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unusual facts about Irish regiment



Irish Volunteers

Redmond, in the interest of ensuring the enactment of the Home Rule Act 1914 then on the statute books, encouraged the Volunteers to support the British and Allied war commitment and join Irish regiments of the British New Army divisions, an action unsuccessfully opposed by the founding members.


see also

Northern Ireland Home Service Medal

Full-time members of the Royal Irish Regiment qualify for the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

The Royal Mallows

The The Royal Mallows is a fictional Irish regiment mentioned in the works of Arthur Conan Doyle.