Irish neutrality in World War Two was a most extraordinary thing. The first RAF bomber pilot to be shot down and killed in 1939 was Willie Murphy from Cork. His navigator, Larry Slattery, from ...

More than 30,000 Irish soldiers who died during the First World War have been included in a new online database, The Irish Great War Dead Archive.

For Victory in Europe, or 'V-E Day,' a look at the stigma Irish men faced when they returned home from fighting in World War II. Bernard Kelly's "Returning Home" investigates the shameful way the ...

The brave Irish soldiers are taking shelter in special HESCO bunkers inside 6-52, which protects them from bullets and bombs. The area where their post is located is the scene of fierce fighting ...

Irish VCs, we've led the ... This story is taken from an interview with Michael Karney at the Dublin WW2 Commemoration, ... With Irish siblings and Irish soldiers it’s touching 200.

THE IRISH SOLDIERS. Share full article. From the Richmond Enquirer. Nov. 29, 1863; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 29, 1863, Page 2 Buy ...

However, not all of those hundreds of thousands of Irish immigrants were volunteer soldiers. In March of 1863, Congress passed a law that required most men to register for the draft.

Among the Irish American Soldiers buried in the Soldier's Lot is Pvt. Bernard Trainor. Trainor was an Irish immigrant who came to New York during the Irish famine in the 1940s, Flynn said.

March 05, 2025 at 0:01am GMT. The history of Irish soldiers in the British armed forces is to be the focus of a new £13.6m plan to open two museums in Belfast and Enniskillen.. The UNTOLD ...