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:

    The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings, which is a strain, so they get depressed; they have to be sad at funerals, which is easy, so they get happy.
    Peggy Noonan (b. 1950)

    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)