If you close up on their eyes it’s very hard to take them seriously
OMG look at those fingers on the left. King Charles was in the RA!
I tried reverse image searching for source and my phone is now in the Ra
They had a drop of tea in their mouths and were trying to keep it warm
That’s really the Garda showing off what they got from a gun amnesty
I guess it was just cold
The longer you look the weirder it gets lol
That’s clearly Toby Jones in the middle, and he’s not Irish.
They’re just a bit cold there. Didn’t want to put the heating on.
They have two demands: Brits Out and Better Quality Balaclavas Now.
They just wanted to thank Mrs O’Reilly for making their lovely uniforms, and to advise that the committee will now meet in Eoin’s garage from now on as he got it converted, just lovely
the balaclavas dont fit correctly
The fella in the back with his shirt and tie on
Missing Father Ted episode has been found?
It was a meeting in 1985, of the leadership of the Tyrone Brigade. It was called to investigate who was stealing other peoples yoghurts, even though everybody had been following instructions to label their lunches.
Playing “spin the gun”….whoever it points to gets kneecaped
What is going on with those gloves? Do they all have hands the size of dinner plates?
You’re all laughing at the balaclavas, but it’s actually their facial features that are lopsided.
Joke- please don’t kneecap me nice Mr RA Man
Rubber Bandits old ass relatives…
I always thought it was just American re-enactors. I don’t think a Provo would ever run the risk of owning a uniform.
Nothing fits! Nothing! I imagine they have clown shoes, or else nothing below the table line!
It’s the Esb announcing an additional 33% increase from November
Oh that’s just the family. They’re not getting the heating this year.
IRA unboxing video
Inbreeding
Proves my theory that Prince/King Charles was an IRA spy. Look at the size of those sausage fingers.
Lad in the back left just casually pointing the gun at the other lads head.
Yeah, these guys were not very bright, just scrotes with guns.
“And now for the final full house at this the inaugural RA charity bingo night here at the bomb and fenian………”
The air freshener pinned onto their berets lets you know they mean business.
Part of the YouTube series ‘The IRA film reviews’ think this one was from the review of the little mermaid
There’s some weird looking coupons behind those masks 😂
Reminds me of the KKK bag scene from Django Unchained.
James McClean school history class
Those two in the back look like those teenagers you see on chat roulet it something that have iron cross flags hanging in their rooms
Demanding ladies lingerie in men’s sizes.
Not a cell phone in sight – just people living in the moment
We have A gun….and you can tell from the look of us we mean business. Step out of line and you’ll taste metal. We’ll belt you with the gun ‘cos we have no bullets.
Jedward in the back there good lads
The story is, the lads bought gloves that were too big, balaclavas that were badly made, and berets that were too small.
That’s king Charles on the left. You’d recognise the sausage fingers anywhere.
Makes complete sense if you think about it.
An annual Semtex convention
“I won’t get political after a few pints”
*me after a few pints*
Do the berets come attached to the balaclavas or are they sold separately? Asking for a friend…
Congrats English protestant, you’ve won a new car!
They’re not actually the IRA, they’re dissidents larping as the IRA. Those sort of groups tried to do photos like this all the time for propaganda reasons. Normally you can tell because they’re filming in their mother’s council house, using shitty balaclavas made from Primark/Pennies clothes, and the weapons cache they’re showing off is mostly spray painted nerf guns along with one actually gun one of them borrowed from their farmer uncle.
I’m not saying the original provos didn’t do propaganda photos, they did, but most of those photos would have been in black and white or grainy film footage captured from an terrestrial broadcast on BBC/RTÉ. By the time camera got good enough to get this sort of quality photo the actual IRA were committed to the the political strategy so photos like arguably did more harm than good.
In fact most of the full-colour photos used to represent the IRA in memes are actually dissident groups for this reason. Their photos are widely available online, on most news sites, are decent resolution, and at this point have become standard tropes in memes.
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If you close up on their eyes it’s very hard to take them seriously
OMG look at those fingers on the left. King Charles was in the RA!
I tried reverse image searching for source and my phone is now in the Ra
They had a drop of tea in their mouths and were trying to keep it warm
That’s really the Garda showing off what they got from a gun amnesty
I guess it was just cold
The longer you look the weirder it gets lol
That’s clearly Toby Jones in the middle, and he’s not Irish.
They’re just a bit cold there. Didn’t want to put the heating on.
They have two demands: Brits Out and Better Quality Balaclavas Now.
They just wanted to thank Mrs O’Reilly for making their lovely uniforms, and to advise that the committee will now meet in Eoin’s garage from now on as he got it converted, just lovely
the balaclavas dont fit correctly
The fella in the back with his shirt and tie on
Missing Father Ted episode has been found?
It was a meeting in 1985, of the leadership of the Tyrone Brigade. It was called to investigate who was stealing other peoples yoghurts, even though everybody had been following instructions to label their lunches.
Playing “spin the gun”….whoever it points to gets kneecaped
What is going on with those gloves? Do they all have hands the size of dinner plates?
You’re all laughing at the balaclavas, but it’s actually their facial features that are lopsided.
Joke- please don’t kneecap me nice Mr RA Man
Rubber Bandits old ass relatives…
I always thought it was just American re-enactors. I don’t think a Provo would ever run the risk of owning a uniform.
Nothing fits! Nothing! I imagine they have clown shoes, or else nothing below the table line!
It’s the Esb announcing an additional 33% increase from November
Oh that’s just the family. They’re not getting the heating this year.
IRA unboxing video
Inbreeding
Proves my theory that Prince/King Charles was an IRA spy. Look at the size of those sausage fingers.
Lad in the back left just casually pointing the gun at the other lads head.
Yeah, these guys were not very bright, just scrotes with guns.
“And now for the final full house at this the inaugural RA charity bingo night here at the bomb and fenian………”
[According to alamy](https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-police-officer-shot-in-northern-ireland-110371554.html?irclickid=RrdVDmzBMxyNRpcxCQUTgxq3UkDWPA0%3AGzPwxQ0&utm_source=77643&utm_campaign=Shop%20Royalty%20Free%20at%20Alamy&utm_medium=impact&irgwc=1) “Photo dated 18/04/2003 of members of the CIRA (names not known) reading a statement against joyriders in Belfast, Northern Ireland.”
There is no story in Ba Sing Se.
The air freshener pinned onto their berets lets you know they mean business.
Part of the YouTube series ‘The IRA film reviews’ think this one was from the review of the little mermaid
There’s some weird looking coupons behind those masks 😂
Reminds me of the KKK bag scene from Django Unchained.
James McClean school history class
Those two in the back look like those teenagers you see on chat roulet it something that have iron cross flags hanging in their rooms
Demanding ladies lingerie in men’s sizes.
Not a cell phone in sight – just people living in the moment
We have A gun….and you can tell from the look of us we mean business. Step out of line and you’ll taste metal. We’ll belt you with the gun ‘cos we have no bullets.
Jedward in the back there good lads
The story is, the lads bought gloves that were too big, balaclavas that were badly made, and berets that were too small.
That’s king Charles on the left. You’d recognise the sausage fingers anywhere.
Makes complete sense if you think about it.
An annual Semtex convention
“I won’t get political after a few pints”
*me after a few pints*
Do the berets come attached to the balaclavas or are they sold separately? Asking for a friend…
Congrats English protestant, you’ve won a new car!
They’re not actually the IRA, they’re dissidents larping as the IRA. Those sort of groups tried to do photos like this all the time for propaganda reasons. Normally you can tell because they’re filming in their mother’s council house, using shitty balaclavas made from Primark/Pennies clothes, and the weapons cache they’re showing off is mostly spray painted nerf guns along with one actually gun one of them borrowed from their farmer uncle.
I’m not saying the original provos didn’t do propaganda photos, they did, but most of those photos would have been in black and white or grainy film footage captured from an terrestrial broadcast on BBC/RTÉ. By the time camera got good enough to get this sort of quality photo the actual IRA were committed to the the political strategy so photos like arguably did more harm than good.
In fact most of the full-colour photos used to represent the IRA in memes are actually dissident groups for this reason. Their photos are widely available online, on most news sites, are decent resolution, and at this point have become standard tropes in memes.
Me and the lads about to party like it’s 1916