In 1922 six Irish-based regiments of the British army were disbanded, bringing to an end centuries of military service. Though resented by advanced nationalists, Ireland was throughout the 19th ...

The oldest of the regiments, the Royal Irish Regiment, which had its barracks in Clonmel, had served the British army since 1684. The disbanded regiments, with the exception of the South Irish ...

Disbanded regiments from the south of Ireland will also be a focus of the new museums. Chair of UNTOLD, Hugh Crossey, said: “Stories of the Irish in the British Army will hopefully inspire ...

Dr Laura Patrick, the regimental heritage officer of the Royal Irish Regiment, said she and her ... behind the often ...

In June 1920, members of the 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers, an Irish regiment in the British army, stationed at Jalandhar in the secluded Punjab region, mounted a protest that would reverberate ...

The history of Irish involvement in the British Army will be told in a new museum planned across two sites in Belfast and Enniskillen. The £13.6million project will trace the 350-year story of ...

Dr Laura Patrick, the regimental heritage officer of the Royal Irish Regiment, said she and her ... behind the often facelessness of the British Army". "What did the soldiers sign up for, why ...

"We are already surprised at the number of people from a range of traditions who have discovered ancestral and family histories amongst Irish regiments in the British Army".

Another British army official in Preston admitted that ... Contrary to popular belief, recruits are not forced into the so-called Irish regiments, such as the Irish Guards or the armoured unit ...

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 ...