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The historic city of Waterford in the South of Ireland was the scene of the latest “promo” for this years Duncannon Military show. The City was founded in 914 AD by the Vikings who built a longphort or dock at the confluence of two rivers and named the place Vedrarfjiordr or windy fjord probably as a safe haven for Viking ships sheltering from a windy Irish Sea.

Reginald’s Tower on the cities walls marks the site of the first defensive structure built by the Viking settlers.

At the invitation of the local committee of the St. Patrick’ Day Festival, Battle Group South and the organisers of Duncannon 2009 were asked to participate in the parade. All of the groups featured in the following selection of photos from the parade are among the many participants who will be attending the show at the end of May.

Leaving Duncannon Fort - Home of BattleGroup South


Ferry Crossing


Unit Assembly Area


WARS Group


Screaming Eagles


Yes, Colour, I mean No, Colour.....


222 On the Move


Reginald's Tower 2009


Busy Street


Irish Great War Society



Irish Great War Society



The Legion Marches1



Standard Bearer



Honourable Senator and his Escort


I see Rommel has already pposted on this topic but I feel that the photos above also deserve a viewing. Enjoy!

TacAide

some extra good snaps you got up there , thank you for the kind words and show promotion , all appreciated in this difficult financial year , every show needs to push hard this year to keep running and get as much support from the public as posssible and fellow groups , thankfully Duncannon has a loyal and long established following from all sides .
Rommel

nice pics guys good to see the pc brigade aint got thier claws in ....yet

"Claws & pc brigade " , no place for them here les hearn .We had full permission from the local council and a police permit for this event .Please lets not get carried away here , it was a great day out and the public responce was fantastic .

Great stuff guys shows the quality of the irish re-enactment community. The 222 looks superb.

cheers

Nice ones lads congratulations they look great

Not only did we have full permits and everything above board but we were given a police escort up the town and got the whole colum of vehicles and men in position at the start of the parade in record time , to be fair to the police they were great and pulled out all the stops to get us set up and in position ,
Thanks to all who helped and assisited us on the day especially the lads on the police bikes , I am sure with a little training we coud teach them to ride the R75 s or Zundapps


Rommel