Irish Brigade

Irish Brigade may refer to:

  • Irish Brigade (French), the Jacobite brigade in the French army, 1690–1792
  • Irish Brigade (U.S.), pro-Union Civil War brigade of Irish immigrants
  • Irish Brigade (Rome) under Myles O'Reilly, and supported by Cardinal Cullen, that defended Rome in the Second Italian War of Independence.
  • Tyneside Irish Brigade, World War I British Army brigade of Irish immigrants in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  • Irish Brigade (Spanish Civil War), organised by Eoin O'Duffy to fight for Franco's Nationalists

Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or brigade:

    “Louise, something in me tightens when an American intellectual’s eyes shine, and they start to talk to me about the Russian people. Something in me says, Watch it, a new version of Irish Catholicism is being offered for your faith.”
    —Warren Beatty (b. 1937)

    “[John] Brough’s majority is “glorious to behold.” It is worth a big victory in the field. It is decisive as to the disposition of the people to prosecute the war to the end. My regiment and brigade were both unanimous for Brough [the Union party candidate for governor of Ohio].”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)