The prospect of Irish Defence Forces making incursions into Northern Ireland was mooted after violence erupted there in 1969 ...
In many accounts of the Rising those forces opposing the rebels are simply referred to as ‘the British ... 3rd Reserve Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment. The Marlborough Barracks housed ...
Two British officers, deeply influenced by Christian Zionism and the fight against Irish nationalism, are celebrated today ...
The Royal Irish ... the whole army on such issues as force levels. "The end of Operation Banner will inevitably mean the disbandment of the Home Service element of the Royal Irish Regiment." ...
The family of a man believed to have been shot dead by the British army have said they have no confidence in a controversial ...
THE Irish Guards gave three cheers for their absent colonel, the Princess of Wales, during a St Patrick’s Day parade at a barracks in Hampshire. On Sunday, 250 Irish Guardsmen marched onto the ...
A day later, as the news of Kate's public appearance went viral, the British Army removed the claim ... on her role as Colonel of the Irish Guards - the regiment trooping its colour this year.
1849 marked the last year of the Great Famine and while Athy had suffered none of the losses of the population as suffered on the western seaboard in the south of Ireland, deaths in the Athy Workhouse ...