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1 online resource (288 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
Summary |
A history including the the Revolutionary War, the French Revolution, and the Flight of the Wild GeeseCovering the period from King James II's reign of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1685, until the disbandment of the Irish Brigades in France and Spain, this book looks at the origins, formation, recruitment, and the exploits of the Irish regiments, including their long years of campaigning from the War of the Grand Alliance in 1688 right through to the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. What emerges is a picture of the old-fashioned virtues of honor, chivalry, integrity and loyalty, of adventure and sacrifice in the name of a greater cause. |
System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
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Print version record. |
Subject |
HISTORY / Europe / Ireland.
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Soldiers -- Ireland -- History.
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Foreign enlistment -- Ireland -- History.
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Europe -- History, Military.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: McGarry, Stephen. Irish brigades abroad. Dublin : The History Press Ireland, 2013. 9781845887995 (pbk.) (DLC)2013464293 |
Standard No. |
9780750952095 |
ISBN |
9780750952095 (e-pub) |
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