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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 ...
The National Interest on MSN16d
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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The American Civil War through the eyes of an Irish photographer
As a teenager, he was an apprentice to the Irish American photographer ... For the first year of the Civil War, O’Sullivan worked with Brady, and then in 1862 became assistant to colleague ...
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12 June 1922: George V Receives the Colours of Disbanded Irish Regiments
¹ Men, who had been through the trenches of the First World War, wept. Colours were bestowed by the king to the regiments of his ... culminate in triggering Irish civil war.
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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 ... by Irishmen to 27 since the beginning of this war. [Editor's note: This is an article from ...
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The Fenians
When the American Civil War ended in April 1865, a group of former northern solders, mostly Irish Americans, formed small units intent on raiding Canada. Rumours reached New Brunswick that the ...