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      • Coming Down in the Drink – Flight Lieutenant John Brennan
      • The RAF’s Best Fighters Are On the Ground
      • The North Strand Bombings
      • Delta13Charlie
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      • A JILDY SOLDIER – Pte Patsy O’Neill
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      • MEMOIRS OF A PEACEKEEPER – CoY SGt Henry ‘Harry’ Mulhern (Retd)
      • TEN DAYS IN ÉLISABETHVILLE – Interview with CQMS Jimmy Clarke
      • War Along the Suez – Major General Vincent Savino
    • Ireland’s Military Story
      • The Siege of Derry 1689; The Williamite Wars in Ireland Part 1
      • The Siege of Derry 1689; The Williamite Wars In Ireland Part 2
      • The Siege of Carrickfergus 1689
      • The Ivy Patch Gun
      • Gloster ‘Irish’ Gladiator
      • The Massey Shaw
      • In Defence of Peace – The Siege of Jadotville
      • Did the Leinsters Flee At Chunuk Bair?
      • Gallipoli: An Irish Graveyard Part 1
      • The Waterloo Campaign: Ireland’s Soldiers in Red
      • Irish Soldier, Aviator, Pioneer – Colonel James M.C. Fitzmaurice D.F.C. 1898-1965
      • A French General, A Hero of Ireland – Général Jean Humbert.
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      • Ireland’s Emergency Fortress – Fort Shannon
      • The Guns of Spike Island
      • Keeping Ireland’s Aviation History Alive – The Ulster Aviation Collection
      • Ireland’s Ancient East – Barberstown Castle
    • Family History
      • Meeting His Fate Among The Clouds Above
      • Clement Robertson The First Tank VC
      • Over the Back Wall Irish Volunteer Joseph O’Neill
    • Irish Veterans’ Welfare
      • A Strong Voice For Veterans – The Veterans Commissioner For Northern Ireland
      • In Friendship and In Service Supporting the RAF Family
      • New Irish Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
  • Oral Histories
    • United States Army and Navy Veteran – John Casey
    • Company Sergeant Liam White (Rtd) – McKee Barracks Coy – UNFICYP – UNEF II
    • Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nick Collier – F Troop “Blue Ghost” 8th Cavalry Regiment U S Army,1968–1971
    • Corporal Tony Maher, Maynooth Platoon, C Company, 7th Infantry Battalion FCÁ
    • Cathal Berry TD, Commandant Rtd, Irish Army 1995–2019
    • Sergeant Matty Gardiner – 12th Infantry Battalion
  • History Bites
    • OnThisDay 1924 Óglaigh na hÉireann/Irish Defence Forces Formally Established
    • Bangor’s U-Boat Gun
    • The American Declaration of Independence – the Strabane Connection
    • Provisional Government Take Possession of Barracks
    • The QF 12-Pounder
    • 31 August 1921 – The War Officially Ends
    • Operation Deadlight
    • On This Day in 1963 America’s loss was Ireland’s Loss
    • Victory Over Japan
    • On the History Trail in the Glen of Imaal
    • USS Indianapolis Honoured
    • Ireland Deploys to Congo 60 Years Ago Today
    • Centenary of Connaught Rangers Indian Mutiny
    • Walking Dublin Bay’s Martello Towers
    • German U-Boats Surrender in Northern Ireland
    • 75th Anniversary Victory in Europe Day
    • Cork’s Arnhem Victoria Cross: Flight Lieutenant David Lord
    • Victory Day Commemorations in Dublin
    • A Wexford Man’s Plans for D-Day
  • News In Brief
    • Former Soldier Posthumously Awarded Gold Medal for Bravery
    • Cycling for Veterans in the Footsteps of Wellington’s Army
    • Disbandment of Irish Regiments Remembered
    • Centenary Ceremony Held at Baldonnel Aerodrome
    • ONE Launches Veterans Leadership Initiative
    • Commissioning of 97th Cadet Class and 11th Potential Officers Class
    • 3rd Infantry Battalion Commemorates Handover
    • Defence Forces Mark Centenary of the Handover of Beggar’s Bush Barracks
    • Centenary of Handover of Power to Provisional Government
    • Royal Irish and Defence Forces Musicians Lift the Air of Albert
    • Ulster Tower Centenary Commemorated in France
    • Athy Remembers its Great War Fallen
    • Tipperary Studies Launch Irish Great War Dead Archive
    • Veterans’ Support Recommences
    • 97 Years Defending Ireland
    • Appointment of Defence Forces Chief of Staff
    • Royal British Legion Centenary Commemoration Belfast War Memorial 2021
    • Secretary General Opens Irish Peacekeeping Museum
    • Carrickfergus Castle Hosts Massed Irish Bands
    • Veterans Charity Marks 70 Years
    • Troopers Mark Cavalry Day
    • Naval Service Marks 75 Years in Ireland’s Capital
    • Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner Visits Dublin
    • Veterans Commemorate Second Dáil
    • National Day of Commemoration
    • Annual Somme Remembrance Service
    • Annual Somme Commemoration Belfast
    • International Day of UN Peacekeeping 2021
    • ANZAC Day 2021
    • Newbridge World War II Veteran turns 100
    • O.N.E launches “I Am A Veteran Campaign”
    • NI Commissioner Urges Veterans to get in Touch
    • Inauguration of Irish American Joe Biden as US President
    • Passing of Irish Aviation Historian AP (Tony) Kearns
    • Antarctic Station – Named After Chilean Irish Founding Father – Reports Covid-19
    • New Mascot For Irish Guards
    • President Lays Wreath Commemorating Bloody Sunday
    • Speaker William Conolly Summer School Launched
    • Remembrance Sunday
    • 60th Anniversary of Niemba Ambush
    • New Crest For NIUAS
    • Happy Birthday Irish Defence Forces
    • Wexford Arnhem Veteran Honoured
    • New ‘Spectre’ PC-12s for the Air Corps
    • Appointment of Veterans Commissioner for Northern Ireland
    • International Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day
    • Farewell Delta13Charlie
    • The National Day of Commemoration
    • Annual Ceremony of Commemoration and Wreath-laying
    • IUNVA Mark Peacekeepers’ Day
    • Waterloo Uncovered – Walking Dublin Bay’s Martello Towers
    • Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace
    • New Jackals for Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry
    • ANZAC Day 2020
    • Historic Moment for the Royal Irish
    • Passing of Major General David O’Morchoe
    • Researching Military Records 1750s – 1860s
    • Glasnevin Honours Ireland’s Great War Fallen
    • Annual Remembrance Ceremony at Granegorman
    • Woodenbridge Great War Commemoration
    • Western Front Association Conference
    • South African Irish Regiment Renamed
    • The National Day of Commemoration – Collins Barracks, Dublin
    • Annual Ceremony of Remembrance and Wreath Laying Irish National War Memorial Gardens
    • Veterans Parade at Military Show in Naas
    • Retirement of Air Corps Reims Rocket
    • International Day of UN Peacekeepers
    • Glasnevin Commemorates US Memorial Day
    • Defence Forces Veterans’ Day
    • Reserve Celebrate 90 Years
    • Happy Birthday Lt. Col. Ned Cusack
  • Current Projects
    • Restoration of Memorial to Forgotten Celbridge Figure
    • In the Service of Peace – Congo Veterans
    • Recording the Story of the 18pdr with Sgt Robert Delaney
    • Project Update – A Strong Voice For Veterans
    • Recording Ireland’s Contribution to World Peace
    • Project Update – A Strong Voice for Veterans
    • From Comradeship to Challenge
    • Project Updates – Ireland’s Great War
    • Local Defence Force and Royal Air Force Ex-Serviceman Jimmy Dodd
    • Round Table Discussion in the Somme Museum
    • Celbridge’s Military Story – Celbridge’s Victoria Cross
    • Two Kildare Veterans Tell Their Story
    • Interview with Dr. Cathal Berry TD
    • Celbridge’s Military Story – Celbridge’s Lost Son – Private Robert Beveridge
    • The Emergency Air Corps
    • Sergeant Noel McGivern: retired Emergency and United Nations veteran with the Irish Defence Forces.
    • Dublin Port’s Emergency Story – LDF veteran – Oliver Joseph Doyle
    • Dublin Port’s Emergency Story
    • In Defence of North Kildare
    • Celbridge’s Military Story – Private Robert Beveridge A Son of Celbridge?
    • Kildare’s War of Independence Story
    • Celbridge’s Military Story – Sir Ivone Augustine Kirkpatrick
    • Celbridge’s Military Story: Sir Gerald Dease
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A French General, A Hero of Ireland – Général Jean Humbert.

  • Posted by : Wesley Bourke
  • Battle of Castlebar, Général Jean Joseph Amable Humbert., New Orleans
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Bi-Centenary of Battle of New Orleans commemorates an Irish connection with a difference. First published in Summer 2015 issue. At noon on 8 January 2015, a freezing, though sunny Louisiana Thursday, a very special ceremony took place in the grounds of St. Louis Cemetery, No. 1, 425 Basin Street, New Orleans, the final resting place


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