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Ireland’s Wars: South Dublin Union

Posted on Feb 19, 2019 by NFB

The western-most fighting within Dublin would belong to the 4th battalion of the Irish Volunteers, and most of that fighting would be done in a large complex called the South Dublin Union, located to the south-west at the city centre, near Kingsbridge … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The End Of The Somme

Posted on Nov 23, 2017 by NFB

September was wearing on, and the weather was getting steadily worse, but the Somme campaign continued. The 36th (Ulster) and 16th (Irish) Divisions had share their share of the fighting (and the casualties) but plenty of other Irish units separate … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Somme Continues

Posted on Nov 7, 2017 by NFB

There was little time for the British, or the Irish, to fully contemplate the scale of the disaster that had occurred on the 1st of July. The Battle of the Somme, and indeed, the Battle of Albert, were only just … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Gallipoli Debacle

Posted on Sep 12, 2017 by NFB

The established Irish regiments of the British Army had been battered and bloodied in the Gallipoli landings, with the larger effort floundering on isolated beachheads, that soon closer resembled the trenches of the western front than the more mobile affair … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Second Ypres, Second Artois

Posted on Aug 29, 2017 by NFB

For the BEF and the Irish regiments, the winter of 1914/15 was a miserable enough time. First Ypres had been a grinder: nearly 75% of the overall force were casualties. The famous truce passed quickly, and was only observed in … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: To The Trenches

Posted on Aug 22, 2017 by NFB

The Battle of the Marne, known also as the “miracle of the Marne”, took place between 6th and 10th September 1914. The battle is primarily known as a French and German one in popular remembrance, the clash of arms wherein … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Mons

Posted on Aug 8, 2017 by NFB

The early days of the war in Europe, for the men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) anyway, were a helter-skelter affair of rapid mobilisation, a boat ride across the Irish Sea or English Channel and a march through the … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Childers Reforms

Posted on Mar 7, 2017 by NFB

By the later part of the 19th century, the British Army had grown from a glorified part-time militia into a professional cross-continental behemoth, at the forefront of military tactics and technology. But with this expansion came problems, namely a messy … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Royal Irish Regiment In The 19th Century

Posted on Feb 21, 2017 by NFB

We’ve rapidly run out of expressly Irish topics to talk about when it comes to the 19th century, and the next time we turn back to the island of Ireland, we will be on the approach to the twin conflicts … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Royal Irish Regiment

Posted on Sep 30, 2015 by NFB

There were/are a large amount of “Irish” regiments within the British Armed Forces. Just check out this Wikipedia Category page, that only lists the defunct ones. The matter is complicated by the frequent creation and then extinction of these units, … Continue reading →

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