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Colours of the Royal Irish Regiment (1848) The regiment was formed in 1684 by the Earl of Granard from independent companies in Ireland. [3] As Hamilton's Foot, it served in Flanders during the Nine Years War and at Namur on 31 August 1695, took part in the capture of the Terra Nova earthwork, later commemorated in the song 'The British Grenadiers.' [4] In recognition, of this, William III ...
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army created in 1881 and disbanded in 1922. It was one of eight 'Irish' regiments of the army which were raised and garrisoned in Ireland, with the regiment's home depot being located in Naas.
Many regiments were disbanded after most of Ireland gained independence in 1922, but an association exists today to commemorate the history and servicemen in the form of the Combined Irish Regiments Association. A number of contemporary British regimental traditions make reference to Irish culture.
0–9. 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards; 5th Royal Irish Lancers; 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars; 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot; 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot
With the independence of the Irish Free State in 1922, all the Irish line infantry regiments of the British army regiments were to be disbanded. However, this decision was later amended to exclude four battalions.
The six regiments were then all disbanded on 31 July 1922. [14] With the outbreak of the Irish Civil War, some thousands of the Irish regiment's ex-servicemen and officers contributed to expanding the Free State government's newly formed National Army.
The Royal Munster Fusiliers were disbanded at the time at the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. [3] The barracks were taken over by the Irish Republican Army in February 1922 and then secured by the forces of the Free State in August 1922 during the Irish Civil War. [1]
The Royal Irish Regiment was disbanded at the time of Irish Independence in 1922. [3] The barracks were temporarily secured by the Irish Republican Army in 1922 but then handed over to the forces of the Irish Free State. [1] They were then renamed Kickham Barracks after Charles Kickham, the Irish Poet. [1]