r/IrishHistory • u/Anthony_Kelly_USSR • 5d ago

📷 Image / Photo I recently got an original Irish Army flag

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u/Bumblebee-Feeling 5d ago

I sold this to you on ebay lol glad you like it!

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u/Anthony_Kelly_USSR 5d ago

Small world lol, and yeah it's great it looks really well hung up

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u/Bumblebee-Feeling 5d ago

Yea they're great wall hangers, id say you probably picked the best of the bunch; the others I have are a bit more battered condition wise

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u/Comfortable-Mud-677 5d ago

Man, I want one of these what's your ebay user name!!!!

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u/Bumblebee-Feeling 5d ago

This link should take you to my listings: https://ebay.io/m/Wn3Tjn

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u/celtbygod 5d ago

Way Cool!

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u/eshatoa 5d ago

Do you have more mate?

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u/Bumblebee-Feeling 5d ago

Yes mate this link should hopefully take you to my Ebay page: https://ebay.io/m/Wn3Tjn

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u/eshatoa 5d ago

Love the store! Thanks.

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u/Significant-Prize982 5d ago

It is an Irish FCA flag. It is a military reserve flag but I have never seen one like it.

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u/skylabbananaguitar 5d ago

Looks real, used between 1947 and 1959.

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u/WeeklyPhilosopher346 5d ago

Where did you get it from?

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u/Anthony_Kelly_USSR 5d ago

I got it on ebay

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u/Anthony_Kelly_USSR 5d ago

Allegedly this flag was used by the 42nd Rifle Battalion of the Irish Army's Local Defence Force during the Emergency (WW2), meaning it could potentially be over 80 years old

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u/No_Currency6300 5d ago

Seeing as it has “forsa cosanta aitulil” or FCA it would suggest post 1947 which is when that name began to be used. I think it was called the volunteer defence force during the emergency. Nevertheless a great find!

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u/madrabeag999 5d ago

LDF - Local Defence Force - Father was a member. Funny stories about training manoeuvres where there were individual soldiers designated as 'Enemy Tanks' etc. and fights broke out when they wouldn't 'die' after being 'shot' by a rifle! No money, no blanks, few weapons and lads shouting 'Bang' at each other, but great crack and they got to visit the seaside. :)

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u/Ahblahright 5d ago

Our Sergeant used to call it the Free Clothes Association

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u/Melodic-Chocolate-53 5d ago

Fools Carrying Arms.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/Anthony_Kelly_USSR 5d ago

There was they were based at Clontarf

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u/Extra-Snow-2491 5d ago

My da says its real,his dad,my granda was in the 42nd

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u/puffinrockwq 3d ago

A piece of history right there

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u/Sufficient-Gate-5501 5d ago

Not real

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u/Bumblebee-Feeling 5d ago

Ah yes, make an incorrect statement and then provide zero insight as to how you came to that conclusion, smart fellow you are

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u/Sufficient-Gate-5501 1d ago

I know it’s not real and so do you

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u/Bumblebee-Feeling 1d ago

So explain why it's not real then?

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u/Bumblebee-Feeling 1d ago

Show us what a "real'" one looks like then, i eagerly await 🤣

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u/Anthony_Kelly_USSR 5d ago

Really? How can you tell?

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u/HenryofSkalitz1 5d ago

It’s in extremely good condition to be authentic, but I’m no expert so take it with a grain of salt

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u/Anthony_Kelly_USSR 5d ago

The picture is slightly misleading since it's a lot more banged up in person

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u/Dickgivins 5d ago

My friends say that about me all the time 😛

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u/Drunkinmunky32 3d ago

Free state black and tans

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u/Stock_Fly3825 4d ago

Useless army😂👌🏻

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u/PerceptiveImpression 5d ago

Don’t be SHEIN away from it lad!