Irish Brigade

Irish Brigade may refer to:

• Irish Brigade (French), the Jacobite brigade in the French army, 1690–1792
• Irish Brigade (U.S.), pro-Union Civil War brigade of Irish immigrants
• Irish Brigade (Rome) under Myles O'Reilly, and supported by Cardinal Cullen, that defended Rome in the Second Italian War of Independence.
• Tyneside Irish Brigade, World War I British Army brigade of Irish immigrants in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• Irish Brigade (Spanish Civil War), organised by Eoin O'Duffy to fight for Franco's Nationalists

See also

• Connolly Column part of the XV International Brigade to fight against Franco's Nationalists
• Saint Patrick's Battalion, fought for Mexico in the Mexican-American War
• Irish regiment, lists all such regiments in non-Irish armed forces
• Irish Brigade (World War I), unrealised pro-German brigade of Irishmen recruited among British Army POWs in Germany
• Irish Guards, a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army
• Irish Legion, raised by Napoleonic France in 1803-15.
• Irish commandos, fought with the Boers during the Second Boer War (1899–1902)
• North Irish Brigade, Infantry Depot M at Omagh
• London Irish Rifles Irish Regiment in the British Army
• Liverpool Irish Irish Regiment in the British Army
• The Independent Irish Party MPs in the House of Commons (1882-1914) were often described by opponents and supporters as the Irish Brigade.
• Irish South American Legion, created by Simón Bolívar, one of the officers was Morgan John O'Connell
• 38th (Irish Brigade), fought in Allied campaigns in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. www.irishbrigade.co.uk.