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Brig. Gen. Meagher’s Irish Brigade Made History in the American Civil War
We started by telling the story of El Batallón de San Patricio(“Saint Patrick’s Battalion”), aka the San Patricios, Irish immigrants to the United States who fought on the ...
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Saint Patrick’s Battalion: Why Irish-American Troops Defected to Mexico
The soldiers of Saint Patrick’s Battalion are regarded as national heroes in Mexico and Ireland. M arch 17 is, of course, St. Patrick’s Day (known in Gaelic as Lá Fhéile Pá ...
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A Toast to the Irish Regiment, New York’s ‘Fighting 69th,’ on St. Patrick’s Day
Americans celebrating Irish heritage on St. Patrick’s Day can do so by toasting the legendary 69th Infantry Regiment. “The Fighting Irish” embody the spirit behind today’s parades and parties, with ...
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12 June 1922: George V Receives the Colours of Disbanded Irish Regiments
‘The ceremony was one of the most touching that I ever beheld’, recalled John Fortescue, the librarian at Windsor Castle, describing the moment on 12 June 1922 when King George V received back ...
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Irish regiments lauded for victory at Guillemont and Ginchy
Somme, 11 September 1916 - The extraordinary achievement of Irish troops in seizing the French villages of Guillemont and Ginchy has drawn plaudits from military and press observers who have been ...
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The American Civil War through the eyes of an Irish photographer
With much of his collection preserved in the National Library of Congress, Timothy O'Sullivan's works included snaps of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army. Born in Ireland, Timothy O ...
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The Fenians
With the end of the American Civil War in 1865, another kind of menace was building on the United States border. This threat to the security of British North America would also push the colonies ...