Irish County Regiments

 

This is a list of post 1881 Regiments and their county affiliations (including Militia).

 

Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Militias of Clare, Limerick City, Sligo, South Tipperary, Waterford and Wicklow

Clare Artillery

Limerick City Artillery

Duke of Connaught's Own Sligo Artillery

Tipperary (or Duke of Clarence's Munster) Artillery

Waterford Artillery

Wicklow Artillery

 

Royal Irish Regiment: Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd (Wexford Militia) Battalion

4th (2nd North Tipperary Light Infantry) Battalion

5th (Kilkenny Fusiliers Militia) Battalion

 

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone and Donegal

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd (Fermanagh Light Infantry) Battalion

4th (Royal Tyrone Fusiliers) Battalion

5th (The Prince of Wales's Own Donegal Militia) Battalion

 

Royal Irish Rifles: Antrim, Down and Louth (“Ulster” on loss of Louth)

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd (Royal North Down Rifles) Battalion

4th (Antrim Militia (Queen's Own Royal Rifles)) Battalion

5th (Royal South Down Light Infantry) Battalion

6th (Louth Rifles) Battalion

 

Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria’s): Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd (Armagh Light Infantry) Battalion

4th (Cavan Light Infantry) Battalion

5th (Monaghan Militia) Battalion

 

Kings Royal Rifle Corps: Pan UK Regiment (Irish Militia Battalions only listed)

8th (Carlow Rifles Militia) Battalion

9th (North Cork Rifles Militia) Battalion

 

Connaught Rangers: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd (South Mayo Rifles Militia) Battalion

4th (Galway Militia) Battalion

5th (Roscommon Militia) Battalion

6th (North Mayo Fusiliers Militia) Battalion

 

Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians): King's (Offlay), Queen's (Laois), Longford, Meath and Westmeath

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd (King’s County Royal Rifles Militia) Battalion

4th (Royal Queen’s County Rifles Militia) Battalion

5th (Royal Meath Militia) Battalion

 

Royal Munster Fusiliers: Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd (South Cork Light Infantry Militia) Battalion

4th (Kerry Militia) Battalion

5th (Royal Limerick County Militia (Fusiliers)) Battalion

 

Royal Dublin Fusiliers: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd (Kildare Rifles Militia) Battalion

4th (Queen’s Own Royal Dublin City Militia) Battalion

5th (Dublin County Light Infantry Militia) Battalion

 

Rifle Brigade: Pan UK regiment (Irish Militia Battalions only listed)

6th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Longford Light Infantry) Battalion

8th (Leitrim Rifles Militia) Battalion

9th (Westmeath Rifles Militia) Battalion