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#onthisday 1854 The Light Brigade charged Russian positions at the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. Of the 674 men 114 were Irish. 21 Irishmen died, 16 were wounded & 7 were taken prisoner. More than 30,000 Irishmen served in the Crimea.
PS: I know this is the painting of the Scots Greys not the Light Brigade but I like it.

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#OnThisDay 1915 Daniel Daly, US Marines, led his 30 men against an enemy force of 400 at the Battle of Fort Dipitie. For this action, Daly would receive his second Medal of Honor. His first was in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Daly is one of two Marines to be awarded the MOH for two different actions.
Daly is also famous for shouting “Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?” to his men during the Battle of Belleau Wood in WW1. Although his words may have been exaggerated over time.
Daly was of Irish descent.

#OnThisDay the 1641 Rebellion began. This is one of the most destructive wars in Irish history which may have halved the Irish population. Sir Felim O’Neill & allies captured several forts in Ulster. But in Dublin, O’More & McGuire failed to take Dublin Castle. #Ireland #History

#OnThisDay 1920 Tom Barry & his Third Cork Brigade ambushed a column of Essex Regiment soldiers at Tooreen, Cork. The IRA killed 3, including commander Lt. Dixon, wounded 5-6 & took a tidy cache of arms. Reprisals in Bandon by the Essex Regiment followed.
#Ireland #History

#OnThisDay 1920 Charles Lynch, a 70 year old man was shot dead by L/Cpl McPherson of the Royal Scots. Lynch from near Miltown Malbay, Clare was trying to prevent two soldiers looting his house. The Scots, RIC and Black and Tans then burned the Lynch home.

#Ireland #History

Read more here: http://www.theirishstory.com/2013/02/07/missing-in-action-british-servicemen-secretly-buried-in-clare-during-the-war-of-independence/