True Mervyn but 21 did not rhyme in the song, it has been researched and Eric Bogle confirmed it was that one that inspired the song along with the many other young lads in the cemeterybig mervyn wrote:Rooster wrote:100 years ago today Willie McBride died, RIP Willie
I see by his gravestone he was only 21
When he joined the glorious fallen in 1916
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“That made me feel very special and underlined to me that Ulster is more than a team, it is a community and a rugby family"
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Aye and he should know Rooster since he wrote it. A great man for a magnificent anti-war song, "The Band played Waltzing Matilda" being the other best known one.Rooster wrote:True Mervyn but 21 did not rhyme in the song, it has been researched and Eric Bogle confirmed it was that one that inspired the song along with the many other young lads in the cemeterybig mervyn wrote:Rooster wrote:100 years ago today Willie McBride died, RIP Willie
I see by his gravestone he was only 21
When he joined the glorious fallen in 1916
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Huh, war, what is it good for
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Pocock flopped through his mother's gate
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That was a clear penalty if he did not remain on his feet.Russ wrote:Pocock flopped through his mother's gate
I have my own tv channel, what have you got?
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Pocock landed in the jackal positionDave wrote:That was a clear penalty if he did not remain on his feet.Russ wrote:Pocock flopped through his mother's gate
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Sign him upRuss wrote:Pocock landed in the jackal positionDave wrote:That was a clear penalty if he did not remain on his feet.Russ wrote:Pocock flopped through his mother's gate
I have my own tv channel, what have you got?
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Strange one Anzac day.
Ostensibly a day of solemn remembrance, but for many Aussies, an excuse to get absolutely arseholed.
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My mother used to bake Anzacs
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Nevin was born
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100 years ago today, the James Caird, with it's six man crew reached South Georgia, after a gruelling 16 day voyage.
It was a staggering and unique feat of seamanship, navigation, endurance and pure courage.
Ernest Shackleton, Tom Crean, Frank Worsley, Timothy McCarthy, Harry McNish and John Vincent - Remember them today!
It was a staggering and unique feat of seamanship, navigation, endurance and pure courage.
Ernest Shackleton, Tom Crean, Frank Worsley, Timothy McCarthy, Harry McNish and John Vincent - Remember them today!
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If you ever go to Kerry, in the town of Kenmare at the top of the Main Street on the left sits the Tom Crean restaurant. Not only is the big horse of a man commemorated throughout but you get a bloody fine feed.
No Michelin stars, no drizzle of swans vomit, but beautifully prepared local produce, does me every time.
Just thought I would share with the class
It was Guinness that kept Tom going, here is the proof. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eXf93CEI4t0
No Michelin stars, no drizzle of swans vomit, but beautifully prepared local produce, does me every time.
Just thought I would share with the class
It was Guinness that kept Tom going, here is the proof. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eXf93CEI4t0
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On this day in 2016 - FrannosPen started posting on UAFC ...
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