Irish nationalists in North East England

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‘Sympathy for the Pope’: Irish nationalists in the North East of England and the threat to Pope Pius IX.

Post author By Steve Shannon
Post date February 2, 2022
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In 1860 and again in 1870, young Irish Catholic men from the North East of England went to Rome to fight for the Pope in his struggle with Italian nationalist forces. This post will explore the background to this extraordinary episode and look at six of the Papal soldiers, all coal miners from Crook, whose […]

Tags Battalion of St Patrick, Bernard McAnulty, Berry Edge, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, Irish Brigade, Papal Zouaves, Pope Pius IX, Risorgimento, Spoleto