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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 ...
The National Interest on MSN8d
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.
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Taking another view of the Irish Civil War
For Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies Eunan O’Halpin, his fondness for reading print newspapers mirrors his approach to scholarly work, delving into bureaucratic archives of diplomatic, ...
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Irish Vietnam War hero to be honored with naming of US Navy vessel
He was studying to be a solicitor when the Vietnam War began to escalate. He subsequently joined the United States Marine Corps ... a US Navy ship after the Irish hero. This Saturday the USS ...
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The Fenians
With the end of the American Civil War in ... to mount a decisive military action, they became a compelling symbol for the need for Confederation. The Fenians were an Irish Catholic Group that ...