Given my mothers name is Sullivan its not surprise that I have a fondness to the Irish in my armies. So in Honor of the holiday I figured I would do a little write up on the Irish Warriors of my 15mm armies. First Up are the French. From 1689 to 1745 there was a steady flow of Irish recruits to the French army. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Wild_Geese#French_service
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Cavalry Regiment Fitz-James |
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Regiment Clair/Wash |
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Regiment Buckly |
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Regiment Berwick |
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Regiment Dillion |
Given that they 'owned' Ireland the English had a lot of Irish in thier army but relatively few Irish regiments in this period.
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The Royal Irish Artilery |
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Irish Dragoons |
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Naples also had its share of Irish troops as in the example below that was from Spanish Servies and became the guard battalion of the Queen of Naples.
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Regina Regiment |
Finally we have the 19th Prussian Regiment. Not technically an 'Irish' Regiment but according to Christopher Duffy it had a high proportion of Irish troops.
Some of the pictures look considerably poorer here then they did on my camera... sorry for the poor quality.
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