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An Irish Diary on Edward Despard: the Irish officer who served in the British army but was executed as a revolutionary
On this week in 1798, Irish-born army officer Edward Marcus ... military family who had served with distinction in the British Army came to be publicly executed as a revolutionary?
Two new museums will tell story of Irish soldiers in British Army
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 ...
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The Provisional IRA killed more than 1,700 people during a 25-year campaign
Fifty years ago, the sparks of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland ignited the Troubles and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) was born. A fierce, new assault against British rule ...
Millions of pounds for museum about Irish in British Army
A new museum hoping to tell the 350-year history of Irish soldiers and their families in the British Army has been awarded ...
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Funding for museum about Irish in British Army
A new museum hoping to tell the 350-year history of Irish soldiers and their families in the British Army has been awarded £250,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. UNTOLD: The Museum has ...