The Irish gunrunners of Philadelphia who ferried rifles to the IRA
By 1972, Cahalane was also one of the Irish Republican Army’s most successful international gunrunners, ferrying rifles and ...
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Ireland’s Army Ranger Wing Special Forces Are as Tough as They Come
Now we wrap up this series with a present-day military unit that fights for the Republic of Ireland itself. Say Erin Go Bragh ...
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Plans for big reduction in Irish Army size before the end of 1923
Dublin, 1 June 1923-The Irish National Army is to be drastically reduced in size. The number of National Army soldiers currently stands at 49,000, but the Free State government plans to shrink ...
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An Irish Diary on Edward Despard: the Irish officer who served in the British army but was executed as a revolutionary
On this week in 1798, Irish-born army officer Edward Marcus Despard was ... among them John MacNamara, a 40-year-old carpenter from Ireland. But how was it that an officer from a distinguished ...
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20-year-old Irish man fighting in Ukraine ‘presumed dead’ after Russian drone attack
The soldier is an Irish citizen born to Ukrainian parents ... Ryzhuk was reported to be involved in the Ukrainian Army’s drone unit. He went by the name Irlandets, which means Irishman.