"They fought as they revelled, fast, fiery, and true, And, though victors, they left on the field not a few; And they who survived fought and drank as of yore, But the land of their heart's hope they never saw more, For in far, foreign fields, from Dunkirk to Belgrade Lie the soldiers and chiefs of the Irish Brigade."

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Source : 1845 The Spirit of the Nation,'The Battle-Eve of the Brigade'.

Thomas Davis

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