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Ireland’s Wars: O’Duffy’s Irish Brigade
The Spanish Civil War mirrored the many other examples throughout Europe and the rest of the world of the conflict between the left and right, and managed to draw many of the combatants of that conflict within its own borders. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged fascism, franco, history, ireland, irish brigade, jarama, madrid, nationalists, republicans, spanish civil war, war
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Ireland’s Wars: German Plots
Ireland in April/May 1918 was an island in uproar. The threat of conscription loomed large, and had motivated a unified struggle from nationalist and other groups to oppose it, a struggle that was causing the Dublin administration and London government … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1918, collins, conscription, de valera, german plot, griffith, history, ireland, irish brigade, sinn fein, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Tugela Heights
Two months on from “Black Week” and Buller, along with the rest of the forces under his command, were still on the wrong side of the Tugela River. It had been a costly period. Twice more, after the repulse at … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged boer, buller, hart, hart's hill, history, ireland, irish brigade, orange free state, transvaal, tugela heights, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Waterloo
Waterloo is, in my opinion, every bit the great “decisive” battle that it is made out to be. The French Wars had appeared to peter out in 1813 and 1814, as Allied armies overran France and Napoleon’s military found itself … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 12th, 1815, 18th, 27th, 6th, dragoons, history, hussars, ireland, irish brigade, le haye sainte, napoleonic wars, war, waterloo
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Ireland’s Wars: Napoleon’s Irish Legion
Napoleon Bonaparte was a singular individual, every inch the “great man” who did more than anyone else to inspire that particular approach to history. Having won a serious reputation during many martial exploits, Napoleon seized power in Paris in 1799, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged almeida, boper, dos de mayo, history, hundred days, ireland, irish brigade, irish legion, napoleon, walcheren, war, waterloo
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Ireland’s Wars: The End Of The French Irish Brigade
France in the late 1780’s was a tinderbox just waiting for the right spark. French involvement in the American Revolution and associated conflicts with Britain elsewhere around the globe had left the state near bankruptcy, with the military feeling the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1789, dillon, france, history, ireland, irish brigade, revolution, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Irish In The Seven Years War
The Irish Brigade had made their reputation in the War of the Austrian Succession, at places like Fontenoy and Lafelt. When that war concluded in 1748, with the Treaty of Aix-le-Chappelle, the Brigade was left as one of the most … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged carnactic war, fitzjames, france, french and indian war, history, ireland, irish brigade, jacobites, lally, seven years war, war, wild geese
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Ireland’s Wars: Culloden
It was April 1745, and the Jacobite forces that remained in Charles Stuart’s employ were preparing to face down the oncoming government army of the Duke of Cumberland. Here, just east of Inverness, the key battle of the ’45 would be … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 45, charles edward stuart, culloden, history, ireland, irish brigade, jacobite, war, young pretender
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Ireland’s Wars: The ’45 Collapses
Charles Edward Stuart was on the march in Britain. His Jacobite Army, predominantly made up of Scottish Highlanders with a mix of Irish volunteers from the Irish Brigade of France, was moving southwards, invading the north of England with the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1745, 45, charles stuart, cumberland, derby, highlanders, history, ireland, irish brigade, jacobites, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Jacobite ’45
In 1715, the Jacobites had made the largest concerted effort to retake the British throne since the initial War of the Two Kings. The effort had proven a failure, with James Francis Stuart chased out of Scotland, what soldiers his … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1745, 45, charles, hanoverian, highlands, history, ireland, irish brigade, jacobites, scotland, war
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