Colours were bestowed by the king to the regiments of his army ... at Windsor that day—had won the Great War, handing back the Colours embodied their Irish defeat. The ceremony was a powerful ...

Somme, 11 September 1916 - The extraordinary achievement of Irish troops in seizing the French ... It was an athlete's – an Olympic – charge as well as a great feat of arms and before the ...

That’s according to Church of Ireland Archbishop John McDowell, as he addressed the Royal Irish Regiment’s annual ... the outbreak of the Second World War. But, he said, due to Christ's ...