There is a story of that there was some irish officers visiting some Bangladeshi troops on a peace keeping mission. there driver was an Irish 3 star private an older soldier in his 40s. They assumed he was a general as 3 stars was a general rank in the Bangladeshi army.. and the bangladeshi soldiers were all lined up in a guard of honour. The 3 star "general" was only too happy to play the part..
UK here - I like that Ireland has kept the rank of commandant, going back to the days when the country fought us. Regards to all actoss the bit of water.
The Corporals shown are from the Army Reserve element of the 12Bn, you can tell by the 12Bn badge above their chevrons and the "Cultaca" badge on the inspecting Officers jacket, he's from a different unit becauser his badge is different (also I know some of them, I'm also a Cpl in the 12Bn)
The rank insignia up to officers are obviously intended to be as non British as possible. Strangely as soon as they reach the officer ranks they largely follow the British rank emblems, minus of course any crowns.
Former American soldier here. Glad there's no international cooperation of militaries. There are so many types of rank insignia I couldn't figure it all out. Couldn't tell who the officerrs were. Probably end up saluting everybody.
No international cooperation? Its everywhere. UN, NATO, EUFOR, Partnership for Peace, African Union and doubtless many mnay more across Asia and beyond.
I was with the reserve in Ireland 🇮🇪 as a nco corporal at 16 years old i still have all my badges and medals i was with the 14th infantry battalion A company 1023433 i joined at 14 i lied as i was turning 15 i skipped my 3 star rank and became a corporal and staying 9 years to which i turned down the officer course i just wanted more experience and working more with the training of young men into soldiers as much as we could,
Some fine men served in the Irish Army over the years ,many with great skills ,remember one guy like a tailor ,great with a sewing machine ,Pity the past governments closed down so many barracks around the country , Magee Barracks Kildare town , Built in 1901 to train British artillery brigades for service in the Boer War, and closed in 1998, the barracks provides an exceptional spotlight for the local history of County Kildare and the military history of twentieth-century Ireland.
There seem to be a lot of shopkeeper ranks in the enlisted ranks. A whole army full of senior quatermasters is fine to run Aldi but who leads troopr in the field?
Correction to the narrative... the "diamond(s)" referred to are known as 'Pips' - & that's in any Western Army (as far as Commissioned Officers are concerned).
After serving 34 years in the Irish Army, and currently serving as a Company Sargent, these ranks seem perfectly normal, and it's the ranks the Brits have seem weird to me.
Honestly lad I'd say it's due to our size, armies like the British make use of it more I think. Would be nifty to have l, become the elusive 4 star pte 😅
the corporal rank used to be divided into 1-star and 2-star corporal, but it was simplified once UN missions started. Also, old NCO ranks used to have one less chevron, (i.e., one for corporal, two for sergeant, etc.) but that was changed when sergeants were misidentified as corporals by foreign troops.
Irish Army ranks - Hair of the Dog - Slight Buzz - Good Buzz - Great Time - I LOVE YOU GUYS! - OH, YOU YA THINK YER F**KIN TOUGH HUH? - Furniture damage - Passed out
Obvious the Irish Army wants absolutely no resemblance to the British Army with its chevron stripes. The U.S. Army inherited its chevron stripe ranks from the British so the Irish want nothing to do with American rank insignia. I don't know why the Irish adopted the Austrian Steyr AUG bullpup instead of the M16A2 or later M4A1 carbine.
😂 If an Irishman wants to actually have a military career he joins the British Army. 1000000% fact as anyone with even a schoolboy’s grasp of the Irish military will confirm. The Irish Army as such is generally ranked at the level of a British lower-tier reserve outfit, only less well equipped, armed, trained or experienced.
@@ericsonhazeltine5064 again only you can answer that. I'll assume it's limited access to quality education or low IQ . Low intelligence people are consistently unable to overcome their desire for instant gratification. They frequently turn a blind eye to the long-term consequences of their present behavior.
@@ericsonhazeltine5064 again only you can answer that. I'll assume it's limited access to quality education or low IQ. Low intelligence people are consistently unable to overcome their desire for instant gratification. They frequently turn a blind eye to the long-term consequences of their present behavior.
@@ericsonhazeltine5064 Low intelligence people are constantly unable to overcome their desire for self gratification. They frequently turn a blind eye to the long term consequences of their present behaviour
Terrorists probably do. You should ask the CIA or maybe Israel. Freedom fighters certainly do, particularly ones who draw from the same cultural well as the State forces. Both Irish state forces and Old IRA and Provisional IRA would uae Oghlaigh na h-Eireann. The Provos certainly had military structure and quartermasters. How do you think they won/ground out a stalemate ?? So yes, most military forces of any consequence have rank structures, intelligence, and much of the usual component pieces. You come across as a snide fool. 😂
Is it okay to say Erin go Bragh? It appears in tweets linking to articles about Ireland, in St. Patrick's Day salutations from people boasting Irish heritage, and on Irish-themed bric-a-brac and souvenirs. While Erin go Bragh is usually a warm-hearted way to cheer on and signal all things Irish, it can sometimes come across as a bit patronizing.
Severe insignia inflation here? Three-star privates? That would be a Captain in other armies! Double sets of chevrons for sergeants? Does this make them twice as good as sergeants in other armies, who only carry one set? Seriously, though, is there a rationale behind these apparently quirky insignia choices?
The irish have a army? I thought they just sat back and let eveyone else fight to protect them because of there geography. I am a U.S. marine with 3 combat tours i never saw the irish
You didn't see the Irish because they are not in NATO so they are not inclined to join your wars of aggression. They know enough to stay at home and mind their own business. They are not interested in going into Iraq to look for WMD that never existed in the first place (numerous of your intelligence people told you that) resulting in the death of over a million Iraqi civilians and they are not supplying arms and money to Israel like you Americans are so you can help them commit genocide in Gaza. The US has an army and everybody that saw the Wikileaks knows what a disgrace it is.
The Irish are not a part of NATO so they don't participate in US wars of aggression ie. the second Iraq war for nonexistent WMD and Afghanistan which ended in a disgraceful withdrawal and the Taliban again in charge. We all know from Wikileaks what kind of an organization the US Army can be, at times. And of course, there is the ongoing genocide in Gaza thanks to US weapons and money and a bit of direct US military participation which I am sure someone like you would be proud of. I posted a similar comment here a couple of hours ago and it was taken down. Maybe the truth hurts but I expect this comment will also be removed. I am not Irish or American but It appears to be okay to mock the Irish army but not tell the truth about the US!!!
Damned right..the title is a composite of two common words of French origin. Lieu, in place of, and "tenant", or holder..this Lieutenant holds command in lieu of a senior officer..l believe "Left" was the mispronunciation by Prince Albert, who had a thick Cherman accent? Believe it or not, the Yanks have the logical pronunciation. Lol
There is a story of that there was some irish officers visiting some Bangladeshi troops on a peace keeping mission. there driver was an Irish 3 star private an older soldier in his 40s. They assumed he was a general as 3 stars was a general rank in the Bangladeshi army.. and the bangladeshi soldiers were all lined up in a guard of honour. The 3 star "general" was only too happy to play the part..
Interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
Sólo puedo decir XD
@criostoirashtin11 yes 2 stars meant you were half trained and 3 stars meant you were fully trained
Stars 1-4 are normally reserved for the General Staff Rank in most Armed Forces across the globe, not privates!
😅 priceless
Thanks for doing my suggestion
UK here - I like that Ireland has kept the rank of commandant, going back to the days when the country fought us. Regards to all actoss the bit of water.
The Corporals shown are from the Army Reserve element of the 12Bn, you can tell by the 12Bn badge above their chevrons and the "Cultaca" badge on the inspecting Officers jacket, he's from a different unit becauser his badge is different (also I know some of them, I'm also a Cpl in the 12Bn)
Wow that's amazing 😱😱
How long does it take to become a corporal in the reserve, training wise
Yooo those are my videos of my battalion 3rd BN “The Bloods” in the background kinda feel honoured now
Thanks for sharing.
The rank insignia up to officers are obviously intended to be as non British as possible. Strangely as soon as they reach the officer ranks they largely follow the British rank emblems, minus of course any crowns.
Can you do the army ranks of the old SADF and new SANDF of South Africa thank you
Will look into it.
Thank you for the reply stay safe
Former American soldier here. Glad there's no international cooperation of militaries. There are so many types of rank insignia I couldn't figure it all out. Couldn't tell who the officerrs were. Probably end up saluting everybody.
But there is. I served with ROK army and air force (not Katusa). I also met UK, German and Japanese officers.
Recognizing ranks can give you an edge, esp when you already speak the language fairly well.
No international cooperation? Its everywhere. UN, NATO, EUFOR, Partnership for Peace, African Union and doubtless many mnay more across Asia and beyond.
Great information. It’s interesting that the enlisted ranks are quite similar to those in the US army. I had never seen those insignia before, though.
I was with the reserve in Ireland 🇮🇪 as a nco corporal at 16 years old i still have all my badges and medals i was with the 14th infantry battalion A company 1023433 i joined at 14 i lied as i was turning 15 i skipped my 3 star rank and became a corporal and staying 9 years to which i turned down the officer course i just wanted more experience and working more with the training of young men into soldiers as much as we could,
Love the Irish ☘️ oops that’s me on my mums side..Cav (horse, armor)squadron Sgt.
Some fine men served in the Irish Army over the years ,many with great skills ,remember one guy like a tailor ,great with a sewing machine ,Pity the past governments closed down so many barracks around the country , Magee Barracks Kildare town , Built in 1901 to train British artillery brigades for service in the Boer War, and closed in 1998, the barracks provides an exceptional spotlight for the local history of County Kildare and the military history of twentieth-century Ireland.
There seem to be a lot of shopkeeper ranks in the enlisted ranks. A whole army full of senior quatermasters is fine to run Aldi but who leads troopr in the field?
Correction to the narrative... the "diamond(s)" referred to are known as 'Pips' - & that's in any Western Army (as far as Commissioned Officers are concerned).
The desperation to distance themselves from the British Army ranking system they went weird.
After serving 34 years in the Irish Army, and currently serving as a Company Sargent, these ranks seem perfectly normal, and it's the ranks the Brits have seem weird to me.
I was a chchchchbhairthegh in the ghairbhenthuukhen guards
“There” driver their driver cmon
As much as I love the Irish side of my family I think they over complicated their ranks but hey if it works for them go for it.
Same background music as Drachenfel.
Why no lance corporal?
I'm presuming private 3 stars is their equivalent
@@tigerland4328 could just have one double chevron instead
@@Mishima505 yes I know what you mean. I prefer it to be 1 stripe, 2 stripe,3 stripe etc rather than starting at two.
Honestly lad I'd say it's due to our size, armies like the British make use of it more I think. Would be nifty to have l, become the elusive 4 star pte 😅
the corporal rank used to be divided into 1-star and 2-star corporal, but it was simplified once UN missions started. Also, old NCO ranks used to have one less chevron, (i.e., one for corporal, two for sergeant, etc.) but that was changed when sergeants were misidentified as corporals by foreign troops.
Ranks?
Oh hello ducky.private.
Oh you're cheeky.corporal.
Hello handsome. Sergeant.
All with as many rainbow stripes as they can sew on!
Don't annoy the leprechauns now, to be sure !!
I'm an ex Irish soldier.
Did you know about the siege of gedovile? ❤🇮🇪❤
Jadotville.
Jadotville
So the Irish military doesn’t have the rank of general?
Irish Army ranks
- Hair of the Dog
- Slight Buzz
- Good Buzz
- Great Time
- I LOVE YOU GUYS!
- OH, YOU YA THINK YER F**KIN TOUGH HUH?
- Furniture damage
- Passed out
I guess they wanted to get away from British Army insignia for the most part....
Obvious the Irish Army wants absolutely no resemblance to the British Army with its chevron stripes. The U.S. Army inherited its chevron stripe ranks from the British so the Irish want nothing to do with American rank insignia.
I don't know why the Irish adopted the Austrian Steyr AUG bullpup instead of the M16A2 or later M4A1 carbine.
Thats easy. Because the Steyr Aug is a far superior weapons system in the field.
Stars or pips, but not diamonds.
Suspension Not qualified
What is the point of an Irish Army?
I am irish
Congratulations 🙄
My condolences.
sorry bout that.
😂 If an Irishman wants to actually have a military career he joins the British Army. 1000000% fact as anyone with even a schoolboy’s grasp of the Irish military will confirm. The Irish Army as such is generally ranked at the level of a British lower-tier reserve outfit, only less well equipped, armed, trained or experienced.
I didn’t know that Ireland even HAD an army. Why?
why you didn't know only you can answer that
@@cathalodiubhain5739 ha ha. Why no army?
@@ericsonhazeltine5064 again only you can answer that. I'll assume it's limited access to quality education or low IQ . Low intelligence people are consistently unable to overcome their desire for instant gratification. They frequently turn a blind eye to the long-term consequences of their present behavior.
@@ericsonhazeltine5064 again only you can answer that. I'll assume it's limited access to quality education or low IQ. Low intelligence people are consistently unable to overcome their desire for instant gratification. They frequently turn a blind eye to the long-term consequences of their present behavior.
@@ericsonhazeltine5064 Low intelligence people are constantly unable to overcome their desire for self gratification. They frequently turn a blind eye to the long term consequences of their present behaviour
Best airsoft ever
i did'nt know terrorist had ranks
Terrorists probably do. You should ask the CIA or maybe Israel. Freedom fighters certainly do, particularly ones who draw from the same cultural well as the State forces. Both Irish state forces and Old IRA and Provisional IRA would uae Oghlaigh na h-Eireann. The Provos certainly had military structure and quartermasters. How do you think they won/ground out a stalemate ??
So yes, most military forces of any consequence have rank structures, intelligence, and much of the usual component pieces.
You come across as a snide fool. 😂
@@Anrirua definitely the Irish terrorists
Irish Bridge Building Engineers do RiverDance
Keeping the north in check
Oh, behave wouldn't have the balls, just like in the 70s their balls dropped when they were "going to invade the North"
North side of Dublin?
LOL, they could not even keep a Lidls store in check, they got a right kicking that night.
im irish he he
Erin Gu Brath
Is it okay to say Erin go Bragh?
It appears in tweets linking to articles about Ireland, in St. Patrick's Day salutations from people boasting Irish heritage, and on Irish-themed bric-a-brac and souvenirs. While Erin go Bragh is usually a warm-hearted way to cheer on and signal all things Irish, it can sometimes come across as a bit patronizing.
Go brách
In Irish army Who gets the rifle on alternative weekends?
Quit trying to sound smart we like you the way you are.
Ss
Severe insignia inflation here? Three-star privates? That would be a Captain in other armies! Double sets of chevrons for sergeants? Does this make them twice as good as sergeants in other armies, who only carry one set? Seriously, though, is there a rationale behind these apparently quirky insignia choices?
Volunteers HH 💚
The Irish army are peacekeepers..
The irish have a army? I thought they just sat back and let eveyone else fight to protect them because of there geography. I am a U.S. marine with 3 combat tours i never saw the irish
And they never saw you there either because you’re full of shit.
Gobshite. Go research who was the first and second person to die in the US Civil War. Moreover, go research who founded your navy.
Well, well. As you can see, the Irish has a very fine Army - the Ranger Wing - their SF - won the international sniping match again this year.....
You didn't see the Irish because they are not in NATO so they are not inclined to join your wars of aggression. They know enough to stay at home and mind their own business. They are not interested in going into Iraq to look for WMD that never existed in the first place (numerous of your intelligence people told you that) resulting in the death of over a million Iraqi civilians and they are not supplying arms and money to Israel like you Americans are so you can help them commit genocide in Gaza. The US has an army and everybody that saw the Wikileaks knows what a disgrace it is.
The Irish are not a part of NATO so they don't participate in US wars of aggression ie. the second Iraq war for nonexistent WMD and Afghanistan which ended in a disgraceful withdrawal and the Taliban again in charge. We all know from Wikileaks what kind of an organization the US Army can be, at times. And of course, there is the ongoing genocide in Gaza thanks to US weapons and money and a bit of direct US military participation which I am sure someone like you would be proud of. I posted a similar comment here a couple of hours ago and it was taken down. Maybe the truth hurts but I expect this comment will also be removed. I am not Irish or American but It appears to be okay to mock the Irish army but not tell the truth about the US!!!
Ireland has an army? What for?
Irish Army. Why?
They really should have called it the IRA lol, sounds alot better than Irish defence force.
that term has heavily negative historical connotations.
@@conormcdonald8093 Or positive depending on your side and the IDF traces its routes to the IRA.
¿ rabia?
😂😂
@@oisinmtomI have a friend who has served in the Irish Army. He never ever ever said he was in the IRA. He also said he hated the provos.
3 levels, pished, very pished and on the deck pished
No full Generals, that's Irish.
I didn't even know Ireland had an Army.
Cool some fuckets going in to help Homas
Ireland doesn't have an army
bruh.....
There's no f in lieutenant
There is in Ireland
Damned right..the title is a composite of two common words of French origin. Lieu, in place of, and "tenant", or holder..this Lieutenant holds command in lieu of a senior officer..l believe "Left" was the mispronunciation by Prince Albert, who had a thick Cherman accent?
Believe it or not, the Yanks have the logical pronunciation. Lol
Wrong. there is in the irish Army and in most former commonwealth countries
@@Ears_Fears And present-day countries like Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
Ireland has an Army? Do they mean the I.R.A.? My mom's dad was a member, back in 1915/16.
There was no IRA by 1916
DO THEY NEED FEMALES? ARE THEY SERIOUS SOLDIERS AT AL, AT ALL?
I heard they're good at delivering a sound beating to keyboard warriors like you.
Irish army = bunch of carrots
At least they're all white.Which is more than one can say about the British Army.
There's a great lack of black people in the Republic of Ireland, that's true.
Nuff said
What the hell do the Irish need an army for? No one is going to invade them, and the Irish have not fought in a war in over a century.
The only reason people join the army is for that💶
Not an Army. A Joke!! 🇬🇧
The joke was on you when they kicked you out in 1921.