Links

External Web Sites

This Links Section is provided as a service to the Military Heritage of Ireland Trust’s membership and to our web site visitors, to help finding other web sites which might be of interest to you.

Links to external web sites are provided for your convenience and are not under the control of the Military Heritage of Ireland Trust (CLG). No liability can accrue to the Military Heritage of Ireland Trust (CLG) in using external links posted on the Trust’s web site.

In addition to the links on this page, you are also invited to peruse the comprehensive list of web sites prescribed in the Directory of Internet Sites within the Research Guide section of the Trust’s web site.

Please contact Military Heritage of Ireland Trust (CLG) if you would like your organisation added to this page, or to report a non-operational link.

Military Heritage Links

• 10th Irish Division - The 10th Division came into existence as a result of Army Order No. 324, issued on 21 August 1914. It was formed of Volunteers, under the administration of Irish Command.
• 1798 Facsimile Documents - Web:1798 Facisimile Documents Site A collection of contemporary documents produced by the National Archives.
• 1798 Links - Numerous documents on the history of the rebellion.
• 18 (Regiment of Foot) Royal Irish Regiment Association
• 36 Ulster Division
• American Revolution - Numerous links to sites on the American War of Independence, a conflict in which Irish people fought on both sides.
• American Society for Military History
• Antrim and 1798 Wikipedia
• Army Museums Ogilby Trust
• Association of Retired Commissioned Officers (A.R.C.O)
• Athy County Kildare World War One Dead - The Great War dead of this Kildare town. An unofficial site
• Australian Army History - Official Australian Army site.
• Australian War Memorial - Official Australian government site, which includes a Roll of Honour of every Australian killed in the line of duty since the Boer War.
• Bandon County Cork Memorial Committee - An organisation set up to remember the war dead of this Cork town. An unofficial site
• British Army Regiments, 1914-1918 - The records of all the Irish Regiments during the First World War can be traced at this site.
• Brunssum War Cemetery - Dutch WW2 Cemetery with 328 graves of Allied Soldiers. There is a searchable database.
• Bureau of Military History (Military Archives) Searchable Witness Statements 1913-1921
• Canadian Military Heritage Project - Excellent site for genealogical research, beginning with the French-Indian wars of the 1600s. Numerous links of Irish interest.
• Canadian Virtual War Memorial - Official site, which lists the names of 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who died in the service of their country.
• Canadian War Museum - The national war museum of Canada .
• Centre for Military History - Two sites devoted to the study of American military affairs.
• Century Ireland (R.T.E. On line historical newspaper)
• Clare in 1798
• Combined Irish Regiments’ Association
• Commodore John Barry - The Irish founder of the US Navy.
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Corpus of Irish Electronic Texts - Online historical texts, particularly related to medieval Ireland .
• De Re Militari - European medieval warfare society website, with extensive links.
• Decade of Centenaries - Encompasses the different traditions on the island of Ireland and aims to enhance understanding of and respect for events of importance among the population as a whole.
• Dublin Memorials of the Great War - Private website that features memorials to Dublin casualties of the First World War and is integrated with online databases of research on individual casualties.
• Fenian Raids Index - Extensive Canadian links to this episode of Irish history.
• Fifth Royal Irish Lancers
• Gallowglass - Wikipedia entry outlining the history of Scots mercernaries in medieval Ireland.
• History of the Irish Defence Forces - Official site of the Irish Defence Forces .
• Imperial War Museum - Excellent site of UK 's national war museum with numerous interesting links.
• International Guild of Battlefield Guides
• Ireland World War 1 - A website that will act as a forum for everyone interested in the Irish participation in World War 1.
• Ireland WW1 Veterans
• Irish Arms - Links to medieval re-enactment societies and living history groups.
• Irish Defence Forces
• Irish Defence Forces Insignia - Contemporary insignia of the Irish Defence Forces.
• Irish Defence Forces Overseas service - Overseas Service Official site explaining the Irish Defence Forces' United Nations missions.
• Irish Korean War Dead - Unofficial site which records the Irish dead of the 1950-1953 conflict.
• Irish Loyalist Volunteers - Irish volunteers for the Crown during the American revolution
• Irish UN Veterans Association
• Irish Veterans
• Irish Vietnam War Dead - Unofficial site, which includes Irish dead of both US and Australian forces.
• Irish War Memorials - This web-site presents an inventory of war memorials in Ireland. It includes photographs of each memorial, the text of all inscriptions, and details of the site of the memorial. A database of all of
• Irish War Memorials Project
• Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross Wikipedia - List of Irish winners of Britain 's highest award for gallantry in wartime.
• Journey of Reconciliation and Trust - This site was established by those involved in the Messines Peace Tower project of 1998.
• Kildare in 1798
• Killeshandra and the 1641 Rebellion - The rebellions impact on Cavan.
• Land Forces of Britain and the Commonwealth - Extensive links for Irish regiments of the British Forces.
• Lives Remembered at St. Patricks Cathedral
• Long Long Trail, the British Army in the Great War
• Mayo in 1798
• Mayo Peace Park – Garden of Remembrance
• Meagher's Irish Brigade Wikipedia - The Union troops led by the ex-Young Ireland leader.
• Medal Association of Ireland
• Medieval Ireland in Maps - Includes many maps of military interest.
• Michael Collins - This site contains numerous links to sites commemorating the best known leader of the War of Independence.
• Military Archives - Irish Defence Forces
• National Archives - UK
• National Archives of Ireland
• National Army Museum War Museum - This museum is dedicated to the history of the British Army prior to the twentieth century.
• Norman Invasion - A well presented site with many illustrations explaining the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland from 1169.
• North Clare World War One Dead - Local commemorative site run by Clare County Library.
• Organisation of Ex Servicemen and Women
• Princes of Wales’s Leinster Regiment
• RMS Leinster - Commemorating the sinking of the Irish ship RMS Leinster on 10 October 1918. Military personnel from Ireland, Britain, the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand were lost in the sinking
• Royal British Legion
• Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association - Very useful information and links on Irish service in the Great War.
• Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Association
• Royal Munster Fusiliers 1914-1918 - The First World War record of this Irish regiment.
• Royal Munster Fusiliers Association
• Salonika Campaign Society, 1915-1918
• Sarsfield and Ballyneety - The destruction of the Williamite siege train by Jacobite forces during the siege.
• Shane O'Neill's Rebellion - Wikipedia entry outlining the Ulster Chieftains' wars of 1560's
• Somme Association
• South African Irish Regiment - Serving regiment of the South African Army.
• South African War - National archives U.K. - Virtual library on the Boer War that features information on the Irish who fought on both sides.
• South Irish Horse Association
• The 1641 Rebellion - Wikipedia account of the outbreak of one of the bloodiest rebellions in Irish History.
• The 1798 Rebellion - The BBC account of the bloodiest rebellion on modern Irish history.
• The 28th Massachusetts Volunteers - Excellent site devoted to this Irish Union regiment with good background to the social and political aspects of Irish participation in the conflict.
• The 36th Ulster Division - This World War One division was raised largely from the Ulster Volunteer Force.
• The Battle of Aughrim - Web: Battle of Aughrim Information Site The key victory of the Williamite forces in 1691.
• The Battle of Ballinamuck
• The Battle of Dysert O'Dea - Warfare between the Anglo-Normans and Clare chieftains in 1318.
• The Battle of Kinsale - Wikipedia entry on the decisive defeat of Gaelic Ireland and its Spanish allies in 1602.
• The Battle of the Boyne - The background to the most famous battle in Irish history.
• The Belfast Blitz - Wikipedia - The German bombing attacks on Belfast in 1941.
• The Cromwellian Settlement - The aftermath of the Cromwellian intervention following the 1641 Rebellion and the English Civil War.
• The Easter Rising 1916 - BBC site on the background to the Easter Rising.
• The Fighting 69th Regiment - The most famous Irish regiment in the Civil War from New York .
• The Huguenot Society of Ireland
• The Irish in Other Wars and Armies - Links detailing Irish participation in warfare from Argentina to Austria, from the 1700s to the present day.
• The Irish in Uniform - Tipperary based site that commemorates Irish service world wide.
• The Irish Regiment of Canada - Serving Canadian Regiment.
• The Kilmichael Ambush - The story of the November 1920 ambush of British troops by the west Cork IRA under Tom Barry.
• The Man Who Captured Washington
• The memoirs of Andrew O'Donoghue, Clare IRA - One Clare man's story of the 1919-21 period.
• The Military Chaplaincy - Defence Forces Ireland
• The Military History Society of Ireland
• The Normans in Thomond - Clare County Library site describing Norman rule in Munster
• The Rinneen, Co. Clare Ambush - A September 1920 encounter between the IRA and British troops.
• The San Patricio Battalion: A Bibliography
• The San Patricios – Mexico’s Fighting Irish - Tells the story of of the Irish men who deserted the US Army to fight for Mexico in 1846, many being executed as a result .
• The Siege of Derry - Wikipedia - The successful defence of Derry by the Williamites in 1689.
• The Sieges of Limerick - The Williamite army's unsuccessful attacks on the city.
• The Soloheadbeg Ambush - The January 1919 ambush which is often regarded as the beginning of the War of Independence.
• The Spanish Armada - Clare County Library site on the impact of the attempted 1588 invasion of Ireland .
• The Treaty of Limerick - The conclusion of the Williamite War.
• The Wild Geese - Irish American web based magazine
• The Wounded Warrior - Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) serves veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound, co-incident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001 and their families.
• Tipperary World War One Dead - An unofficial site which commemorates the contribution of natives of Tipperary in war time.
• Ulster and 1798 - BBC
• United States World War One Centennial Commission
• War in Clare during The Jacobite Era - Aspects of the war in the west.
• Western Front Association
• Wexford in 1798 - Wikipedia
• Wild Geese Heritage Centre - Site dedicated to the stories of the Irish soldiers who served in the European armies of the 1700s
• World War 1 – Jesuit Chaplains of the Irish Province
• World War Two and Ireland - Comprehensive site providing information on neutral Ireland 's defences and attitudes to the belligerent powers.