During the 19th century, around 40% of the British Army comprised soldiers from across the island of Ireland. Nowhere was the Irish influence in the British military more evident than at the ...

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 ...

During the 19th Century around 40% of the British Army was made up of soldiers from across the island of Ireland. Private James Duffy Their role in World War One is well known, but they also ...

A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.

“The British Army came to Ireland in the 19th century to find soldiers, because Ireland didn't have an industrial revolution, it didn't have an agricultural revolution and so there was lots of ...

As the United States invaded Mexico in 1846, Los Patricios, a group of immigrants, took up arms for Mexico to defend their ...

Local communities across Ireland and the world are gearing up for celebrations for the Irish patron saint on Monday ...

He was buried on the outskirts of the town, and after the war his body was recovered and he was buried as an unknown soldier at Zantvoorde British Cemetery. The bodies of Lance Corporal James Ball ...

More info A number of Irish words have been added into the Oxford English Dictionary ... to Waterford by Huguenot immigrants in the 17th century, though its exact history is difficult to determine.

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 ...