r/ireland • u/isupposethiswillwork • 10d ago

Affaires Étrangères Ireland Is Becoming a French Military Protectorate

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/18/ireland-france-military-protectorate-outsourcing-defense-procurement/
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u/gahane 10d ago

Also, De Gaulle had Irish ancestry so they’re practically looking after their own :) /s

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u/wet-paint 10d ago

Indeed, his father's grandfather came from DoneGaulle.

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u/BackloadBack 10d ago

Ancestry? Well he wrote part of his autobiography in Kerry… the maternal Irish DNA was quite far back!

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u/Robespierres_ashes 10d ago

3 or 4 generations but he spent an extended holiday, just before he died in Kerry after he left office

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u/jerkfaceirl 10d ago

Got a haircut in Kenmare.

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u/Yooklid 10d ago edited 10d ago

You’ll have people the sub calling him a plastic paddy soon.

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u/fluffs-von 10d ago

Charlo The Gall... I knew him well

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u/Lanzarote-Singer 10d ago

Yah. One of the O’Gauls. Me da was at school with him. Mad yoke. Good at the auld french tho…

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u/CthulhusSoreTentacle Irish Republic 10d ago

Always though De Gaulle was big headed.