Irish regiment

Irish regiment

An Irish regiment is a regiment (or similar military unit), excluding those actually in the Irish Defence Forces, that at some time in its history has or had intentional recruitment consisting primarily of members either from Ireland or of Irish descent. Irish regiments took part in several conflicts in world history.

Irish regiments in the Americas

:"Incomplete"

Irish regiments in Canada

* The Irish Regiment of Canada
* 199th (Duchess of Connaught's Own Irish Rangers) Battalion
* 208th (Canadian Irish) Battalion
* 121st (Western Irish) Battalion

Latin American

* 1st Venezuelan Rifles
* Saint Patrick's Battalion (Mexico)

Irish regiments of the United States

:"Incomplete"

* Irish Brigade (US)
**28th Massachusetts Infantry regiment
** [http://aotw.org/officers.php?unit_id=330 29th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment]
** [http://www.americancivilwar.com/ny63rd.html 63rd New York Infantry Regiment]
**U.S. 69th Infantry Regiment
**116th Pennsylvania Infantry

*9th Connecticut Infantry
* 7th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (US)
* 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (US)
* 30th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (US)
* 23rd Illinois Voluteer Infantry (US)
* 10th Ohio Infantry
* [http://www.irishheritagetrail.com/irishflag.htm 9th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment]
* 37th New York Volunteers, "The Irish Rifles"

Irish Brigades of the Confederate States of America

* 10th Tennessee Infantry (Sons of Erin)
* 1st Irish Volunteers
* Company E, 33rd Infantry, Stonewall Brigade (The Emerald Guards)
* Louisiana Tigers

Irish regiments of the British Army

:"Incomplete"
* Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
* 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
* Irish Guards
* Liverpool Irish
* London Irish Rifles
* Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
* Royal Irish Artillery
* Royal Irish Lancers
* Royal Irish Rangers
* Tyneside Irish Brigade

Regiments raised and garrisoned in Ireland

** Connaught Rangers
** Enniskillen Fusiliers
** Leinster Regiment
** North Irish Horse
** Royal Dublin Fusiliers
** Royal Irish Fusiliers
** Royal Irish Regiment (1684-1922)
** Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)
** Royal Irish Rifles
** Royal Munster Fusiliers
** South Irish Horse

Irish regiments elsewhere

:"Incomplete"
* Cape Town Irish Volunteer Rifles
* Connolly Column
* Irish Brigade (French)
* Irish Brigade (Spanish Civil War)
* Irish Boer commandos
* Irish Legion
* South African Irish Regiment

ee also

*
* Flight of the Wild Geese
* Irish Brigade

External links and sources

* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/rgtirish.htm List of Irish Regiments in British Army]
* [http://www.army.mod.uk/royalirish/ Royal Irish Regiment]
* [http://www.combined-irish-regiments-oca.org.uk/ Combined Irish Regiments Assosiation]
* [http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/index.asp?docID=2517 Department of the Taoiseach] - Irish Soldiers in the First World War


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