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 ...

Two RIC officers killed that day - James McDonnell, in his 50s, from Co Mayo and Patrick O'Connell (30) from Co Cork - are thought to be the first casualties of the War of Independence.

during the years of the War of Independence as well. Irish accounts between 1918 and 1923, both first-hand and second-hand, indicated awareness of the social and political transformation of ...

Casement aimed to win German government support for the Irish independence ... held Irish prisoners of war to support a rebellion; to acquire arms and German officer support to progress that ...

While the opening shots of the War of Independence can be attributed to Dan Breen and the ambush of Royal Irish Constabulary officers at Soloheadbeg in Co Tipperary in January 1919 - around a ...