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The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to anti-imperialism through Irish republicanism , the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic free from British colonial rule.
The Service Dress (SD) Uniform is used by the Army for ceremonial and administrative duties. It resembles service dress worn in many armies, but is in a distinctive green shade. The uniform, introduced in 1961, consists of a jacket which is open to show a creamy brown shirt and green tie. [9] The layout of the uniform varies from corps to corps.
The Army, James II, and the Glorious Revolution. Childs, John (2014). General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army. Falkiner, C. Litton (1904). Illustrations of Irish History and Topography. Longmans. Kiley, Kevin F. (2021). Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars. Frontline Books. Monod, Paul (1993). Jacobitism and the English People, 1688-1788 ...
The first of these, introduced by the Supreme Military Soviet (SMS) [f] on 29 July, was 'the Revolutionary Military Symbol of the Red Army': a red enamel or painted star containing a bronze hammer-and-plough device set within a silver wreath (an oak branch on the left side and a laurel on the right). This was essentially the Red Army's ...
Below is a list of the 18th century Irish Volunteer corps, alongside details such as their uniform and leaders. Names with an asterisk (*) after them attended the National Convention of 1782. Names with an asterisk (*) after them attended the National Convention of 1782.
The regiment was raised in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, as the Volunteers of Ireland in 1777 and went to New York City with the British Army in April 1778. [1] The regiment was placed on the American establishment as the 2nd American Regiment (Volunteers of Ireland) on 2 May 1779, by Francis Rawdon-Hastings, an Anglo-Irish lord who had joined the British Army and rose through the ...
The Royal Irish Regiment, until 1881 the 18th Regiment of Foot, was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1684.Also known as the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in Clonmel. [1]
The ICA uniform was dark green with a slouched hat and badge in the shape of the Red Hand of Ulster. [23] As many members could not afford a uniform, they wore a blue armband, with officers wearing red ones. [citation needed] Their banner was the Starry Plough. James Connolly said the significance of the banner was that a free Ireland would ...