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Armed Forces / Re: How does an Irish loyalist become a British officer
« on: Friday 23 May 25 05:15 BST (UK)  »
Sorry, I didn't mean Irish Unionist/Loyalists. I meant to ask how does a person who grew up in Birkenhead in a family atmosphere of Irish Republican /Nationalist thinking become a British officer?

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Armed Forces / How does an Irish loyalist become a British officer
« on: Friday 23 May 25 04:49 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your help-- I'm trying to understand what motivations were there for a boy born and raised in Birkenhead in the mid 1930s of immigrant parents with roots and connections in the Irish Unionist/Loyalist community to become an officer in the British forces after being conscripted upon finishing school in his early 20s? And how might his Birkenhead family and neighbors have felt about him doing that?  Thanks again. :)

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Cheshire / Gaelic football in Birkenhead in 1930s, 40s & 50s
« on: Friday 23 May 25 04:25 BST (UK)  »
Perhaps someone can assist me on this topic: How likely was it that a boy who grew up in Birkenhead in the 1930s, 40s & 50s and born of Irish immigrant parents was involved in the sport of Gaelic football? Would he have been equally versed in Gaelic and English football by the time he was 20?

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