Several items re: Irish 1798 and 1803 revolts.

OOB: Light Brigade & Irish Militia: 1798.

Light Brigade: Formed the end of January 1797. Each light comp. was to be of 70 rank-and-file. See: p. 165, Nelson. The Irish Militia 1793-1802 - Ireland’s Forgotten Army. 2007. A short history of the Royal Longford Militia, 1793-1893. 1894: https://books.google.com/books?id=_7FGAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA93

1st Bat: Lt. Col. William Howe Campbell 65th Foot: 210 men of 65th Foot; light companies of the Tyrone, South Mayo, Louth, Longford, Downshire,Wicklow, Cork City, King’s County, North and South Cork Militias. 910 men total.

2nd Bat: Lt. Col. William Williamson 30th Foot:,259 men of 30th Foot; light companies of the Galway, Leitrim, Westmeath, Sligo, Dublin County, Waterford, Roscommon, Wexford, Londonderry, Meath, Fermanagh and Limerick County Militias. 1099 men total.

3rd Bat: Lt. Col. James Innes 64th Foot: 115 men of 64th Foot; light companies of the Tipperary, Kerry, Monaghan, Cavan, Dublin City, Carlow and Armagh Militias. 605 men total.

4th Bat: Lt. Col. William Stewart 89th Foot: 342 men of 89th Foot; light companies of the North Mayo, Kilkenny, Antrim, Clare, Donegal Kildare, Limmerick City and Queen’s County. 902 men total.

Irish Militia:

Unit colours:

“Like the regular army each battalion followed a standard practice for colours. Each had a king's Colour that was a Union Flag, and a battalion colour which was the colour of their uniform facings with a Union Jack in the canton. However unlike the regulars their does not seem to have been a standard practice for the devices and insignia displayed on them or of the material they were made of or how they were made. Most seem to have displayed a royal cypher or battalion name rather than a number. We are fortunate in that the National Museum of Ireland has in its possession remnants of some Militia colours. These are mostly second generation flags presented after the 1801 Act of Union. We know they were not the first because their is a newspaper article that describes a Militia battalion being presented with new colours in Armagh: "The regiment was drawn up in funeral procession before Major Cope's lodgings, commanding at Ennis at present. The ancient banners were given out, with which they proceed, the band playing solemn dirges, to the exercise ground. Here they formed a hollow square, in the centre of which the colours were burned and the ashes interred, over which the regiment fired three rounds. This ceremony concluded, the regiment again formed a hollow square and were presented with the new standards." ” : https://samsflags.blogspot.com/2014/12/development-history-of-irish-flags-pt8.html

Antrim Regiment: Lord John O’Neill (16.i.1740 - 17.vi.1798, from wounds received from insurgent pikemen 10 days eariler [Battle of Antrim].), Lt.-Col. Cmdt. https://www.royal-irish.com/stories/antrim-militia

Armagh Regiment: Arthur Acheson, Lord Gosford ( c.1744-5 – 14.i.1807): “Although the Armagh Regiment was ordered to be embodied on 3 May 1793, it was 16 September before embodiment was complete, suggesting that recruiting may have been slower than expected.” https://www.royal-irish.com/stories/armagh-militia

Carlow Battalion: Colonel Henry Bruen, Esq. (1741 –14.xii.1795) : https://www.igp-web.com/Carlow/Carlow_MILITIA_5.htm http://www.igp-web.com/Carlow/Henry_Bruen.htm

Cavan Battalion: Lt. Col. Edward Baker Littlehales (26.iii.1764-4.iii.1825) https://www.royal-irish.com/stories/cavan-militia

Clare Battalion: “The Clare Militia, which had been recruiting heavily, lost 5 dead, 10 missing and 3 wounded at the Battle of New Ross (5 June, 1798). Major Vandeleur, Clare Militia, took Irishtown, in New Ross. Control of the town swung back and forth between the army and the rebels for several hours until the army finally took firm control. ” [Luke Gardiner,] Lord Mountjoy [(7.ii.1745 – 5.vi.1798)] was killed in action at the age of 53, leading his regiment at the Battle of New Ross. ”

Cork, North Regiment: Lord Kingsborough, Lt.-Col. Cmdt. https://www.irishancestors.ie/forums/topic/north-cork-militia/ https://archive.org/details/recordofnorthcor00mercrich http://www.corkhist.ie/wp-content/uploads/jfiles/1940/b1940-029.pdf

Cork, South Regiment: http://www.corkhist.ie/wp-content/uploads/jfiles/1940/b1940-029.pdf

Cork City Regiment: the Hon. Richard Longfield; Montfort Longfield: http://www.corkhist.ie/wp-content/uploads/jfiles/1940/b1940-029.pdf

Donegal Regiment: Nathaniel, Lord Clements (9.v.1768 – 31.xii.1854): https://www.royal-irish.com/stories/donegal-militia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Clements,_2nd_Earl_of_Leitrim

Down Regiment: Lord Downshire; Arthur, Lord Viscount Kilwarlin, afterwards 2nd Marquis of Downshire; as second in command, Francis Charles, Viscount Glerawley, afterwards 1st Earl of Annesley: Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire (1753–1801): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Hill,_2nd_Marquess_of_Downshire https://www.royal-irish.com/stories/north-down-militia https://www.royal-irish.com/stories/south-down-militia http://www.irishmasonichistory.com/the-royal-downshire-militia.html

Dublin County Battalion: “Major [George] Ve[s]ey, of Dublin county regiment [sic], wounded.” “The Dublin County Militia was formed in 1793 and redesignated Dublin County Light Infantry in 1855. In 1881 it became the 5th Bn of The Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Headquarters were in Dublin.”

Dublin City Regiment: Henry Gore Sankey (-1821): “On 24 June, 1797, the City of Dublin Militia took up quarters at Clarecastle and Ennis.”

Fermanagh Battalion: https://www.royal-irish.com/stories/fermanagh-militia

Galway Regiment: William Le Poer Trench, Baron Kilconnell of Garbally (4.vii.1771-16.viii.1846): http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/history/chapter20.html “William Le Poer Trench in 1770... He was created Baron Kilconnell of Garbally, was Com-mandant of the Galway regiment of militia and opposed the French landing at Bantry in 1797.”

Kerry Regiment:

Kildare Battalion:

Kilkenny Regiment: https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Kilkenny_Fusiliers_Militia

King’s County Regiment:

Lentrim Battalion: “... the 10th, or Leitrim Militia was raised at Carrick on-Shannon in 1793 ....”: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=155&p=topics.Military.uk.britarmy

Limmerick, County Regiment:

Limerick, City Battalion: Colonel Charles Vereker “ “The Orange Society Medal”, an oval with ring for suspension; obverse, King William on horseback, within a border of flowers; on a scroll above, “The glorious Memory”, and underneath, “King and Constitution”. On reverse, a sword and sceptre crossed, and a crown, with a wreath of leaves and lilies; on a scroll, “God save the King”. Signed in small letters Brush. 2nd “The Battle of Collooney”; struck in silver, to commemorate the engagement between the Limerick Militia under Colonel Vereker and the French under General Humbert. Obverse, the Arms of Limerick and inscription, “Corporation and citizens of Limerick”. Reverse, a Royal crown with olive wreaths, inscribed, “To the Heroes of Collooney, 5th Sepr., 1798”, and signed Brush. ” : https://books.google.com/books?id=pVVmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA133 Also: https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/homeandinteriors/antiquesandfineart/the-1798-battle-of-collooney-recalled-in-lots-at-history-sale-390491.html

Longford Battalion: A Short History of the Royal Longford Militia, 1793-1893: https://books.google.com/books?id=_7FGAQAAMAAJ

Louth: Battalion: Colonel Thomas Henry: https://www.royal-irish.com/stories/louth-militia http://jbhall.clahs.ie/1690-1886_county_louth_regiments.htm http://jbhall.clahs.ie/1798%20The%20Men%20of%20The%20Louth%20Militia.html http://jbhall.clahs.ie/1797%20The%20Louth%20Militia%20Light%20Company.html http://jbhall.clahs.ie/1793%20Louth%20Militia%20Officers%20and%20Men.html

Mayo, North Battalion:

Mayo, South Battalion:

Meath Regiment:

Monaghan Regiment: https://www.royal-irish.com/stories/monaghan-militia

Queen’s County Battalion: Col. Lord Portarlington [John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington (23.viii.1744–25.xi.1798)]: https://chrisb2701.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/lord-portarlngton-and-the-queens-county-regiment-of-militia/ https://chrisb2701.wordpress.com/2016/06/26/the-gratitude-of-the-town-of-omagh-towards-the-militia/

Roscommon Regiment:

Sligo Battalion: Lt. Col. Henry King: “It was formed on or around 25th April 1793 [under Col. Henry King]. This regiment appears to have been disbanded in 1802 [?] and reconstituted on 15th March 1803 under Major Roger Parke's supervision. Again returning to the command of Col. Henry King.” “Colonel King of the Sligo corps, wounded. ” http://www.igp-web.com/sligo/Military/1802_Sligo_Militia.htm https://en-gb.facebook.com/groups/605357269662532/permalink/671829056348686/ https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=2446&p=localities.britisles.ireland.sli.general

Tipperary Regiment: Col. John Bagwell (1751–1816): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bagwell_(died_1816)

Tyrone Regiment: The Tyrone Regiment’s first Lieutenant Colonel was the [John James Hamilton, ]Marquis of Abercorn[ ( .vii.1756 - 27.i.1818]: https://www.royal-irish.com/stories/tyrone-militia http://www.inniskillingsmuseum.com/?gallery=the-tyrone-militia-1793-1919 https://archive.org/details/historicalrecor00coregoog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hamilton,_1st_Marquess_of_Abercorn

Waterford Regiment:

Westmeath Battalion: Lt. Col. Sir Hugh O’Reilly [later Nugent] (- c1825): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Big_Cross See 30th Cambridgeshire Regiment of Foot at: http://www.bandon-genealogy.com/Military_regiments_stationed_bandon.htm

Wexford Regiment:

Wicklow Regiment: http://www.countywicklowheritage.org/page/the_wicklow_militia_-_the_terrors_of_westmeath https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200143/BibliographicResource_2000069399389.html

Bibliography:

Carloviana: journal of the Old Carlow Society: Hadden. The Carlow militia. Vol. I, Ser. New, No. 9, pp. 20-24, December, 1960.

Cuffe. Records of the Waterford Militia 1584-1885. 1885. 112 p. :

Corw. Historical Record of the 2nd (now 80th), or Royal Tyrone Fusilier Regiment of Militia, from the Embodiment in 1793 to the Present Time. 1872. 112, [29] p. : ill. : https://archive.org/details/historicalrecor00coregoog

Evans. An outline of the history of the County Wicklow regiment of militia: : together with a succession list of the officers of the regiment from its formation in 1793 to the present time. 1885. [i-v] vi-x, [1-5] 6-58 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200143/BibliographicResource_2000069399389.html

Flower. Historical record of the 3rd Royal Surrey regiment of militia, no. 118. : Raised in 1798 revived in 1853 ... with which is incorporated a short sketch of the history of the militia. 1869. 58 p. : port. : https://books.google.com/books?id=XIBIAAAAYAAJ

Innes. The Aberdeenshire militia and the Royal Aberdeenshire highlanders, now third battalion the Gordon highlanders, 1798 to 1882. 1894. 32 p. : https://books.google.com/books?id=ywQHAAAAQAAJ

The Irish ancestor: Ffolliott. Some Irish Militia movements during the Napoleonic wars. Vol. I, No. 2, pp. 109-114, 1969.

Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society: McAnally. The Irish Militia, 1793-1816. Raising the Force in Cork city and county. Ser. 2, Vol. XLV, pp. 117-126, 1940. Moore. Some account of the North Cork Regiment of Militia (9th Batt. King's Royal Rifle Corps). especially with reference to its services in the year 1798. Ser. 2, Vol. IV, pp. 222-241, 1898. O’Connell. Augmenting the Irish militia, 1794-1808. Ser. 2, Vol. XLVII, pp. 50-51, 1942.

Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society: FitzGerald. The Kildare militia colours. Vol. I, p. 43, 1891-. Groves. Officers of the Kildare militia, 1794-1817. Vol. XII, pp. 194-197, 1935-45.

Journal of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society: Cuffe. The Waterford militia. Vol. II, pp. 249-250, 1896.

Kerry archaeological magazine: Fuller. The old Kerry militia. Vol. V, pp. 27-30, July, 1919 List of the Kerry militia of 1808. Vol. V, pp. 63-64, July, 1919.

List of British fencible regiments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_fencible_regiments

List of the officers of the several regiments and corps of fencible cavalry and infantry : of the officers of the militia; of the corps and troops of gentlemen and yeomanry : and of the corps and companies of volunteer infantry. 1795. iv, 180 p. ; 22 cm. : Reprinted 2019. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433006976801

List of the officers of the several regiments and corps of fencible cavalry and infantry - of the officers of the militia [&c.]. 22 June 1797. : Reprinted 2019.

List of the officers of the several regiments and corps of fencible cavalry and infantry: of the officers of the militia: of the corps and troops of gentlemen and yeomanry cavalry: and of the corps and companies of volunteer infantry: with an index: also a list of the officers of the cavalry and infantry associations: with an index. [1800]

List of the officers of the several regiments and battalions of militia and of the several regiments of fencible cavalry and infantry. : 7 vols. 1795-1801: 1795, 55 p., includes index. 1.vi.1796: [4],86p., includes index. Reprint Gale. On-line. 1797 1st July, [4],104,[2]p., includes index. 1798 1st Sept., [4],115,[1]p, includes index. 1799, 109 p., includes index. 1800, 120 p., includes index. 1801, 112 p., includes index.

A list of the counties of Ireland, and the respective Yeomanry corps in each county, according to their precedence, established by lot on the 1st June, 1798. Reprint Gale.

McAnnaly. The government forces engaged at Castlebar in 1798. Irish historical studies: the joint journal of the Irish Historical Society and the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies , Vol. IV, No. 16, pp. 316-331, September, 1945.

McAnnaly. The Irish Militia, 1793-1816. Raising the Force in Cork city and county. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society , Ser. 2, Vol. XLV, pp. 117-126, 1940 : http://www.corkhist.ie/wp-content/uploads/jfiles/1940/b1940-029.pdf

Mercer. Record of the North Cork Regiment of Militia, with sketches extracted from history of the times in which its services were required, from 1793 to 1880. 1886. 128 p. : https://archive.org/details/recordofnorthcor00mercrich

Nelson. The Irish Militia 1793-1802 - Ireland’s Forgotten Army. 2007. 272 p.

North Munster antiquarian journal: The Limerick City militia and the Battle of Collooney, 1798. With illustr. Vol. IX, No. 3, pp. 117-122, 1964, No. 4, pp. 193-4, 1965

Richey. A short history of the Royal Longford Militia, 1793-1893. 1894. : https://books.google.com/books?id=_7FGAQAAMAAJ

Owen. History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757-1908. 6 vols. 1989-2001: 1. Anglesey & Caernarfonshire. 245 p. 2. The Glamorgan regiments of militia. 279 p. : ill., facsims., maps, plan, ports. 3. Glamorgan (pt. 2); volunteers & local militia, 1796-1816, yeomanry cavalry, 1808-31. 126 p. 4. Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire & Cardiganshire (pt. 1). 136 p. 5. Denbighshire & Flintshire (pt. 1). 112 p. 6. Montgomeryshire regiments of militia, volunteers & yeomanry cavalry. 174 p. .

Rawstone. An account of the regiments of the Royal Lancashire Militia, 1759 to 1870. 1874. 463 p. : https://archive.org/details/anaccountregime00rawsgoog

The Scots Magazine, Vol. 57, September 1795. : https://books.google.com/books?id=MS4oAAAAYAAJ Vol. 1796: https://books.google.com/books?id=jC4oAAAAYAAJ Vol. 1797: https://books.google.com/books?id=zl4AAAAAYAAJ Vol. 1798: https://books.google.com/books?id=-V4AAAAAYAAJ Vol. 1799: https://books.google.com/books?id=U1wAAAAAYAAJ

Simpkin. History of the old county regiment of Lancashire Militia, late 1st Royal Lancashire (the Duke of Lancaster's own). 1888. 297 p. : https://books.google.com/books?id=V6GgAAAAMAAJ

Stewart. Sketches of the character, manners and present state of the Highlanders of Scotland. 1822: https://books.google.com/books?id=LdiljIvtwt4C

Ulster journal of archaeology: Miller. An Officer's experience in '98: A sketch of the life of Rowley Miller during the twenty five years he was actively employed in the Derry militia. Ser. 2, Vol. IV, pp. 228-231, July, 1898.

Several more items:

Wheeler & Broadley. The War in Wexford; an account of the rebellion in the south of Ireland in 1798 told from original documents. 1910. 438 p. , illus. : https://archive.org/details/warinwexfordacco00wheeuoft

Camolin Cavalry - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camolin_Cavalry

“The Camolin Cavalry was a mounted yeomanry unit drawn from the area around the village of Camolin, Wexford, Ireland. It was a part of this unit, commanded by Lieutenant Bookey, which encountered Father John Murphy's small band of rebels at The Battle of the Harrow in the parish of Kilcormick on the evening of 26 May 1798.”

Battle of the Harrow - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Harrow

Battles of the Irish Rebellion of 1798: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Battles_of_the_Irish_Rebellion_of_1798