The history of Irish soldiers in the British armed forces is to be the focus of a new £13.6m plan to open two museums in Belfast and Enniskillen. The UNTOLD: Stories of the Irish in the British Army ...
Those British forces stationed in Ireland that were the first to be ordered ... These various regiments were part of Lord Kitchener’s ‘new army’ that had been recruited from volunteers ...
UNTOLD: The Museum has unveiled plans to create a state-of-the-art museum across two sites in Belfast and Enniskillen.
The Irish Cabinet has approved draft legislation to change the rules that govern how its military can be used abroad.
Before 1922, all of Ireland was ruled directly from Westminster close WestminsterThe London location of the British government ... with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and, post-1969, the ...
A soldier in the British Army was more than three times the drink ... but was from Ballyclare in Northern Ireland, had drunk about 10 cans of lager and some shots of sambuca with his friend ...
Those British forces stationed in Ireland that were the first to be ordered ... These various regiments were part of Lord Kitchener’s ‘new army’ that had been recruited from volunteers ...
It is estimated that around 40% of the British army in the 19th century comprised soldiers from across the island of Ireland. Those behind the project say it will also connect with “contemporary ...