Connolly Column

For the Irish volunteers that fought on the Nationalist side, see Irish Brigade (Spanish Civil War).

Memorial to Limerick men who fought in the International Brigades, erected outside Limerick City Hall in 2014.[1]

The Connolly Column (Spanish: Columna Connolly, Irish: Colún Uí Chonghaile) was the name given to a group of Irish republican socialist volunteers who fought for the Second Spanish Republic in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. They were named after James Connolly, the executed leader of the Irish Citizen Army. They were a company-strength unit of the XV International Brigade, which also included the US, British and Latin American battalions in Spain. The name is now retroactively applied to all Irish volunteers who fought for the Spanish Republic.

  1. ^ "Memorial to honour six Limerick men who fought in the Spanish Civil War", 14 Sept 2014, TheJournal.ie: (Retrieved 18 April 2016)