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Can you point me at where on the Defence Forces website it says this? I can't find it from a cursory look. I have emailed the army PR department to see if it's OK by them. Arwel 22:26, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

THX for checking I understand that as long as the source is acknowledged the material may be used http://www.military.ie/terms.htm

Ah, thanks for that. Yes it looks like it's OK -- I'll restore the page (and just put a more obvious statement of the source of the historical stuff, for the avoidance of future doubt!). All the best, Arwel 18:39, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Name

Why is this at An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil instead of Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil? Should we move Irish Defence Forces to The Irish Defence Forces? Joestynes 19:07, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

While Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúl might be used commonly. The Offical Name is An F.C.Á. Remember this is an encyclopedia.

Not that it matters soon this will be redirect Page to Army Reserve.

Stabilo boss 15:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article is breaking two important conventions:

Use the commonly used name (not the most official one)
Leave out the definite article.

Exactly the same discussion came up at Garda Siochana (fomerly An Garda Siochana) and it was decided to get rid of the An. Iota 15:53, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name Change.

AS An F.C.Á. No longer exists this article should be going to Army Reserve or Irish Army Reserve. this page should be retained as a reference to the Historical Force.

An F.C.Á. is the Correct name and some people incorrectly refer to it as The F.C.Á. It should stay as it is.

What do you mean by "Definate article"

F.C.Á

also humorously refered to as "Fools Carrying Arms" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.41.129.132 (talk) 13:23, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

don't forget "Free Clothes Association" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.198.34.146 (talk) 07:36, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

...nor "Fish and Chip Army". This article is very po-faced, the FCAaa was a fun outfit, a chance to get away from the parents and sink a few pints.86.42.192.214 (talk) 20:39, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sandbagger Nickname

Sandbaggers (or Baggers for short) is the nickname PDF soldiers use for the RDF and the FCA before them. I dont know where the name came from but its in use. Most PDF soldiers never call then by the name RDF or Reserves etc but just call them the Baggers. Other nicknames where in use with the FCA, eg "Free Clothes Association". Im not sure if the RDF (or FCA) call themselves Sandbaggers or its just the PDF soldiers. Does anyone know where the name Sandbagger came from? MFIreland (talk) 16:40, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You have already been asked in edit summaries to provide a reliable source for this so-called 'nick-name', but instead have chosen to edit war vis *[1][2][3] Please self revert until you find a reliable source that both of these terms are as described. RashersTierney (talk) 17:28, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Im looking for an online source, if anyone else can help please do. I know this nickname and use it because im a member of the PDF but I dont think thats much of a cite. MFIreland (talk) 18:03, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You got it in one! One man's nickname may be another's term of abuse. 'Nickname' in this template is intended for well established and widely recognised colloquial names for certain military regiments. An example, properly cited, is The Old Guard[4] for the 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). But you need a ref to a reliable source as previously explained. RashersTierney (talk) 18:25, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A sandbagger is detailed to fill sandbags while his more macho comrades get to shoot at the enemy.86.42.192.214 (talk) 20:42, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Emblem in Factbox

I think the emblem being used for the army in the info box is probably in either in need of considerable touching up, or else replacement with the logo of the Irish Defence Forces without a background colour. While appreciating the good intentions of the editor who uploaded it, I think its probably too amateur for use in this page. If there is a higher quality emblem with the red background for the PDF (and green for the RDF) then thse should of course be put in. But for now, for the sake of a more professional looking page, I suggest the removal of the current logo.--104066481 (talk) 20:20, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Apparent Copyvio

Large sections of the section on the LDF appear to be lifted verbatim from here. Without attribution or confirmation that the author has given permission for it to be released under a free licence or for use on Wikipedia. It also appears to predate (by more than 10 years) its inclusion here. So I don't think the UL publisher sourced it from here. Unless there are other thoughts (or confirmation of source) then the copyvio material should be removed. Guliolopez (talk) 17:18, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's been a few weeks, and I've heard no other inputs, so have removed that stuff as apparent COPYVIO. Guliolopez (talk) 18:13, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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