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Post by jerry on May 17, 2009 19:18:02 GMT
Hi Joan
Another question Mam was telling me at one time during a fight in the Wesley a certain MP who shall remain nameless discharged a round into the ceiling True, False.
regards
Jerry
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Post by joanivers on May 18, 2009 17:36:16 GMT
Hello Jerry, Checked with my mam and Richard about that story, but nobody remembers it, so cant help you there Jerry, hope your having better weather than us, its really cat here.
Regards Joan
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Post by jerry on May 18, 2009 18:07:37 GMT
Hi Joan.
Well another tall tale hits the dust. The weather here is all bad at the moment very wet and cold but the Sun is trying hard.
Regards
Jerry
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Post by rose5mcdonaghtce on May 18, 2009 22:25:40 GMT
Hi Jerry,
I vaguely remember in the early seventies hearing of an MP discharging a round, but I thought it happened at the Barrier. Mary Fogarty was asking for you and was wondering if you still had your skates.
Rose.
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Post by jerry on May 19, 2009 7:56:47 GMT
Hi Rose
Tell Mary the skates are well gone only skating on thin ice at the moment keeping ahead of the Wolves.
Jerry
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Post by Matt McNamara on May 19, 2009 12:34:57 GMT
Speaking of accidental discharges, during the 1980’s a certain individual who was training for the CISM Military pentathlon was unloading a .303 Lee Enfield Rifle, the type used for target shooting in that competition.
Anyhow while he was unloading the rifle at the top of Connolly square, he accidentally discharged a round in the direction of Connolly Canteen, passing though the overcoat of a passing Trooper who was cycling back to Plunkett with the Barracks post. The Trooper was unhurt, but probable lost a few of his nine lives.
Matt
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Post by jerry on May 19, 2009 12:44:58 GMT
Hi Matt,
Probaly lost more than one of his nine lives.
Jerry
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Post by Matt McNamara on May 19, 2009 12:53:24 GMT
Yea, I think he done a detour to the canteen and had a few stiff ones !!!
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Post by Brendan on May 20, 2009 16:28:31 GMT
I recollect another weapon discharge incident at the Currgah Hospital in the 1980s. A male officer was ‘out of bounds’ in several ways while on duty. An extra-marital altercation led to the discharge of his weapon. The bullet landed close to a sentry (Depot Engrs soldier) on duty. He nearly discharged the contents of his pants. He sounded the alarm thinking he was being attacked.
Suffice to say, the ‘investigation’ is still on going?.
Brendan
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Post by Louis Parminter on May 21, 2009 14:08:43 GMT
Hi Jerry, I vaguely remember in the early seventies hearing of an MP discharging a round, but I thought it happened at the Barrier. Mary Fogarty was asking for you and was wondering if you still had your skates. Rose. You have a good memory Rose. I remember the incident and knew the MP that discharged the round at a vehicle that had failed to stop at the barrier. The round lodged in the vehicles dashboard if memory serves me right and it was being driven by a well known senior NCO. Luckily nobody was killed or injured by the shooting which would not have happened under current regulations on when a soldier is permitted to discharge his weapon. I will not mention the MPs name as he died under tragic personal circumstances in Kilcullen in recent years. May he rest in peace. regards Louis
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Post by jacquimcdonagh10 on May 25, 2009 13:37:26 GMT
Hi Joan, Sorry about the long delay in getting back to you, it was great to hear from you and I have replied, but have lost all my replies. I have practically written a book of replies but with one thing or another all seem to hit the dust. This is partly, I think, because I am not logging in before I write my replies and then the site thinks I am trying to log in on a name that is already used; an partly because I have an ancient computer that is forever crashing, and did you say you were not too good on computers? Well you can hardly be as bad as me!! I am pretty impatient and that little egg timer appears on the screen and hangs there for ages, I could get over to Ireland and back before it disappears. As I said I have an ancient computer and don’t feel too keen about replacing it as I hardly use it these days – Anyway, you got my memory going about the play house, and I still hardly remember it, but I do remember a huge wooden horse and a blue painted dolls’ dresser. Apparently my father did a woodwork course at the tech and produced all these great toys. He always said he had made them, but he was always so full of blarney it was difficult to know if he was just pulling your leg. Don’t worry about the tooth thing I remember nothing about that, but I remember how it happened. I crashed face first into the road when I jumped off the coal lorry as it speeded out of the Curragh. We were sneaking lifts around the Curragh, jumping on and off the back of the lorry when the coalman wasn’t looking, until I realised he was heading out of the Curragh I panicked and made a jump for it hitting the road hard and splitting my front tooth. I don’t know how we weren’t killed with all the high jinks we got up to. Do you remember when we climbed on the back of a beautiful white horse that was in a nearby field? I was besotted by horses, I think we all were. I got on and Monica O’Brien climbed on behind me, and I think you got on behind her. We were trotting quite nicely and just beginning to really enjoy it when a gang of lads thought they would have some fun and gave a horse a whack and sent it tearing across the field like a bat out of hell! Oh Happy Days!! Jacqueline. Now all I have to do is manage to get this posted.
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Post by joanivers on May 25, 2009 17:02:48 GMT
Hello Jacqueline, Great to hear from you, glad you remember the play house, it also had a chair, think it was blue, and you always had one of your dolls sitting in the chair, brilliant memories, Iremember when you fell of the coal lorry, we used to wait on it so we could get a spin on it, think about 20 kids took you home that day, blood gushing from your mouth, I thought you were going to die, rumours flying round then that you lost half your face. You always had everything Jacqui, I mean when I saw the lamb, I nearly cried with jealousy, your parents wre sound people and your dad made u stuff, you were always good at sharing though. You took us to your grandad's house once or twice, but I barely remember it, everyone missed you when you left.
Oh happy days indeed Jacqueline, Regards, Joan.
starting to get the hang of this now
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Post by rose5mcdonaghtce on Dec 15, 2009 0:13:10 GMT
Hi,
There were two sheds on the bank at the end of McDonagh which as kids we called the big roof and the little roof, it was a big feat to move on and be able to climb on to the big roof, don't know why was they were both equal in height. The descent from the big roof was quite easy as there was a pole beside it if you were brave enough to make the jump for it and slide down.
What was the purpose of these sheds, can remember the Board of Works would come and open the big red steele doors, cant remember seeing anything in there, anyone any idea?
Rose.
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Post by maryb51 on Dec 17, 2009 15:14:12 GMT
Hi Rose, I remember those two sheds well, we used to have great fun on them, i don't know what was in them either, I think they were much the same height, the small roof was on a little bit of a hill. Do you remember the slides, that went down to the turf shed, one was better than the other, the second one always had a hole in the middle, and the beds at back of the big turf shed, we used to play there for hours, no computers then we had to make our own fun. Mary
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Post by kathyo on Dec 31, 2009 21:34:04 GMT
I would like to wish my Mammys friends & family the best of luck & happiness for 2010 all our love the OBriens xxx
KathyO's daugher Tara xxx
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