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10th Anniversary of the BCR Irish Pipes & Drums
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History
The Uniform
"A traditional form of dress in Ireland was the "leine - chroich". The leine - chroich was a tunic worn loose down to knee. The fabric was normally saffron coloured (this dye was extracted from the Crocus flower by the Celts of Northern Europe from at least the time of Christ). Over the saffron shirt a large heavy woollen cloak, known as the Great Irish Mantle, was worn. Through the centuries these articles of clothing came to be the saffron kilt and the great cloak of pipers in the Royal Irish Rangers." http://www.royalirishrangers.co.uk/uniform.html
The Royal Irish Fusiliers
The Royal Irish Fusiliers was an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army, raised originally as 87 Prince of Wales's Irish Regiment. It was one of eight Irish regiments raised and garrisoned in Ireland. It saw quite an amount of service in the Napoleonic Wars and became famous as the first British Army unit to capture a French Imperial eagle in battle. The regiment got its nicknamed, the Faughs, for their Irish war cry "Faugh-a-Ballagh" (Fág a' Bealach, meaning Clear the Way).
This Regiment
Vancouver's11th Regiment of Irish Fusiliers training in Vernon 1914
The original Vancouver Irish Fusiliers regiment was housed in a drill hall near Stanley Park until the building was destroyed by fire in 1961. Formerly the Irish Fusiliers, the band's 2002 merger with the British Columbia Regiment (BCR) enabled the preservation of the original Irish regement's Battle Honours and band name. The Beatty street drill hall is now the bands home armory. The band maintains a proud sense of honour in representing the history of Vancouver's Irish Fusiliers.
Opening day for the BCR at the Beaty St Drill Hall 1901
Contact email: irishpipesanddrums@hotmail.com