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In the Irish Brigade

CHAPTER 1: Fresh from Ireland
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And after all, we are nearer in blood to them than we are to the Germans, Austrians, or Spaniards, for there are few, even of our oldest families, who have not, many times since the days of Strongbow, intermarried with the English settlers.

At any rate, there are still plenty of adherents of King James in England and Scotland.

We speak the same language, and form part of the same nation, and I own that I would rather fight against any foreign foe than against them." "So would I," Desmond said heartily.

"Our only point of difference is that we don't agree as to who should be king.

We want a Catholic king, and the majority of the English want a Protestant king.


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