THE IRISH
IN OTHER WARS AND ARMIESTHE IRISH
IN OTHER WARS AND ARMIES
UNITED STATES
Ireland and the American Revolution:
Irish Immigrants who Fought for America's Freedom
Commodore John Barry in the Revolutionary War:
The U.S. Navy's Irish-born Founding Father
Timothy Murphy, Frontier Rifleman:
Revolutionary War Marksman at Saratoga
Not All Irishmen Sided With the Patriots
Davy Crockett's Valiant Irish Dozen
Thomas Francis Meagher's Irish Brigade:
Parent Unit of the 'Fighting 69th' New York Regiment
The Irish Brigade Monument at Antietam:
Irish Who Fell on the Civil War's Bloodiest Day
Colonel Michael Corcoran's Irish Legion:
The Union's 'Other' Irish Brigade in the Civil War
From Civil War Hero to Indian Fighter
Corporal Michael Corcoran's Forgotten Medal of Honor:
An Irish American Veteran Pays Homage to a Hero of the Indian Wars
Irish-born Medal of Honor Recipients:
127 Honored For Bravery during the Civil War
Irish in the Confederate Army:
Generals, Units and a Chaplain
A Confederate Officer from Co. Cork
The Irish at The Little Bighorn:
7th Cavalry Troopers Who Fell with Custer
An Irish-born Officer Who Died with Custer
Named After the 7th Cavalry's Irish Marching Song
Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Joseph Daly, U.S. Marine Corps:
Double Medal of Honor Winner in China and Haiti
The Fighting 69th in World War I:
'Wild Bill' Donovan, Fr. Francis Duffy, and Joyce Kilmer
Fr. John Patrick Washington, U.S. Army Chaplain
Son of Irish Immigrants Earns Immortality in World War II
The U.S. Army in Northern Ireland During World War II
The U.S. Navy in Northern Ireland during World War II
The Americans in Ulster, 1942-1945
From GI Brides to Visits by Ike and Eleanor Roosevelt
The 165th (69th) Infantry in World War II:
Makin Island, Saipan and Okinawa
Irish America's Iconic Combat Hero
Irish
Dead in World War II Europe:
Remains of 18 Irish-born U.S. Soldiers Repatriated After War
Soldiers and Civilians in America's 'Forgotten War'
Irish Men and Women Listed on the Vietnam War Memorial
CANADA
The Fenian Invasion of Canada:
Irish Nationalists Threaten British North America
Fenian Brotherhood Routs the Canadian Militia in Ontario
A Canadian Perspective on the Fenian Raids:
Attacks Transformed 'British North America' into Nation of Canada
Irish-Canadians in World War I and II
MEXICO
Mexico's Legendary Hero was an Irishman
Lt. Col. Hugo O'Conor in New Spain (Mexico):
An Irish Officer Guards Spain's New World Frontiers
The San Patricio (Saint Patrick's) Battalion:
Irishmen Who Switched Sides During the Mexican-American War
Mark Day's Site on the Irishmen Who Died for Mexico
SOUTH AMERICA
ARGENTINA
The Irish-born Founder of Argentina's Navy
CHILE & PERU
The Irish Engineer Who Became Spain's Viceroy in Peru
Ambrosio's Son Leads Chile to Independence from Spain
VENEZUELA
Simon Bolivar's Hard-Luck Irish Legion
EUROPE
IRELAND
The Irish Defense Forces Website:
Serving Ireland and U.N. Peacekeeping Operations
Irish Armed Forces on UN Service
Peacekeeping from the Belgian Congo to Lebanon and East Timor
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
World War I Ireland in W.B. Yeats' Poem
Francis Ledwidges's Long Road Home:
Co. Meath Village Remembers a Soldier-Poet Killed in Flanders
The Story behind the Famous World War I Song
Ireland's Involvement in World War II:
Neutral, But Neutral for Whom?
Nazi Bombers Target Northern Ireland, 1941
Irish People in the Second World War:
An Irish Heroine and Hero
AUSTRIA
St. Patrick's Day in Vienna, 1766:
Irish Officers in Habsburg Service Celebrate March 17th
BRITAIN
Irish Men and Military Service:
Understanding the Irish who Served England in World War I
A Southern Irish Division in World War I
Northern Irish Division in World War I
The 10th (Irish) Division at Gallipoli, 1915:
A Mismanaged Assault in the Dardanelles
Bagpipes and Bravery in World War I
Concealed for Three Years in a French Cupboard
Dungarvan Museum Society, Co. Waterford:
Five Famous Irish Regiments of World War I
Remembering 'The Devil's Own' from 1793 through Disbandment in 1922
From India and South Africa to the Somme and Passchendaele
Athy Heritage Centre, Co. Kildare:
World War I's Cost in One Irish County
Irish Veterans Found a Country Utterly Changed
Co. Down Museum Remembers Ireland's Sacrifice
The Island of Ireland Peace Park at Messines, Belgium:
Honoring Ireland's Northern and Southern Great War Dead
Irish-born Ace Pilots in the Royal Flying Corps
Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross:
Britain's Highest Award for Acts of Gallantry
Ireland's Last Winner of the Victoria Cross
Northern Irish Regiment in WWII and Korea
FRANCE
Irish Regiments Save the French Army in Italy
The Irish Save the Day for France in Belgium
Fontenoy 1745, by Emily Lawless:
Poetry Celebrating Irish Role in French Victory over English
Battle of Culloden, Scotland in 1746:
Irish in French Service Support Scots against English
Irish Brigade Officers in the American Revolution:
Dillon's Regiment Against the English at Savannah, 1779
Raised to Invade Ireland, Decimated in European Campaigns
Wild Geese Heritage Museum and Library
Galway-based Tribute to Irish in French Service
GERMANY
A German Effort to Recruit Irish-born Prisoners-of-War
SPAIN
Irish in the Spanish Civil War:
Connolly Column versus O'Duffy Volunteers
Religious Motivation of Ireland's Pro-Franco Volunteers
AFRICA
Irish in British Service against the Zulus, 1879
John MacBride's Brigade in the Boer War:
Irish Soldiers on both sides in South Africa
Tom Crean Earns a VC against the Boers
Dublin-born Doctor Tends the British Wounded Under Fire
Bagpipes and Wolfhounds in the SANDF
THE IRISH IN FOREIGN SERVICE
(General Web Sites)
The Honourable Society of the Irish Brigade:
Irish Soldiers in Every Cause But Their Own
World War I to Vietnam, With a Tipperary Emphasis
Ireland's Exiled Soldiers, With U.S. Civil War Emphasis
Compiled by:
Brian McGinn
Alexandria, Virginia
February, 2002
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