#st patrick's battalion

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why did no one tell me this man existed

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#OTD in Irish History | 12 September:

In the Liturgical calendar, it is the Feast day of St. Ailbe, Bishop of Emly, Tipperary. Mexico – Commemoration of the mass hanging of the Saint Patrick’s Battalion. 1653 – Ireland and Scotland are represented by six and five members respectively in the ‘Barebones’ parliament which is in effect from 4 July to this date. 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Rebels attack Castlebar and are…

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CHILDREN'S PRINCESS ♡

The Princess of Wales attends the 1st Battalion Irish Guards St. Patrick's Day Parade at Wellington Barracks in her role as the Colonel of the Irish Guards | 17 MARCH 2025

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The Duchess of Edinburgh visits the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment for a St Patrick’s Day parade and presentation of shamrock. This was Her Royal Highness’ first visit as Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment since being handed the role in August | March 16, 2024

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The Princess of Wales attends the 2025 Irish Guards’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade at Wellington Barracks on March 17, 2025, in London, England, as Colonel of the Regiment. Her Royal Highness visits the Junior Ranks dining hall where the Senior Guardsman in the Battalion proposed a toast to The Princess.

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The Princess of Wales’ Year in Review: March

March 1st - The Prince and Princess of Wales presented Leeks to the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks for St David’s Day March 2nd - The Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway to Windsor Castle. The four royals then held a meeting with Norwegian Business Delegates March 7th - The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, held an Early Years Meeting March 8th - The Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards, visited 1st Battalion Irish Guards at Salisbury Plain Training Area March 9th - The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Hayes Muslim Centre March 13th - The Prince and Princess of Wales joined the King and Queen, the Princess Royal and Vice Adm Sir Tim, and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh at the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey March 14th - The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, received Professor Eamon McCrory (Board Member of the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood Advisory Group) at Windsor Castle March 15th - The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, held an Early Years Meeting March 17th - The Prince and Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards, presented shamrocks to the Irish Guards at Mons Barracks for St. Patrick's Day March 19th - Kensington Palace released two photographs of Catherine with her children for Mother's Day March 21st - The Princess of Wales, Patron of the Royal Foundation, held a meeting to launch a Business Taskforce for Early Childhood March 24th - The Princess of Wales wrote an opinion piece in the Financial Times, entitled "Investing in early childhood is a down payment on all our futures," about how business leaders need to invest now in the importance of early childhood, as a down payment for our collective future March 25th - A video of the Princess of Wales and Iceland (the shop) speaking about the crucial impact early years was released

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dang this story of solidarity in the face of oppression and colonialism is inspiring

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During the Mexican-American War, a group of mostly Irish immigrants (some Eastern Europeans and escaped slaves took part) decided to fight on behalf of Mexico. Generally speaking, the reason they decided to do so was primarily because they shared the same religion and faced discrimination by a mostly Protestant America. The soldiers who did so are known as “San Patricios” and Mexico has never forgotten their service. Mexico even issued a postage stamp in honor of the battalion recently.

There is an annual commemoration and there are plaques all over Mexico that commemorate them. Many city streets are named after them. Known to be the bravest and most successful unit in all of the Mexican Army, 72 of these brave Irishmen were captured after the Battle of Churubusco. Fifty of them were tried and sentenced to be executed, with 30 being hung in full view of both armies. Those that were not hung were branded on the face with a “D” for “deserter” and jailed, while non-Irish deserters of the war were pardoned.

So if you indulge in adult beverages today for St Patrick’s Day, tip your glass for a minute and share this story of the brave Irishmen who put morality first.

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I should be cleaning my space and making it fit for guests again. I am instead laying in bed and reading about the St. Patrick's Battalion, an artillery company made up of (primarily) Irish immigrants who deserted from the US Military to fight on the side of the Mexican Republic. Because they knew what an occupying army looked like and did not want to be a part of one.

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i knew Hozier was going to reference the St. Patrick's battalion at some point while he was here 😭😭😭 ( irish battalion that fought alongside mexicans during the USA invation in Mexico)

MY MAN KNOWS HIS HISTORY 😭😭

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17 March 2019 | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend the 1st Battalion Irish Guards St Patrick's Day Parade at Cavalry Barracks in Hounslow, England. (c) Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

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The Princess of Wales received three cheers as the Colonel of the Irish Guards as she attended the 1st Battalion Irish Guards St. Patrick's Day Parade at Wellington Barracks | 17 MARCH 2025

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St Patrick's Battalion - David Rovics (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins

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British Royal Family | The Duke Of Cambridge visits The 1st Battalion Irish Guards for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 17 March 2016.

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Libby Spotlight: Romance eBook Picks for Hispanic Heritage Month

A Ballad of Love and Glory by Reyna Grande

A forgotten war. An unforgettable romance.

The year is 1846. After the controversial annexation of Texas, the US Army marches south to provoke war with México over the disputed Río Grande boundary.​

Ximena Salomé is a gifted Mexican healer who dreams of building a family with the man she loves on the coveted land she calls home. But when Texas Rangers storm her ranch and shoot her husband dead, her dreams are burned to ashes. Vowing to honor her husband’s memory and defend her country, Ximena uses her healing skills as an army nurse on the frontlines of the ravaging war.

Meanwhile, John Riley, an Irish immigrant in the Yankee army desperate to help his family escape the famine devastating his homeland, is sickened by the unjust war and the unspeakable atrocities against his countrymen by nativist officers. In a bold act of defiance, he swims across the Río Grande and joins the Mexican Army—a desertion punishable by execution. He forms the St. Patrick’s Battalion, a band of Irish soldiers willing to fight to the death for México’s freedom.

When Ximena and John meet, a dangerous attraction blooms between them. As the war intensifies, so does their passion. Swept up by forces with the power to change history, they fight not only for the fate of a nation but for their future together.

History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

When Griffin's first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and started seeing Jackson, Griffin never doubted Theo would come back to him when the time was right. But now, the future he's been imagining for himself has gone far off course.

To make things worse, the only person who truly understands his heartache is Jackson. But no matter how much they open up to each other, Griffin's downward spiral continues. He's losing himself in his obsessive compulsions and destructive choices, and the secrets he's been keeping are tearing him apart.

If Griffin is ever to rebuild his future, he must first confront his history, every last heartbreaking piece in the puzzle of his life.

Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras

Sought-after social media influencer Sara Vance, in recovery from an eating disorder, is coming into her own, with a potential career expansion on the horizon. Despite the good news, her successful siblings (and their perfect spouses) have a way of making her feel like the odd one out. So, when her unreliable boyfriend is a no-show for a Florida family vacation, Sara recruits Luis Navarro—a firefighter paramedic and dive captain willing to play the part of her smitten fiancé . . .

Luis’s big Cuban familia has been in Key West for generations, and his quiet strength feeds off the island’s laidback style. Though guarded after a deep betrayal, he’ll always help someone in need—especially a spunky beauty with a surprising knowledge of Spanish curse words. Soon, he and Sara have memorized their “how we met” story and are immersed in family dinners, bike tours, private snorkeling trips . . . sharing secrets, and slow, melting kisses. But when it’s time for Sara to return home, will their fake relationship fade like the stunning sunset . . . or blossom into something beautiful?

This is the first volume of the "Keys to Love" series.

Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende

Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, Zarité - known as Tété - is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors who brought her into bondage. Though her childhood is one of brutality and fear, Tété finds solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and in the voodoo loas she discovers through her fellow slaves.

When twenty-year-old Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770, it’s with powdered wigs in his baggage and dreams of financial success in his mind. But running his father’s plantation, Saint-Lazare, is neither glamorous nor easy. It will be eight years before he brings home a bride - but marriage, too, proves more difficult than he imagined. And Valmorain remains dependent on the services of his teenaged slave.

Spanning four decades, Island Beneath the Sea is the moving story of the intertwined lives of Tété and Valmorain, and of one woman’s determination to find love amid loss, to offer humanity though her own has been battered, and to forge her own identity in the cruellest of circumstances.