Category Archives: Auxiliary Division

As British as the Irish themselves

Posted on 05/07/2016 by eamonntgardiner

Recently, in conversation with a colleague, I remarked upon a concept which I felt was pretty straightforward. Cut and dry even. That as part of the British home islands, pre-independence Ireland was disproportionally policed. Now it was, there is no … Continue reading →

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Is Twitter killing my Blog?

Posted on 31/05/2016 by eamonntgardiner

Writer’s Block is a real illness. It is! That feeling when you want to punch a wall and hopefully the words will flow, with the blood and plaster flakes and swearing! But it doesn’t really work that way…poor knuckles could … Continue reading →

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‘The Write Stuff’

Posted on 24/05/2016 by eamonntgardiner

The difficult part of blogging is not in the writing. Believe it or not having something to say has never been a hard thing for me to do! Rather it is to find (a) the time and (b) the right thing to … Continue reading →

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Grade Inflation

Posted on 01/01/2016 by eamonntgardiner

    In academia there’s a term which is spoken of in hushed tones: Grade Inflation. It refers to the alleged slow, but steady, increase in grades by students across all sectors and abilities. It appears from some data as … Continue reading →

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Questionable Memories and Bandwagoneers

Posted on 05/04/2015 by eamonntgardiner

Memorial to British in 1916 centenary http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/memorial-to-british-in-1916-centenary-321506.html?utm_source=androidapp&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=sharebutton The difficult thing about Irish history is memory. Well perhaps memory and the bandwagon. Little know fact but the GPO was like the Tardis; it’s garrison during the 1916 Rising held thousands of … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Balmoral: Major Claude Raul Champion de Crespigny

Posted on 31/07/2014 by eamonntgardiner

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/major-claude-raul-champion-de-crespigny-18781941-5th-bt-49166   A portrait of a fine gentleman and Auxiliary Policeman, Claude Raul Champion de Crespigny, 5th Baronet.   This family had an interesting time of it. From the end of the Second World War, the baronetcy passed three … Continue reading →

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“Black and Tans” in Palestine

Posted on 16/06/2014 by eamonntgardiner

Ireland was only the beginning for the Black and Tans…. Continue reading →

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Rising Anger

Posted on 26/05/2014 by eamonntgardiner

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/centenary-will-breathe-life-into-old-rising-myths-30263185.html   There is an unspoken hatred among historians, especially military historians and that is the myth! Mythology in Irish life is a fantastic and wonderful thing; it has shaped our existence, our cultural history and even influenced how we … Continue reading →

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‘A bed to lie o…

Posted on 30/08/2013 by eamonntgardiner

‘A bed to lie on, and enough food to keep life in us to enable us to work, is all any of us should think of now.’ When Terence MacSwiney was attempting to keep the Irish Volunteers out of the … Continue reading →

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