The Irish flag - or, in Irish ... go down in history as Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher of the Union Army during the American Civil War. In the US, Meagher is best remembered for ...
Background: The flag was unveiled in 1914 as the flag for the Irish Citizen Army and depicts part of the constellation of Ursa Major, known as The Plough in Ireland and Britain. The Irish Citizen ...
The flag was presented as a gift to Meagher from a group of ... On Easter Monday, April 24th 1916, the IRB, Irish Volunteers ...