The Irish Regiment of Canada

2nd Battalion, The Irish Regiment of Canada is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based in Sudbury, Ontario. There is no 1st Battalion.

The Irish regiment was originally founded in 1915 with headquarters in Toronto. The modern incarnation was formed in Sudbury in 1965 by the conversion of the 58th Field Regiment RCA.

Battle honours

* The Great War: Arras 1917 '18, Hill 70, Ypres 1917, Amiens, Scarpe 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1918-18

* The Second World War: Liri Valley, Melfa Crossing, Gothic Line, Montecchio, Coriano, Lamone Crossing, Fosso Munio, Conventello-Comacchio, Italy 1943-1945, Ijsselmeer, Delfzijl Pocket, North-West Europe 1945

Alliances

*GBR - The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd, 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)

External links

* [http://www.2irrc.ca/ Unofficial website of the 2nd Battalion, Irish Regiment of Canada]
* [http://metsystems.no-ip.org/irish/ Clifford Weirmeir's historical page on the Irish Regiment]
* [http://army.ca/inf/irrc.php 2nd Battalion, The Irish Regiment of Canada at army.ca]
* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-Canada/volmil/on-inf/110Irish.htm regiments.org]

Order of precedence

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The Royal Canadian Regiment • Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry • Royal 22e Régiment • Governor General's Foot Guards • The Canadian Grenadier Guards • The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada • The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada • Les Voltigeurs de Québec • The Royal Regiment of Canada • The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) • The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment • The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment • The Lincoln and Welland Regiment • The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada • The Grey and Simcoe Foresters • The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) • The Brockville Rifles • Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal• The Princess Louise Fusiliers • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders • Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent • Le Régiment de la Chaudière • The Royal New Brunswick Regiment • The West Nova Scotia Regiment • The Nova Scotia Highlanders • Le Régiment de Maisonneuve • The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa • The Royal Winnipeg Rifles • The Essex and Kent Scottish • 48th Highlanders of Canada • Le Régiment du Saguenay • The Algonquin Regiment • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) • The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment • The North Saskatchewan Regiment • The Royal Regina Rifles • The Rocky Mountain Rangers • The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) • The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada • Royal Westminster Regiment • The Calgary Highlanders • Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke • The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada • The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) • The Royal Montreal Regiment • The Irish Regiment of Canada • The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own) • The Royal Newfoundland Regiment