ireland were promised freedom after the war, and joined up in mass. It was only after the Easter Rising that the Irish stopped joining the military.

[@vestty5802]

RicTic66 you realize most Irish who fought for Britain did it for adventure money or a last resort Irish have always been like that fighting for every cause but their own mainly

[@roryobrien4401]

@@swaaahtome Not really, Paddy. A rousing song is a rousing song. You should listen to Rommel's personal favourite, the Panzerleid. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnunnJeZZ5lph7M There was some mutual respect between them, I don't know how much, in Belgium at Messines. But I wouldn't go too far down that road. I was at a Menin Gate commemoration last year and the best a band from the Shankill could play was "Rule Britannia". Pathetic. I'm not sure how much there was on the Somme either. Guillemont and Guinchy are a long way from Thiepval where the Ulsters were. I know, I've cycled it.

[@peterforden5917]

@@swaaahtome he's right thank heavens.

[@warrenlehmkuhleii8472]

When Ireland joins the Entente, and then accepts becoming a Dominion.

[@raymondcoventry1221]

Blessed Crown Atomic timeline

[@baddow1654]

Why the fuck would we become a Dominion. You are aware we fought for our freedom for a reason.

[@ryanrusch3976]

Never speak again of that cursed nonsense.

[@ryanrusch3976]

@@baddow1654 Refrencing a mod for a map game... still doesn't make it less feckin bull shit to say the feckin souper.

[@scholaroftheworldalternatehist]

@@baddow1654 You fought for the British for 1000 years lol

[@HIBERNIAN04]

The official Regimental Marches were St Patricks Day and The Brian Boru March. The latter was the favourite of the men as they marched through Irish towns. However, on the way to Athlone Railway Station in 1899 bound for The Boer War, the band played "A Nation Once Again by Thomas Davis. The 2nd Bn. sang It's a Long Way to Tipperary as they marched out of the docks in Boulougne in August 1914, the rest, as they say, is history.

[@mcglynn20]

I'm not sure if I love this song or hate it. It's really catchy, and I can't stop listening to it, but my commander won't stop SINGING it!

[@Fergus-Collington]

I've listened to this so much, but only with headphones that work in the left ear, so never before have I heard 'without the guns'

[@Gold_Roberto]

Without the goons

[@OrlopRat42]

Very true. The old LP album these songs come from was issued as an audio companion to the book "Songs And Music Of The Redcoats 1642-1902" by Lewis Winstock published back in 1970, which as far as I know is the only real study of the subject generally available.

[@Mickeymc99]

In Mount and Blade Warband : Napoleonic Wars (a game) I am in this role playing regiment which is based off the 88th Connaught rangers

[@jeremy1392]

***** look. You can't just say that your regiment is the best just because your in it, that's like saying that your hometown is the best ever because you were born there. If I was in the 10th RM I would think it was the best, but because im in the 88th, I think it's the best. If I joined another reg I would think it was the best, its all what reg you are in. But of course the 88th is better than the 10th RM. Also broken yer a bastard, I can FINALLY say that aloud.

[@jeremy1392]

***** i dunno, ive been busy for the past few weeks, and thus i haven't seen, also there is another 88th, so that might have been them.

[@jeremy1392]

***** but there being only one simply shows how no one wanted to copy it, because no one cares about it.

[@jeremy1392]

***** that's just what they were called, they actually were best used as shock troops, for instance they were the forlorn hope at cuiad rodrigo (I know I misspelled the first word in that name)

[@alistairthompson8311]

+Jeremy Whitman Kinghorn I think it's Ciudad as in city i.e. Rogrigo City.

[@mro1864]

As an Irish Protestant Unionist I always answer the "are kulture" jibe with the Connaught Rangers, our culture is battle, and by fuck we do it well.

[@noodlyappendage6729]

Where in Ireland are you?

[@mro1864]

@@noodlyappendage6729 Just outside Belfast.

[@WookJnr]

Aye but your not irish are you? Your british.

[@mro1864]

@@WookJnr Irish by birth, British by the grace of God.

[@WookJnr]

@@mro1864 No, if you wanted to be Irish, you wouldn't support the British. You are British and can never be yourself Irish and British. Don't call yourself Irish as you never will be.

[@ashyahardan]

"....Say it! Say God save Ireland!" "G....G..God save....Ireland.."

[@JedAnimationStudios]

"louder....filth!" haha

[@masonmead27]

fucking sharpe's rifles

[@sirharryflashman9740]

mason mead no my old mucker. Re. The recollections of rifleman Harris (God help us)

[@masonmead27]

Andrew Dent at least a yank like me even knows about sharpes rifles to begin with lol.

[@derekferguson3828]

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

[@os1941]

Anyone come because of kaiserreich?

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

Yep. God Bless MIchael Collins!

[@OhYNo]

Ah good old Kaiserreich

[@jesusimpersonator1648]

Ayyyy my man

[@misterfox6882]

Oi!

[@zoologist1992]

Fuch ov cuebie frogger!!! Go eat dynamite Bonerz.

[@chrishilton3626]

God save Ireland God save Scotland God save England God save Wales God save the Connaught Rangers hats of to the lucky Irish

[@Greenline718]

My Great Grandfather, Edward Richards, was a drum major in the 88th Regiment from 1871 until 1882. My Grandmother told me that he was a very proud man.

[@Republicofliverpool]

The King's Regiment (Liverpool) was one of the oldest and best infantry regiments of the British Army, having been formed in 1685 and numbered as the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot in 1751. Unlike most British infantry regiments, which were associated with a county, the King's represented the city of Liverpool, one of only four regiments affiliated to a city in the British Army.[3] After 273 years of continuous existence, good old scouse regiment and the ilverpool Scottish

[@Goldenblitzer]

Live in Chester just south of Liverpool, and I wouldnea like to face scousers in the shop, never mind the battlefield

[@carloshannon8346]

What's that got to do with the Connaught Rangers?

[@winterknight3250]

What's funny about this song is i listen to it as an American today and have no problem with it. 250years ago the local farmers most likely would have killed me for singing British war songs. Boy how the times have changed.

[@Ms_Vylet]

If I was a colonist back then I'd join the British Loyalist Regiment, I forgot what it was called but it was for untrained loyalists.

[@jcfailgamer7157]

@@Ms_Vylet Royal American Regiment and the Royal American Rifles both highly trained though.

[@Ms_Vylet]

@@jcfailgamer7157 not before joining it. You weren't really trained unless you were self taught before hand plus this was a year ago why reply now

[@KopperNeoman]

Meh. Local farmers, probably not. Washington's spies and secret police? Yeah, they'd gut ya for patriotism like that.

[@RobertLocksley385]

Ever on, the Connaught lads. God keep you, love from a Proddy Dog who has the freedom to say so because of you.

[@mercian7]

The history of the British Isles is complicated..I have Scots, Irish, and Welsh blood and was Born in Tamworth..and this is tremendous

[@swaythegod5812]

So true

[@MultiStokes1]

Never has adding sugar to tea seemed so menacing…

[@mred20]

When you've just finished a Sharpe session...

[@HooshMax]

This song is the best. :)

[@alanfaulkner6329]

Now the quick march of the Royal Irish Regiment. Though I did not know it till now. Faugh a Ballagh.

[@uroboros1369]

In our army we're the best From the north, south east or west The best of boys are following the drum. We are mighty hard to bate, I may say without concate, Faith the enemy are welcome when they come. Be they Russiand, French or Dutch Sure it doesn't matter much, We're the boys to give 'em sugar in their tay For we're the Connaught Rangers, The lads to face all dangers, Fallaballah, fallaballah, Clear the way! Chorus: You may talk about your guards, boys Your lancers and hussars, boys Your fusiliers and royal artillery (without the guns) The girls we drive'em crazy, the foe we beat them easy The rangers from old Connaught, yaarrr, the land across the sea! T'was Bonaparte who said as the Frenchmen on he led: "Marshall Soult, be them the Rangers do you know?" "Faith", says Soult, "There's no mistake, to our heels we'd better take. I think it's time for you and I to go." When the colleens hear their step, it makes their hearts to leap "Aaargh, jewels will ye wist till Parrick's day?" For they are the Connaught Rangers, the boys that fear no dangers And they're the lads that always take the sway. Chorus Now you haven't far to search, for the lads who best can march The lads that never fear the longest day, Faith you easily will know, their dashing step will show Tis the Connaught boys who always lead the way. If me words perhaps you doubt, come and join 'em on a route I'm thinkin' you'll not find it quite a treat; You'll see them in the van, you may catch them if you can Faith you'll have to travel fast or you'll be late Chorus

[@groffus11]

The RIR regimental march is Killaloe. I suspect it is the same tune as this song ut without the singing.

[@MrFishman55]

It's a commentary by a soldier singing the song that they're worth nothing if given a normal musket, or having their large cannons taken from them.

[@rumdrinkinpirate6107]

Wow awesome song my great grandad was a replacement from the sherwood foresters after the connaught had been decimated in France he saw action with them in mesopotamia against the turks

[@1812AndMore]

In Napoleonic wars DLC for Mount & Blade Warband i am Ensign in the 89th Royal Irish Fusiliers. FAUGH A BALLAGH!!!

[@enklaev1933]

Always makes me think of a cool windy fall day god I love apple cider

[@alistairthompson8311]

very catchy!

[@kevyncc]

Greetings from Brazil

[@KolibriMert]

Faugh-a-ballagh!

[@OrlopRat42]

I've sent you a message with all the information I have about the artists, etc. The vinyl LP album it's from is long out of print and the company that released it is out of business. Many of the artists featured are still active though, so I have no idea about getting permissions. Your project sounds very interesting, by the way. I wish you the best of luck with it.

[@thomasrhymer4017]

I'm an Irish republican but damn these songs are turning me into a British patriot

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

fir agus mná grinn a chuir an tsiamsaíocht ar fáil

[@irishtrapper9149]

Cathal Ó Diubháin Lol that language is practically dead. Speak English.

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

gabh suas ort féin

[@finlayveitch3327]

*turns up volume* is that so

[@juancarlosdegoya2757]

Dont let that happen!

[@re_ecstatic]

when the irish kid shouts too loud you finna pop this out

[@vestty5802]

shovel man umm what

[@ben-iz6or]

No No you don't

[@alanvt1]

AHH! THE FAMOUS CONNAUGHT RANGERS!!

[@ntmybcobalt]

Hello from Russia🇷🇺!!!

[@humanbeing7504]

"yea i support a united ireland, united under british rule, obviously"

[@humanbeing7504]

@Colm O'Keeffe tell me again what language you typed this to me in

[@humanbeing7504]

Colm O'Keeffe Sorry for riling you up, both my comments are just jokes. Have a nice rest of your day

[@noodlyappendage6729]

@@humanbeing7504joke or not. I take it seriously 👑🇬🇧

[@iainstewart9844]

Good to see Rab Noakes in the line up.

[@yomanry1]

do they still sing it? are they still taught the lyrics? it should still a drinking song, at least. tradition like this should be kept alive. imagine boys in camouflage and semi automatic rifles singing this in battle. must be amazing.

[@sbeve3643]

The unit was disbanded in 1922 following the Irish Free State.

[@groffus11]

There is a good write up about the Killaloe on wikipedia. I wasted to post it here but I could not.

[@asonofharoldgodwin]

Without the Irish, Old Boney would have marched down the Mall !!! Never forget !!!

[@lizurdy9865]

I believe my great-great-great grandfather directly through my father's male line was in the Connaught Rangers in the Crimean War. William.

[@lizurdy9865]

Ironically, his grandson, my great-grandfather, was in the Royal Artillery in the Great War. Great song.

[@إلياسابنعبدالوهاب]

respect for you so much

[@fearailer]

Many thanks for that help and for the speed of reply...i will investigate further so with the information you have given me. Much appreciated. Ronan

[@bencarver8164]

Faugh a ballagh!

[@quietesehijoeputa6860]

FAUGH A BALLAGH!

[@TheDonWallzie]

Nobody can sing or fight like the Irish. Erin go Bragh! Go where glory waits you

[@ME-hs1ie]

Connaught Rangers, South Down Militia, 36th Ulster Division, UDR, RIR, Irish Guards etc. Ulster and Irish soldiers have always been the 'sharp tip' of the British Bayonet.

[@Valencetheshireman927]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍

[@ME-hs1ie]

@ik I sound like a fk IM FROM NI, Since Over 2000 year's ago, Ulster and Irish have been seen as different. (Kingdom of Dalriada & then of course known just as Ulster) . A different nation that was once 16 counties, then 7, now 9. Although, widely thought of today as referring to NI alone, which is 6 counties, but nonetheless, the province of Ulster is still 9 counties. Also Ulster Gaelic is different (not only in Dialect from Munster Gaelic which is spoken by the rest of the gaelic speakers in Ireland, but a different language altogether). Additionally, primary sources from the time even remark people from Ulster looking different to that of the rest of Ireland in physical appearance. OBVIOUSLY.... Not now due to 2000 years of mixed reproduction and many wars, invasions and so on. Even during the Home Rule Crisis in 1912 until EVEN PRESENT DAY.... The separation of 'Ulster Identify' from 'Irish' continues. Furthermore, something often brought up in these debates is 'Brehons Law', which NEVER applied in Ulster. Its rulers were different and its laws different. So to summarise... Over 2000 years of sepearate: Nationalities, (Ullish for 2000 years, then predominantly British identification), Laws, Language, Leaders, monarchs and sovereignties, Borders, Cultures and so on and so on ...... Literally all the things that make any country on earth different to any other. I wrote my papers on Ancient to early modern history of the British Isles. Including this very topic and obtained my qualifications 👍.

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

@@ME-hs1iewho tf thought you history. Del raida is a Gaelic kingdom we all come from the north where gaels settled then mixed with Irish to create modern Gaelic Irish the first organised kingdom was del raida in the north ulster wasn’t a thing neither were unionists Protestants Scottish or even English they invaded Picts and created Scotland they were scotti in English means Irish men. Us Irish are Gael’s we are the ones who come from there Scotland is land taken and colonised ye have no say over that land ye are a branch of us you turned with Saxons

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

@@ME-hs1iee are planter’s ye took the land that was settled 4000 years ago by gaels and even longer by Irish people like the beaker people. Ye don’t own sh”t ye came and wouldn’t leave like a gypsy

[@davidpryle3935]

@@ME-hs1ieNice bit of pseudo history there. I mean, who would have thought it, that the O’Neills and the O’Donnells, weren’t Irish. Dear God, but you people must be desperate, to be making up this nonsense.

[@TotalwarHDGaming]

I love this so much i always liked British redcoat music

[@reg9569]

"We're mighty hard to bæt"

[@ratsmacker1999]

Is there any way this song could be put on Spotify? The only version currently on there is by the Wolfe Tones and it honestly sucks.

[@zachpaterson8128]

Ditto

[@freshoutofthebuildin]

my great great grandfather was a lieutenant in this thing

[@TheGameplayBV]

great, awesome song for the 88th on napoleonic wars!

[@kevingouldrup9265]

wow my ancestors are from this area of Ireland and never heard this shame on me!

[@johnmcfarlane4530]

This is great.

[@ericturner7173]

YARR! :-) Love this song.

[@kwstadhsdonos9873]

Long live Great Britain Long Live United Kingdoms and glorious English Commonwealth Greetings from Greece

[@WookJnr]

:(

[@falcons1988]

This a really under-researched area. The music of tommy atkins on operations.

[@falcons1988]

still is, it is regimental march of the Royal Irish Regiment.

[@geraldneary1948]

Great song

[@sircoloniser5454]

When you integrate Ireland into the uk in fuhereich

[@melbea03]

Don't know if they frighten the enemy but they certainly scare the hell out of me

[@falcons1988]

I know of that book, I will have to find a copy from somewhere.

[@borkerman]

Union of Britian: Why do I hear boss music

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Lots of errors in your lyrics: We are mighty hard to BEAT, I may say without CONCEIT, Faith the enemy are welcome when they come. Be they Russians, French or Dutch Sure it doesn't matter much, We're the boys to give them sugar in their TEA

[@zyzor]

You may talk about your guards boys, Your lancers and hussars boys. , Your fusiliers and royal artillery (bring out the guns!!) The girls we drive them crazy, the foe we bid the navy, The rangers from old Connaught , yar, the land across the sea

[@britishmexico2372]

erm akshally, its "without the guns" and "the foe we beat them easy." 🤓

[@zyzor]

@@britishmexico2372 that’s just what I hear. I kinda prefer my version lol

[@britishmexico2372]

@@zyzor yeah lmao i get it

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

Erin Go Bragh!

[@richardanthonygilbey]

Future national anthem

[@nikolalutov8898]

Faugh A Ballagh!

[@soaringeaglesinthesky]

its missing one thing, "Yo" shout the Irish Rangers

[@HIBERNIAN04]

They had "the shout" when they sang The Brian Boru March.

[@tonymeany9343]

It's there... 'yaar!'

[@rockinbillyboy]

Performed by Gerry Fox

[@space_oddyessy7065]

Patriotic for my country, but also doubting myself because like, conquering was bad? I'm stuck here.

[@williamshaver6796]

sounds like the tune ROAD TO THE ISLES

[@bushpilotfritz7784]

pretty sure it's based on killaloe

[@Kitiwake]

For the freedom of India and the honor of Ireland

[@karlmagnus346]

For some things, probably.

[@Oldkingcole1125]

have any artists performed this song any where?

[@sevenxenterprise3945]

i hear like a pirate song with the red coats song

[@wd-type9643]

Now's your time!

[@gamer-zm7bx]

was this song written before or after they went out on mutiny

[@joshpro7633]

gamer 2000 before

[@gamer-zm7bx]

I was being sarcastic.

[@gamer-zm7bx]

@gamescentrel as one of the mutiny men said theres no stars for ireland on the flag but today well put 1 on.

[@michaeleverest7631]

The Connaught boys of WellingtonsArmy would have swept aside any enemy,from French in Peninsular to the Americansin 1814.

[@patricknorthrup7708]

Michael Everest I hate to break it to you, but something like 1/3 of Washington's army at one point in the war were Irish deserters. So by 1812 that's a lot of Irish men old enough to fight. And Jackson's army in 1814 was overwhelmingly Scots-Irish. The black watch didn't stand a chance. Neither would the connaught rangers

[@jooojoo645]

Explains how the US lost the war of 1812. Don't talk p*ss just accept that all sides were equally brave but not equally experienced, at the time.

[@michaeleverest7631]

The British troops well led by Wellington were very powerful. The Americans were good soldiers...... once well trained and led

[@michaeleverest7631]

Yes both sides were brave but equally experienced but A British Army led by a commander like Wellington would have been a match for theAmericans in the War of 1812.It took the Americans a while to get goingas their army in 1812 was tiny, morelike a police force. Luckily Wellington never went there in 1812

[@johndoeman9187]

The US did not lose, we gained territory at the expense of Britain's allies while the British gained nada.

[@tomaswlangan]

the rangers were good hard stirdy men, i read somewhere that a german officer remarked after a forocious counter attack, they feed them beasts up on potato just for this moment!!! lol, i had an uncle of my grandmother in that regiment, but he came back damaged, and was sectioned in to a mental asylum poor chap.

[@marymasterson2290]

Up Connaught

[@willhall1874]

Irishmen come home.

[@jamesbhollingsworth5452]

Will Hall 🇨🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Bring them back into the fold!

[@Valencetheshireman927]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@epicdude8860]

Who or what band sang this?

[@hypersp3ce596]

The good old 88th

[@vostokcosomonaut5205]

Faugh A Ballagh!

[@MateusVIII]

As good as they may be, none can beat the highlanders!

[@jonallegrand6525]

You havn't met the 95th Rifles then ;)

[@MateusVIII]

Harvey Treharne Bah, they are still no match for a kilted highlander!

[@jonallegrand6525]

MateusVIII True the Kilts did scare off the Russians , but How about the Coldstream guards ;)

[@willhawkins2623]

They lifted the kilts and showed their Scottish traditions and scared their enemies away haha "devils in skirts"

[@RightofRush2]

MateusVIII - The English were quite good at convincing the Irish, Scots, and Welch to be cannon fodder. Deprivation in the Celtic lands was prehaps the prime inducement.

[@conradecommissar9365]

Ah Irish fighting for King and Country never would see the day

[@vestty5802]

Charles Mangin Irish fought in like every single British war every war for that matter

[@conradecommissar9365]

M E M E thats why Irish Troops are the best when it comes to fighting

[@conradecommissar9365]

@Anglo Commando I ment the time when the Connaught Rangers song was first sung because it was the time when the Irish Rebellion under Wolfe Tones and Act of Union and at this time they were quite Nationalistic

[@conradecommissar9365]

@8th Kings Royal Irish hussars I meant the Irish Rebellion which was Nationalistic and this song at the Time in Ireland was seen as supporting Britain then Ireland's Independence

[@MBGReloaded]

I dont get the part about the Royal Artillery without the guns? Can anyone shed any light on that?

[@auroravivyn4827]

Don't know but maybe artillery is the only thing that could beat them? Of course artillery without guns would be easy for any regiment.

[@DAKOTA56777]

Khylith I believe that is correct, basically they're saying they'd best all the other regiments with a sidehand comment saying except the Royal Artillery, unless they didn't have their cannons.

[@sublicense18a13]

@@DAKOTA56777 The Royal Artillery rank right of the line when parading WITH their guns. However parading without them they are to the left of the Infantry.

[@jamesbhollingsworth5452]

Jack Standridge Artillery is not a living thing and therefore cannot be bested by the Rangers, however the artillery (without the guns) implies that the lyrics are referencing the artillery regiment itself.

[@jordansinclair281]

Tune reminds me of The Flash Stockman

[@patricknorthrup7708]

Anyone know the chords?

[@lordpolish2727]

🇬🇧

[@David-lu4gq]

Does anyone know if that image is meant to be the Connaught Rangers? Because it looks like they are wearing kilts.

[@danielgarza1209]

David Dowdall Uh, the Rangers were Irish

[@fartimusbumworthy4682]

I think their Maitlands foot guards at Waterloo when they hid in the cornfield and annihilated the old guard.

[@poundlandbandit6124]

irish regiments wear saffron kilts

[@David-lu4gq]

I know, that's why I'm asking.

[@David-lu4gq]

@@fartimusbumworthy4682 Cheers lad, your probably right. Thanks again. 😊