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Post by Brendan Delaney on May 17, 2007 18:14:48 GMT
I remember in August, 1969, The Taoiseach, Jack Lynch ordered the mobilisation of the army and the creation of field hospitals along the border. The following day, the British government ordered the deployment of British troops onto the streets of Northern Ireland. The situation starts furious speculation about an all-out war and the potential clash between the Irish and British forces. As kids, we were all excited as the army got ready to move north. We counted seven active Landsverk armored cars the Cavalry Corps had had since the Second World War, the eighth car was out of action in the workshop. The army also has a couple of half-track Bren Gun carriers, but they stayed in the camp. Little did we know how poorly the army was equipped.
It's great to see peace there now.
Brendan
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Post by Johnnie T on Jun 13, 2007 19:41:54 GMT
I remember the refugees coming to the camp after the crisis. They stayed in the billets in Plunkett I think.
JT
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Post by Guest on Jun 21, 2007 2:08:50 GMT
I do remember that they girls and boys were treated very babdly. I felt bad for them.
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Post by Johnnie T on Jun 23, 2007 19:23:10 GMT
Many stayed in Newbridge and Kildare. Some stayed and got married. A few od the lads jhoined the army also. I agree with you that we all treated them badly.
JT
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Post by Matt McNamara on Nov 18, 2007 15:04:21 GMT
Well done Brendan you have centrally stated a popular Topic with this one judging by the number (1170) of “Views” by visitors to the forum. It is a pity that more people do not post their memories on this period. Good Topic, I was too young to remember  |
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Post by rtreade on Nov 10, 2008 12:01:27 GMT
I was living in Ceannt at the time and as a young boy of six oblivious to what was going on, I can remember that a lot of the soldiers were mobilised at a minutes notice and rushed to the border. I can clearly remember the talk of an impending war and sitting on the steps of the laundry house listening to the wisdom of Benny Power as he told us what was going to happen and looking up at the skies for ages waiting with Bernard Tennison and Tom O'Shaughnesy watching out for bomber airplanes - when we saw none after waiting for a few hours going back to the serious business of making sand-pies under the telegraph poles outside my house
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Post by tommyhetherington on Nov 10, 2008 21:25:53 GMT
Hi Brendan,
Missed this one and its there a while, the only story I have ever heard about this was that if the Irish Army were to keep going at that time they would have had to push the Trucks Ha!!. Thank God times have changed such were the times, but we were a young nation at the time.
We think this recession is going to be bad at least we were all poor then and had our morals and each other.
Tommy H
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