Commons Uproar
The House of Commons descended into uproar on 2 February 1900 after Colonel Edward Saunderson...
Irish Soldiers
Summit Disaster
For Limerick, whose city and county belonged to the recruiting region of the Royal Munster...
Roberts Arrives
Field Marshal Lord Roberts arrived at Cape Town on 10 January 1900 and assumed supreme...
Ladysmith Assault
Boer commandos launched a major assault upon the British defensive line south of besieged Ladysmith...
Divided Loyalties
Irish public opinion during the South African War was divided in a manner that exposed...
Headlines Divided
Dublin newspapers published extensive political and military coverage on 25 January 1900, placing Ireland’s internal...
Veteran Dies
Lieutenant-Colonel Abraham Boulger, one of Ireland’s earliest recipients of the Victoria Cross, died at Moate,...
Battalion Arrives
The 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment reached the Cape aboard the troopship Gascon...
Recruitment Intensifies
A fresh sequence of enlistments was entered for the Royal Irish Regiment as recruiting activity...
Military Review
Queen Victoria has reviewed troops drawn from the Dublin garrison and the Curragh Camp during...
Royal Farewell
Queen Victoria arrived at Kingstown today for what would prove to be her final visit...
Divided Loyalties
Irish soldiers continue to fight with British forces in South Africa while nationalist opposition to...
Boer Rallies
Public support for the Boer republics has taken a prominent civic form in Limerick as...
Boers Defended
Nationalists throughout Limerick are following a forceful parliamentary protest against Britain’s continuing war in South...