Reply With QuoteAnd my interest in Irish history is largely based on 18th and 19th century. I know nothing of the Curragh mutiny other than that it happened at the Curragh and the Curragh is in Kildare.Originally Posted by Sir C
I didnt spend time in Kildare entirely through choice, before anyone points out that it is pretty ****ing dull.Probably know more than I do to be fair.
And my interest in Irish history is largely based on 18th and 19th century. I know nothing of the Curragh mutiny other than that it happened at the Curragh and the Curragh is in Kildare.
It was British and Anglo-Irish officers who were signalling their refusal to put down the UVF's effective insurrection in the north, p. Which was a bit treasonous of them, but sort of understandable.
Well, I know that much.
It was three questions on mutinies. I was disappointed the Indian one didnt come up.
It's probably considered problematic to call it a mutiny these days. We probably have to call it The First War of Indian Independence or something equally silly. Mind you, as far as I'm aware, it's the only war of Indian Independence - if you don't count when they all started slaughtering each other the minute they got actual independence.
It was our fault they decided to slaughter each other don’t forget.
THat was a civil war...
It was a mutiny. The ungrateful *******s!
In the broader sense, yes it was.
Hmmm. Looked at from another perspective, we were the only thing that stopped them slaughtering one another for 200 years.
Of course it was all fomented by the Russians*.
*Source: Flashman In The Great Game
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