Trooping the Colour 1996, Killaloe

Trooping the Colour 1996, Killaloe

[@richardhayes5423]

Don’t imagine Britain without us Paddies

[@minervano12]

Faugh a Ballagh

[@akicif]

Absolutely loving the way something so quintessentially Irish is being referred to by so many as being so British. Today's Trooping of the Colour by 9 Coy Irish Guards was spectacular: and the vast majority of guardsmen interviewed had accents from all across the island of Ireland as well as folk with Irish surnames from Glasgow and Liverpool....

[@ivankostamo9698]

One must not mistake the push of sound by a band of that size. I once was on the colour party for the Okanagan Military Tattoo in Vernon, BC during 2019. The massed bands and pipes played this, and I was directly in front of the whole band which was headed by the pipes... stuck at attention. I will admit, I could barely hear the WO calling the turn to march off after such a tremendous wall of music behind me. Would I do it again? Oh, hell yes.

[@WootTootZoot]

"YO !!!"

[@lunalovegood8098]

My dad loves this song! The RUC practised marching to this in basic training.

[@richardcleveland8549]

A further thought on this subject . . . after watching several dozen of these videos over recent weeks, it's obvious that whether the bands are parading in front of HM in London or down the Royal Mile in of Edinburgh or through the streets in their home counties, huge crowds turn out to see them. There is something so essentially British about these occasions, with dense crowds pressing close to see the bands that I simply cannot imagine a Britain without them. It must not - surely it must not - escape the attention of HM's legion of bureaucrats that the spectacle (in the best sense of the word) these great military bands present are magnets for tourists from all over the world - and tourists mean money in the coffers. Britain without its fabulous, amazing, incredible military bands is unimaginable, and for the civilized world's sake, I hope as an American that that day never comes.

[@seandobson499]

Thank you and I agree with you,I joined the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1971 and the R.A. had some great bands,most of which are now gone and when I was posted to Germany,the Royal Scots were next to us and it was fantastic listening to the Pipers practising on the parade ground,it filled you full of pride,even us non-Scots.

[@commodoregirl08]

Thank you Richard.. it's unfashionable to admire the Empire these days.. but the British civilised more of the world than the Romans could have ever imagined.. And we are all better for it.. Even our lost cousins in the US. I'm an Aussie that served in our forces like most men of my age did. And the trooping of the colours is still a very important military tradition..

[@montyzumazoom1337]

Thank you Richard. We live on the South Coast of England, 52 miles from the centre of London. When my kids were younger, I used to drive them up to London to see the Trooping of the Colour. Leaving home at about 6am, the car was parked in a car park and we would walk to the Mall arriving at around 8 to 8.30am and pick our spot. It’s well worth the wait to see the guards move into position lining the Mall, then the bands leading the various companies of guards march down one after the other, followed later by the various members of the royal family and finally the horse guards and mounted bands along with the Her Majesty the Queen. By this time the crowd would have swelled to several rows thick down the Mall, our kids were right at the front enjoying the spectacle. Once the procession was at Horseguards parade doing the “trooping”, we had about an hour or so chatting to people waiting for the procession to come back up towards Buckingham Palace. This was the best part for us, the now massed bands of the Guards stretched out to the full width across the Mall marching up in formation. To see and hear the massed bands playing was always an amazing sight and sound. Another chance to get a close up view and photo of the Queen and other Royals as their carriages rolled past, not forgetting the mounted horse guards and their bands as well. Then, when the procession finally went past, the race to pick up our belongings and rush to Buckingham Palace to join the crowds waiting for the Royal family to emerge on the balcony. When they emerge, a cheer goes up from the crowd and then all eyes turn skywards to see the Royal Airforce flypast, including another cheer and clapping from the crowd when the RAF Red Arrows bring up the rear with their red, white and blue smoke trails. The Queen gives a final wave and they all turn and go back inside to another cheer and clapping. Before going home we used to go to that great toy shop Hamleys, where the kids got a treat for being good. Then the drive home for tea, and turn the TV on to watch it all over again! We had some great times and met all sorts of people - including the odd American or two🤗! I am still glued to the TV every year when this is on, I love it! Come over and see it for yourself....👍

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

The huge crowds are mostly tourists!

[@heatcheck3]

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 your point?

[@riotagus]

Brilliant ! Proud to be British says I, the Portuguese .

[@punkrock1989]

Prou dog what? Raping, pillaging, starting wars, invading countries, stealing items from other countries and building it's pathetic "empire" on other countries who couldn't defend themselves. There's absolutely nothing to be proud of, it's a shameful country and the events that are currently happening to the UK such as migrants inflation etc etc are what your country deserves, I can't wait for the UK to fall in crumbles.

Great marching tune!

[@fire5736]

Love this piece, brilliant.

[@punkrock1989]

Absolute joke of an event

[@robertmcqueen289]

Wonderful to hear the Regimental March of The Royal Irish Rangers/Regiment. Also, the old Division march of the '36th Ulster Division' & Regimental tune in the former 'Connaught Rangers'. Faugh-a-Ballagh

[@maureengillies9495]

I love it it's fantastic

[@farhanabubakar9960]

hello guys i'm a malaysian country

[@321lennert]

I love the resonance of the drum major in the background when he is giving the quick march order! 😛

[@bennicholson4281]

Brilliant match and at 1:03 that’s a proper ‘Swagger’! Great to see

[@punkrock1989]

More like a bunch of idiots who learned a fairly basic parade.

[@ononewheellad]

It takes the Irish, every time. ☘️👍

[@bryanhayward4762]

Drum Major Scattergood, Welsh Guards messes up on the halt (far side)

[@munsterman6603]

Great show.

[@wickedmuppet]

Play!

[@lewiscrap7786]

i think not just the pipes and drums but the hole hepe are the the best royal irish rangers and dont forget the udr

[@richardcleveland8549]

It's fascinating to watch the drum majors. Am I mistaken in thinking that they only wear what I think of as the golden garb when there's royalty about? Their movements are really interesting to watch - there's a lot that goes into what they do at the head of their bands; great spectacle, great British theatre!

[@lpoolpete1]

State dress, Only wear it infront of the queen or with her permission.

[@avify3369]

@Major No. sometimes drum majors wear them on royal birthdays too. It’s not only for parades or with the queens permission.

[@punkrock1989]

Nothing but a bunch of rats who spent their time learning a ridiculous looking parade.

[@Coldstreamer17]

Play :P

[@colinglasgow5530]

Far more effective when the band shouts “yo”, to gee the crowd up even more!

[@jonathanmckillen8487]

Apparently only the royal irish are the only regiment allowed to shout yo while on parade to killaloe

[@GuilhermeFernandes-ew1sz]

🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇧🇷

[@jacobkeppler1984]

Troopinng the colour

[@KR-us9pj]

Proud to be British.

[@finglaspete]

Where's the YO!!

[@xetalq]

Well ... I think the "YO!" is absent because Her Majesty was present ... Mind you, I think she'd be amongst the foremost to join in with the "Yo!" had it occurred, and probably lamented its absence. :)

[@stanorr377]

peter curran

[@coldstreamer6252]

Well I think they said it but the parade ground is very big so..

[@jonathanmckillen8487]

Only the royal irish regiment are permitted to shout yo while on parade no other regiment is allowed apparently

[@petercurran9236]

@Jonathan McKillen as well as the regiment that were formed into the Irish Rangers, the London Irish for instance used a 'yo' on parade too. Even when the became part of the London regiment, the still yo'd.

[@semajbronson21]

How come there are 3 drum majors instead of 5?

[@WootTootZoot]

On deployment in Kosovo

[@rossflowers7038]

Anyone know why there are only 3 Drum Majors for the 5 bands

[@mac1975]

Too many port and cigars the night before

[@themugfromhell2490]

Sounds weird without the 'yeoo'

[@Obi-WanKenobiAppreciator]

*PLAY*

[@coldstreamer6252]

I recorded a little part of it (just the music) instagram.com/p/BfrJ5jXHEcf/?hl=en&taken-by=coldstreamer16 if your interested

[@Coldstreamer17]

I have the CD this song sounds better on it ha ha

[@flatronsoj]

Coldstreamer17 upload please

[@Mr93616]

Royal Ulster Rifles did it better, Up the RUR

[@Jay-gr9ij]

We're getting weaker by generation

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

How many bears died to provide those hats?

[@xetalq]

They come from the annual cull of bears carried out by Canada’s native peoples, as commissioned by a d on behalf of the Canadian government. Ie the bearskins come from bears that would be culled in any event. The skins are then sold for a range of uses, including to military services around the world such as the Danish, Thai, Canadian and British armed forces (amongst others). The revenue from these sales is a significant source of income for the native peoples of rural northern Canada.

[@javaplatoon]

well its only the micks respect to them but they not the rangers...

[@joekiernan2320]

Connacht Rangers.

[@tehbunnei]

Oh good grief, this is a little too Monty Python for me.