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Thomas Monaghan VC (Irish: Tomás Ó Manacháin; 18 April 1833 – 10 November 1895) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, during the Indian Mutiny. Monaghan was born at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.
Thomas Hughes VC (10 November 1885 – 4 January 1942) was a British Army soldier, and Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
A number of public and private collections are devoted to the Victoria Cross. The private collection of Lord Ashcroft , amassed since 1986, contains over one-tenth of all VCs awarded. Following a 2008 donation to the Imperial War Museum , the Ashcroft collection went on public display alongside the museum's Victoria and George Cross collection ...
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, KCMG, PC (12 April 1816 – 9 February 1903), was an Irish poet and journalist (editor of The Nation), Young Irelander and tenant-rights activist. . After emigrating to Australia in 1856 he entered the politics of Victoria on a platform of land reform, and in 1871–1872 served as the colony's 8th Prem
Monaghan (/ ˈ m ɒ n ə h ən / MON-ə ... William Temple, recipient of the Victoria Cross [citation needed] Sir William Whitla, politician and physician [33 ...
Francis Fitzpatrick VC (born in Tullycorbet, County Monaghan in 1859 – 10 July 1933) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Michelle Monaghan explains husband Peter White's "proud" reaction when she filmed an intimate scene with Tom Cruise for "Mission: Impossible III" shortly after they married.
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross in World War II.