ya just reading that there now - fella sounds a right cunt
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Lockes stewardship of the 2010 COTY competition.
That wasnât a tramp, Ted, that was the Prime Minister of France.
FFS Runt it was only a pisstake.
Hence my little 
at the end. Thought it would get a reaction of barstool republicanism out of someone.
Ah right, I mis intrepreted your as celebrating your proud republican heritage.
The Sheemore Ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 4 March 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. It took place at Sheemore near Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim.
The ambush was carried out by the IRAâs South Leitrim Brigade on a force of Black and Tans. The British suffered casualties and admitted one fatality, a captain in the Bedfordshire Regiment, although local sources claimed several more were killed.
The Black and Tans later ran amok in Carrick-on-Shannon, burning and looting. Among the premises they burned were Carrick on Shannon Rowing Club and the premises of the local newspaper, the Leitrim Observer.
The Ambush
As the congregation made their way out of Gowel Church from the First Friday Mass they were confronted by three lorries carrying 30â40 British troops and Royal Irish Constabulary. The men were lined up for searching on one side while a lady took care of the women. There was no panic and as nothing was found, there were no arrests. Gowel Church had been singled out that morning as a likely place for volunteers of the IRAâs South Leitrim Brigade to attend. Father Edward OâReilly (curate of Gowel) was unconcealably friendly towards the volunteers, and it was likely that the volunteers would attend a church where they would be welcomed.
After they searched the church interior, the police and soldiers remounted their lorries and continued back to Carrick-on-Shannon. About a mile and a half down the road, on the slopes of Sheemore, volunteers of the South Leitrim Brigade awaited them. The day before, the Brigade had received word from Joe Nangle (of Drumshanbo) of the British operation. They took up position behind a low wall which ran on the brink of an eighty-foot-high rock face on the side of Sheemore. It was four hundred yards from the road. There were seven volunteers â Brigadier Sean Mitchel (who was in command), Charles E McGoohan of Ballinamore, Michael Geoghegan of Aughacashel, Mattie Boyle of Carrick-on-Shannon, Michael Martin of Ballinamore, Joe Nangle of Drumshanbo and Harry McKeaon.
At the command from Mitchell they opened fire on the convoy. The British jumped from their lorries in confusion and took cover behind a wall which ran along the road. The police ran despite the shouts from the soldiers to stand their ground. The officer in command tried to use field glasses to spot the positions of the IRA. After a forty-five minute gunfight the IRA withdrew. The British made no attempt to follow them. Instead they gathered up their dead and wounded and returned to Carrick-on-Shannon. Reportedly, a woman from nearby Effrinagh visited the ambush site shortly thereafter to recover a volunteerâs handkerchief. Had it been found by the British, dogs could have been used to track down the volunteers.
It is unclear how many British were killed in the ambush. The estimates range from fifteen to twenty.[1]
I think the estimates of 15 to 20 dead British are a little fanciful though!
Reportedly, a woman from nearby Effrinagh visited the ambush site shortly thereafter to recover a volunteerâs handkerchief. Had it been found by the British, dogs could have been used to track down the volunteers.
Placenames in Leitrim!
Gowel & Effrinagh side by side.
Two noble areas.
Gowel Church has the widely regarded best parking facilities of any Church in the country.
Shannonside FM Power Hour DJ Mike Mulvihill hails from Effrinagh.
How do they spell Gowel as Gaeilge on the signposts?
I have only ever seen âGowelâ signposted.
I can only think of one place where it is signposted.
hmm , there is good reason for that. I wonder what transaltion OâCuiv had for it on his placenames orders
Hags Fanny
I want to add another one.
Dancarterâs da forgetting to wear a 'dom in 1982
Letting The Knight of the Realm OâReilly and family ransack Eircom for his own personal gain, leaving us with the worst broadband infrastructure in the industrialised world.
Dancarterâs decision not to pursue a real qualification has seriously limited his earning power
Are you retarded?
Retarded
No, just retarded.
Dancarter = cock
I was exagurating a little.
Heâs probably not the biggest fcuk up in irish history
John Leahy, Munster Final 1997