An examination of the muster rolls of the regular Continental Army corroborates this. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton wrote: The Emigrants from Ireland were in general looked upon as our most serious antagonists. Even the French aid to the Cause of American freedom included the famous "Irish Brigade"-under Dillon and Walshmen who had fled Ireland-"the Wild Geese"-na Geana Fiadhaineto fight against England overseas. On April 2. 1784. Lord Mountjoy publicly concluded in Parliament. "America was lost by [the action of] Irish emigrants." Let us not forget that Irish---Gaelicwas often spoken in the ranks of the Continental Army. and that George Washington was made a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick during the war. Gen.
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