Separately, the Combined Irish Regiments Association, which represents former and current Irish regiments in the British army, is holding hold a parade in London to the Cenotaph.

In 1922 six Irish-based regiments of the British army were disbanded, bringing to an end centuries of military service. Though resented by advanced nationalists, Ireland was throughout the 19th ...

The Irish Guards will become the first regiment to become an affiliated club within the GAA A British Army regiment will compete as a club in the GAA for the first time from next year.

More Irish people than ever before are joining the British Army because of hard economic times. Recruitment from Northern Ireland in 2006 featured 4 per cent of applicants with addresses in the ...

But the Irish didn’t just serve in the British army, they were also numerous in Australian, Canadian and of course American forces.

The history of Irish soldiers in the British armed forces is to be the focus of a new £13.6m plan to open two museums in Belfast and Enniskillen.

And I have to say, we who served in the irish regiments, and there were at that time 3 Irish infantry regiments in the British army, we had the feeling we were in the finest regiments in the ...

The history of Irish involvement in the British Army will be told in a new museum planned across two sites in Belfast and Enniskillen.

Belfast, 17 August 1916 - Pleas for recruits to join the British army have been made across Ireland in recent days. Official sources have said that the current rate of recruitment is not ...

Artifacts from six separate army exhibitions, including the Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum in Armagh and The Royal Irish Regiment Museum in Belfast will be “consolidated” in the new locations.