List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients
Established in 1856, the Victoria Cross has been awarded to service personnel for extraordinary valour and devotion to duty while facing a hostile force.Between 1858 and 1881 the Victoria Cross could also be awarded for actions taken "under circumstances of extreme danger" not in the face of the enemy.[1] Six people (four Irish, one English and one Canadian) were awarded Victoria Crosses under this clause (one in 1866 during the Fenian raids, five for a single incident in 1867 during the Andaman Islands Expedition), until it was amended in 1881 to only allow acts "in the presence of the enemy".Both Catholic and Protestant officers and servicemen born in Ireland served alongside each other in the British Military.[3] During the previous two centuries they had a common military background, and irrespective of class or creed many were decorated with the British highest award for valour.
Michael O'LearyVictoria Crosspost-nominal lettersisland of IrelandBritish EmpireCommonwealth of NationspartitionedNorthern IrelandIrish Free StateRepublic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland Act 1948EnglishCanadianin 1866Fenian raidsAndaman Islands ExpeditionBritish Armed ForcesCommonwealth honours systemCatholicProtestantCrimean WarIndian MutinyJames AdamsSecond Afghan WarBritish Indian ArmyAfghanistanAugustus AgarBaltic Campaign 1918HM Coastal Motor Boat 4KronstadtJohn Alexander90th Regiment of FootSevastopolCrimeaCharles AndersonIndian Rebellion of 18572nd Queen's Dragoon GuardsSandilaJohn BarrySecond Boer WarRoyal Irish RegimentMonument Hill, South AfricaDavid Bell24th Regiment of FootLittle AndamanEdward Bell23rd Regiment of FootEric BellRoyal Inniskilling FusiliersThiepvalWilliam BeresfordAnglo-Zulu War9th Queen's Royal LancersUlundiSouth AfricaJames BerginAbyssinian Expedition33rd Regiment of FootMagdalaAbyssiniaEdward BinghamHMS NestorJutlandAbraham Boulger84th Regiment of FootLucknowGeorge Boyd-RochfortScots GuardsCambrinJoseph BradshawRifle BrigadeWilliam BradshawEdward Brown14th King's HussarsFrancis Brown1st European Bengal FusiliersNarnaulBryan BuddWar in AfghanistanParachute RegimentSanginHugh BurgoyneSea of AzovNathaniel BurslemSecond Opium War67th Regiment of FootTaku FortsJames Byrne86th RegimentJhansiJohn Byrne68th Regiment of FootInkermanThomas ByrneMahdist War21st LancersOmdurmanJohn Caffrey2nd York and Lancaster RegimentDaniel CambridgeRoyal ArtilleryPatrick Carlin13th Regiment of FootAzumgurhGeoffrey CatherRoyal Irish FusiliersAlexander CobbeSomaliland CampaignKing's African RiflesSomalilandWilliam Coffey34th Regiment of FootNevill CoghillIsandhlwanaHugh ColvinCheshire RegimentJohn Connors3rd Regiment of FootJohn Conolly49th Regiment of FootWilliam CosgroveRoyal Munster FusiliersGallipoliEdmund CostelloSiege of Malakand22nd Punjab Infantry