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Brig. Gen. Meagher’s Irish Brigade Made History in the American Civil War
In September of 1861, Thomas Meagher began recruiting Irishmen to form a new Irish brigade. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day (known in Gaelic as Lá Fhéile Pádraig, i.e. “the Day of the Festival of ...
The proud and patriotic service of Irish Americans—whether first-generation naturalized immigrants or stateside-born, and whether Catholic or Protestant—in wartime is well-known, especially the ...
The story of American democracy is deeply intertwined with the contributions of dynamic leaders from the Irish diaspora. We ...
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