Dispossessed and oppressed for so long, it is no surprise many Irish ended up fighting in other peoples wars. For many a career as a soldier was the last hope for a better life and the great armies have always been a home to those on the bottom rungs of society. Courage and Conflict is based around extraordinary people and events, revolutionaries, inventors, soldiers, sailors and mutineers. Some are more famous than others but even the better-known stories are often only partially understood. For example, many know that Myles Keogh fought and died at the Battle of Little Bighorn but his involvement is shrouded in myth and legend. Little