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The Irish Peace Corps in the Congo
In Episode 239, Lucas and Luna explore a lesser-known chapter of Irish history: the deployment of Irish Catholic soldiers to the Congo Free State under King Leopold II in the late 1880s. While previous episodes have covered the Easter Rising, the Famine, and the Wild Geese in Europe, this episode dives into the paradoxical role of the 'Irish Peace Corps'—a group of roughly 400 men sent by the Vatican to serve as police and medical staff in the brutal Belgian colony. We examine how these men, many of whom were veterans of colonial service or seeking religious vocation, found…
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