long, Éireannach, scottish, song, long, Èireannach, irish, irish, ship, designation, given, ships, irish, naval, service, fleet, this, context, abbreviated, eithne, deirdre, been, used, since, december, 1946, when, irish, naval, service, established, with, pur. For the Scottish song see Long Eireannach Long Eireannach Irish for Irish ship is the designation given to ships in the Irish Naval Service s fleet In this context it is abbreviated to LE as in LE Eithne or LE Deirdre It has been used since December 1946 when the Irish Naval Service was established with purchase of three corvettes from the Royal Navy Further reading EditMcIvor Aidan 1994 A History of the Irish Naval Service Dublin Irish Academic Press ISBN 0 7165 2523 2 Brady Jim 1996 The Irish Navy What a Life Dublin Anchor Press ISBN 0 9528447 0 2 This Ireland maritime related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This naval article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Long Eireannach amp oldid 1084233395, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
