The Irish and English in Italy’s Risorgimento

The Irish and English in Italy’s Risorgimento

“The Irish and English in Italy’s Risorgimento“ by Mary Jane Cryan fills the void  of information in English about Italy’s 150th anniversary of unification being celebrated this year. Until now the stories of the one thousand  volunteers of St. Patrick’s Battalion’s who fought for the Pope and the English excursionists of the British Legion who sailed to Italy to support Garibaldi were forgotten episodes of the Italian unification movement .

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“The Irish and English in Italy’s Risorgimento“ by Mary Jane Cryan fills the void of information in English about Italy’s 150th anniversary of unification being celebrated this year.

Until now the stories of the one thousand volunteers of St. Patrick’s Battalion’s who fought for the Pope and the English excursionists of the British Legion who sailed to Italy to  support Garibaldi were forgotten episodes of the Italian unification movement .

Thanks to historian and journalist Mary Jane Cryan, a resident in Italy since 1965, we now have information on what prompted men to risk their positions and lives to fight in far-away Italy.

Her  research spanning several decades has unearthed confidential letters, diaries and secret documents regarding the Irish and English volunteers who fought in Italy’s Risorgimento battles in 1860.

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