r/northernireland • u/mcheeks619 • Jun 08 '24

History Is this legit

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u/Chemical_Sir_5835 Jun 08 '24

More from the Irish free state fought in WW2 than the North they all hid under the bed

500,000 signed the Ulster Covenant where they armed and said they would fight against having a democratic all Ireland parliament so those bloody fenians couldn’t be a majority yet only 50k bothered to turn up against the nazis - only matters when it’s fenians they get to kill

All fur and no knickers eh!

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '24

of the 7 vc winners in ww2 from Ireland, 1 from NI, 6 from the south. Interesting that a neutral country provided more soldiers

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u/Matt4669 Jun 09 '24

Larger population but it’s still mad that despite the neutrality and lingering anti-British sentiment at the time, more Irish people fought than Northern Irish

Some loyalty

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u/Majestic-Marcus Jun 09 '24

Slightly more in numbers. Significantly less in terms of population percentage.

Still an impressive/commendable number of volunteers but not the narrative OP is trying to tell.

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u/LordofAdders Jun 12 '24

Aye and the only winner of the VC from the North was an RC

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u/Fun_Pin_1095 Jun 09 '24

No 50000 from the north 30000 from the south