Irish Brigade
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During several historical wars members of the Irish diaspora have fought for their host country:
- Irish Brigade (French) formed from the Irish army after the flight of the Wild Geese in 1691.
- The Irish Battalion, or Los San Patricio, who defected from the U.S. army and fought on the side of Mexico against the US invasion of 1846-48.
- Irish Brigade (US) served on the Union side in the American Civil War in the 1860s
- Two Irish commandos fought with the Boers during the Second Boer War (1899–1902)
- Tyneside Irish Brigade, WWI brigade serving on the British side at the Somme.
- An Irish Brigade of 700 and lead by Eoin O'Duffy fought on the side of Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Articles on this unit.
Also, Britain has organised battalions of Irish soldiers from Ireland itself:
- Irish Guards, currently part of the British Armed Forces.
http://hometown.aol.com/cusam2/myhomepage/index.html is a personal thread of history from Connaught to Flanders to Irish Guards Dublin 1662 to St Germaine en Laye to 'en service de France' to Return to Ireland [Geo III's invite] to Royal Irish Regt today.
For articles on the armed forces of the Republic of Ireland see:
- Irish Army Rangers, a special forces unit.
- Irish Defence Forces
- Irish Army
- Irish Air Corps
- Irish Naval Service
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