Downtown Sudbury in Greater Sudbury, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

The Irish Regiment of Canada

1915-1990

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 8, 2024

1. The Irish Regiment of Canada Marker

Inscription.
This plaque commemorates the 75th anniversary of the gazetting of The Irish Regiment of Canada and is dedicated to those who have served the Regiment in peace and war and to the memory of those who paid the supreme sacrifice for Canada while serving in the following units:

180th (Sportsmens’) Battalion, CEF
208th (Canadian Irish) Battalion, CEF
1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, CEF
— The Great War 1914-1918 —
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First Battalion, The Irish Regiment of Canada, CASF
— World War 2 1939-1945 —

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 46° 29.4′ N, 80° 59.537′ W. Marker is in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. It is in Downtown Sudbury. It is on Minto Street just north of Brady Street (Regional Road 49), on the left when traveling north. The marker is located near the center of Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 163 Minto Street, Greater Sudbury ON P3E 3M8, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northeastern Ontario

and specifically in Northern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Founding of Sudbury / La fondation de Sudbury (within shouting distance of this marker); Sainte-Anne-des-Pins (approx. half a kilometer away);

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W. J. Bell (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); The Sudbury Basin (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Sacred Heart College / Collège du Sacré-Coeur (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); Austin Airways 1934-1987 (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); Laurentian University of Sudbury / Université Laurentienne de Sudbury (approx. 3 kilometers away); The Franco-Ontarian Flag / Le drapeau franco-ontarien (approx. 3.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greater Sudbury.

Also see . . . Irish Regiment of Canada (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: The Irish Regiment of Canada is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army based in Sudbury, Ontario. It is part of the 4th Canadian Division's 33 Canadian Brigade Group.
The Irish regiment was founded in 1915 with headquarters in Toronto. The modern incarnation was formed in Sudbury in 1965 by the conversion of the 58th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, which became 2nd Battalion, Irish Regiment of Canada.
In 1931 they became the only kilted Irish Regiment in the world with the adoption of their unique tartan
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 8, 2024

2. The Irish Regiment of Canada Marker
Looking northeast; Minto Street crosses in the background.
often called "O'Saffron" designed by Thomas Gordon Ltd. of Glasgow. (Irish regiments in the British Army utilize kilted pipers wearing a solid-coloured saffron kilt.) They also share the caubeen headdress common to other Irish regiments.

(Submitted on May 5, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 3, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 173 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 5, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.