Ironside or Ironsides may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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''Ironside'' (1967 TV series), an American television series (1967–1975) starring Raymond Burr
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''Ironside'' (2013 TV series), a remake of the previous series, starring Blair Underwood
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''Ironside'' (Black novel), a 2007 urban fantasy novel by Holly Black
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''Ironside'' (Thompson novel), a 1967 American crime novel by Jim Thompson
* Sir Ironside, the
Red Knight
Red Knight ( cy, Marchog Coch, kw, Marghek Rudh, br, Marc'heg Ruz) is a title borne by several characters in Arthurian legend.
In legends Tales of Perceval
The Red Knight prominently appears in the tales of the hero Perceval (Percival) as his ...
of the Red Launds in Thomas Malory's ''Le Morte d'Arthur''
* In ''Doctor Who'', a term used by Professor Edwin Bracewell for his
Dalek
The Daleks ( ) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. They were conceived by writer Terry Nation and first appeared in the 1963 ''Doctor Who'' ...
s in ''Victory of the Daleks''
Places in the United States
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Ironsides, Maryland
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Ironsides Island, New York
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Ironside, Oregon
Ironside is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, Malheur County, Oregon, United States. The community is northwest of Vale, Oregon, Vale along U.S. Route 26 in Oregon, U.S. Route 26. Ironside has a post of ...
, an unincorporated community
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Ironsides, Pennsylvania, a populated area in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania
In the military
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Ironside (cavalry)
The Ironsides were troopers in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War. The name came from "Old Ironsides", one of Cromwell's nicknames.
The model regiment
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, a cavalry trooper in the army formed by Oliver Cromwell
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Operation Ironside, a military deception in World War II
* An alternative name for the
Humber Light Reconnaissance Car
The Humber Light Reconnaissance Car, also known as Humberette or Ironside, was a British armoured car produced during the Second World War.
Design
Produced by the Rootes Group, the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car was an armoured car based ...
, a 1940 British armoured fighting vehicle
People
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Ironside (surname)
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Edmund Ironside
Edmund Ironside (30 November 1016; , ; sometimes also known as Edmund II) was King of the English from 23 April to 30 November 1016. He was the son of King Æthelred the Unready and his first wife, Ælfgifu of York. Edmund's reign was marred by ...
(c. 990–1016), Anglo-Saxon king
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Björn Ironside
according to Norse legends, was a Norse Viking chief and Swedish king. According to the 12th- and 13th-century Scandinavian histories, he was the son of notorious Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok and lived in the 9th century, between 855 and 858. Bjà ...
, 9th century Viking chief
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Bjørn Haraldsen Ironside (''Bjørn Jærnside''; died 1134), Danish prince
Other uses
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Baron Ironside
Baron Ironside, of Archangel and of Ironside in the County of Aberdeen, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1941 for Field Marshal Sir Edmund Ironside, previously Governor of Gibraltar and Chief of the Imperial Ge ...
, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
* ''Ironsides'', a
West Cornwall Railway
The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, Great Britain, formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro. It purchased the existing Hayle Railway, and improved its main line, and built new sections between Pen ...
steam locomotive
* an Icelandic law-book, see
JárnsÃða
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Boston Ironside, an elite-level ultimate frisbee club team
* Operation Ironside, one name for the
ANOM sting operation
See also
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''Edmund Ironside'' (play), a piece of Shakespeare Apocrypha
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Old Ironsides (disambiguation)
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USS ''New Ironsides''
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Iron armour
Iron armour was a type of naval armour used on warships and, to a limited degree, fortifications. The use of iron gave rise to the term ironclad as a reference to a ship 'clad' in iron. The earliest material available in sufficient quantities for ...
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Ironclad
An ironclad is a steam engine, steam-propelled warship protected by Wrought iron, iron or steel iron armor, armor plates, constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships ...
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Armor
Armour (British English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, especially direct contact weapons or projectiles during combat, or fr ...
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Ironhide (disambiguation)
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Iron (disambiguation)
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Side (disambiguation)
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