Service
The Rangers served in, inter alia, the following places:
- Northern Ireland. 1 R IRISH first in 1989 and 2 R IRISH in 1991. This overcame resistance to the Regiment serving in Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles although most officers and many NCOs had traditionally completed operational tours with other regiments.
- BAOR. At amalgamation 1 R IRISH was in Osnabrück and 2 R IRISH in Lemgo.
- USA. Including a visit in the mid-1970s to Washington, D.C. when one Ranger with a knowledge of military history recalled the last visit in 1812 when Irish ancestors had burned the White House down.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina. As part of the first UK deployment and as reinforcements to the Cheshire Regiment.
- The Falkland Islands. Immediately after the 1982 war; no line infantry regiments fought in the conflict.
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