The BRITISH Legion honoured at each year's Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo (June 24, 1821) was mostly IRISH! -- it had started out in 1812 - 1815 as the IRISH LEGION, under the command of The Liberator, Simon Bolivar.
Pro Deo, Rege et Patria, Hibernia Unanimis. (In English: For God, King and Fatherland, Ireland is United).
"SPQH" for Senatus Populusque Hibernicus
General Robert E Lee was rumored to have sayed to Gen Grant, "You only won because you had more Irish than we did."
The Famine is the defining moment in the history of Anglo-Irish relations. The fact that this could occur in what was then the richest country in the world is all you have to say really, to justify Irish independence.
the starvation england fault?
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/irish/unit_1.html
The BRITISH Legion honoured at each year's Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo (June 24, 1821) was mostly IRISH! -- it had started out in 1812 - 1815 as the IRISH LEGION, under the command of The Liberator, Simon Bolivar.
Pro Deo, Rege et Pat...