Cremona Heritage

22/10/2023

https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2023/10/18/athlone-womans-part-in-arc-de-triomphe-ceremony/

An Athlone resident who was instrumental in helping her sister-in-law discover a family link to Wolfe Tone last year, was a guest at a recent ceremony celebrating the historic mutual military support between Ireland and France in Paris.

05/09/2023

Wonderful reception at the Irish Embassy in Paris following the Ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe.

01/09/2023

01/09/2023

Wild Geese Remembered in Momentous Ceremony yesterday
at the Arc de Triomphe in honour of the heroic Légion Irlandaise of Napoleon’s Grande Armée and the Brigade Irlandaise of earlier French armies. This is believed to be the first time the role of the Wild Geese in France has been marked in this way, by special permission of the Comité de la Flamme.
On the same date, August 31st 1803, Napoleon created his Irish Legion which he later decorated with the coveted Golden Eagle for valour. 2023 marks 100 years since the flame was first lit.
Conducted by the French military, with participation from the Irish Ambassador to France, the French Ambassador to Ireland and descendants of Wolfe Tone, culminated in a flaring of the eternal flame under the Arc. It is also 225 years since General Humbert landed in Ireland in 1798 on the shores of County Mayo to support the rebellion of Wolfe Tone, remembered as the ‘The Year of the French.
Following the ceremony His Excellency Niall Burgess, Irish Ambassador to France hosted a reception at the embassy to mark the occasion. At 18.30 each evening since 1923, the flame is first lessened before being ceremonially renewed in memory of the unknown soldier and all who died fighting for France.
The event co-hosted by Cremona Heritage Ireland will be an annual one commemorating the role the Wild Geese played in French history.

01/09/2023

https://www.irishtimes.com/history/2023/08/31/arc-de-triomphe-to-host-military-ceremony-to-remember-the-irish-who-fought-in-the-service-of-france/
Vincent Guérand French Ambassador to Ireland, Niall Burgess Irish Ambassador to France and Catherine Mulawka, descendant of Wolfe Tone revive the flame at the Arc de Triomphe, in remembrance of the Wild Geese who fought in the service of France.

31/08/2023

Wild Geese to be Remembered in Momentous Ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe
Tonight, the 31st of August, a ceremony in conjunction with Cremona Heritage, will be held at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, in honour of the heroic Légion Irlandaise of Napoleon’s Grande Armée and the Brigade Irlandaise of earlier French armies. This is believed to be the first time the role of the Wild Geese in France has been marked in this way, by special permission of the Comité de la Flamme. On the same date, August 31st 1803, Napoleon created his Irish Legion which he later decorated with the coveted Golden Eagle for valour. 2023 marks 100 years since the flame was first lit.

17/06/2023

Le 92e RI célèbre avec le public ses 142 ans de présence à Clermont-Ferrand.

09/05/2023

Sarsfield best known for his defence of Limerick in 1690 after the Battle of the Boyne

17/03/2023

Fantastic afternoon spent performing at the Festival Quarter, at Collins Barracks.

03/03/2023

Where is Patrick Sarsfield, the first Earl of Lucan buried? One professor believes he has identified the mystery burial site in Belgium. Dr Loïc Guyon, Asso...

10/02/2023

Retired Members of the Irish Defence Forces Frank Quaid, Garrett Ryan and Matthew Gardiner proudly displaying their insignia at the Sarsfield Homecoming Project lecture at the Mary Immaculate College in Limerick.
Dr Löic Guyon gave an incredible presentation recounting his quest to find and repatriate the remains of Patrick Sarsfield.