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:
“The difference of the English and Irish character is nowhere more plainly discerned than in their respective kitchens. With the former, this apartment is probably the cleanest, and certainly the most orderly, in the house.... An Irish kitchen ... is usually a temple dedicated to the goddess of disorder; and, too often, joined with her, is the potent deity of dirt.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
“Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoitre the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox will eventually occupy.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)