The Wild Geese2024-03-29T05:05:50ZDouglas Lawlesshttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/DouglasLawlesshttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/57439680?profile=original&xn_version=202403260758&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1&xj_user_default=1https://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForContributor?groupUrl=the-irish-military-history-group&user=0ed2ejmiglu3w&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBattle of Fontenoy - 11 May 1745tag:thewildgeese.irish,2020-03-09:6442157:Topic:2461022020-03-09T12:22:01.257ZDouglas Lawlesshttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/DouglasLawless
<p>Hi everyone. My first post in this group. </p>
<p>One particular interest of mine is the Battle of Fontenoy, especially the Irish involvement. This battle, took place on 11 May 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-48, in the Austrian Netherlands (now southern Belgium, not too far from the French border). On that day, six Irish infantry regiments (Clare, Lally, Bulkeley, Dillon, Rooth, Berwick) and one Irish cavalry regiment (FitzJames) formed part of the French army of Louis…</p>
<p>Hi everyone. My first post in this group. </p>
<p>One particular interest of mine is the Battle of Fontenoy, especially the Irish involvement. This battle, took place on 11 May 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-48, in the Austrian Netherlands (now southern Belgium, not too far from the French border). On that day, six Irish infantry regiments (Clare, Lally, Bulkeley, Dillon, Rooth, Berwick) and one Irish cavalry regiment (FitzJames) formed part of the French army of Louis XV, which defeated the Pragmatic Allies of Britain, Hanover, Austria and the Dutch Republic. The Irish regiments played a substantial part in the French success at Fontenoy. There were also Irish fighting in the British ranks, so to an extent countrymen faced each other at Fontenoy (which wasn't unusual, as the Irish 'Wild Geese' often joined different European armies, and sadly and invariably often ended up fighting each other).</p>
<p>The victory at Fontenoy became a thing of legend in Ireland, with the country subject to the Penal Laws at the time, and entered into folklore. A century later, poems and literature were still being written about it, at a time of resurgent Irish nationalism. Unfortunately, today Fontenoy seems all but forgotten in the Emerald Isle, probably due to the passing of time as much as anything else. This is a pity. The 275th Anniversary of Fontenoy will occur in 2 months, on 11 May 2020.</p>
<p>Anyway, I've previously put together a website on Fontenoy and Irish involvement, which will continue to grow over time. As of now, it has (1) a Database of Irish participants who were (or may have been) at Fontenoy, with 300+ names; (2) a Roll of Irish Participants (giving greater detail on such persons); and (3) a Blog, which is a recent addition.</p>
<p>It can be read here: <a href="https://11may1745.wordpress.com">https://11may1745.wordpress.com</a></p>
<p>Hopefully it might be of interest to some of you.</p>
<p>Doug. </p> Irish Soldiers' Records Search the enlistment books of the five disbanded Irish regiments. The Connaught Rangers, the Leinster Regiment, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Regiment and the Rotag:thewildgeese.irish,2016-12-08:6442157:Topic:2082492016-12-08T03:52:26.755ZDouglas Lawlesshttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/DouglasLawless
<div class="tb"><p>Irish Soldiers' Records Search the enlistment books of the five disbanded Irish regiments. The Connaught Rangers, the Leinster Regiment, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Regiment and the Royal Munster Fusiliers<br></br><br></br></p>
</div>
<div class="xg_module_body"><div class="discussion"><div class="description"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nam.ac.uk/soldiers-records/persons" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SEARCHABLE…</a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="tb"><p>Irish Soldiers' Records Search the enlistment books of the five disbanded Irish regiments. The Connaught Rangers, the Leinster Regiment, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Regiment and the Royal Munster Fusiliers<br/><br/></p>
</div>
<div class="xg_module_body"><div class="discussion"><div class="description"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nam.ac.uk/soldiers-records/persons" target="_blank">SEARCHABLE DATABASE</a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div> Irish War Memorials websitetag:thewildgeese.irish,2015-09-10:6442157:Topic:1695832015-09-10T15:45:19.773ZDouglas Lawlesshttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/DouglasLawless
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/84713378?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/84713378?profile=RESIZE_480x480" style="padding: 10px;" width="350"></img></a> I found this <a href="http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/" target="_blank">website</a> a while back and was able to note the location of several interesting monuments and find them while I was in Ireland in June. This is by no means all the war memorials in Ireland, far from it, but it's an attempt to catalog them. The site was started in November 2004 is run by Michael Pegum of…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/84713378?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="350" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/84713378?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="350" class="align-left" style="padding: 10px;"/></a>I found this <a href="http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/" target="_blank">website</a> a while back and was able to note the location of several interesting monuments and find them while I was in Ireland in June. This is by no means all the war memorials in Ireland, far from it, but it's an attempt to catalog them. The site was started in November 2004 is run by Michael Pegum of Donnybrook. This is far too large an undertaking for any one person, so he's asking, and getting, contributions from other people. There is a form on the site that people can copy to send him pictures and information on memorials that aren't on his site yet. His goal is to eventually document all the memorials and monuments in Ireland and eventually to hand the website over to the National Museum together with the paper documents on which it is based. That's certainly a great idea and a noble undertaking by Mr. Pegum. Here's info from the home page of the site: </p>
<p class="mainText"><a href="http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie" target="_blank">The Irish War Memorials Project</a> is a developing inventory of war memorials in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It includes photographs of each memorial, and details of the sites. With each memorial there is a PDF file with a transcription of the text on the memorial and, in many cases, further information about those whose names appear on them. <span>It should be noted that many memorials carry, as well as those who died, the names of those from the district who served and survived.</span></p>
<p class="mainText">There is a database of all of those named, which allows a search for individual persons, with links to the photographs of the memorials. It is also possible to search for all memorials in a particular place or county; for all memorials to a particular war; or for all persons in a particular regiment or service. To find out how to perform these searches, please go to the <span><a href="http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/using-this-website">How to use this site</a> </span>page. All of the text and photographs are free of copyright, but acknowledgement of the origin of any material copied would be appreciated.</p>
<p class="mainText"><span>The main purpose of the project is to make available, to family historians and relatives, the names of those recorded on war memorials and images of the memorials and the inscriptions. If you find someone of interest to you, please send an e-mail message saying so, to encourage those who contribute to the project. Higher quality photographs can be provided, and it may be possible to answer queries about the memorials themselves. </span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/">http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/</a> </p> "from Military Kilkenney"tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-11-28:6442157:Topic:1295662014-11-28T16:11:15.423ZDouglas Lawlesshttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/DouglasLawless
<p>Greetings,</p>
<p>Can anyone help me solve the following mystery: When researching my ancestors in the church records room of The Cathedral of St. Peter & Paul in Athlone, Roscommon/Westmeath I met with much success and traced my ancestors back to an 1800 birth in Athlone...and his father was listed as being born in 1761 and written in pencil in the margin of the record book was "from Military Kilkenney".</p>
<p>I have been told that Athlone and Kilkenney were military garrison towns…</p>
<p>Greetings,</p>
<p>Can anyone help me solve the following mystery: When researching my ancestors in the church records room of The Cathedral of St. Peter & Paul in Athlone, Roscommon/Westmeath I met with much success and traced my ancestors back to an 1800 birth in Athlone...and his father was listed as being born in 1761 and written in pencil in the margin of the record book was "from Military Kilkenney".</p>
<p>I have been told that Athlone and Kilkenney were military garrison towns back in the late 1600's/early 1700's...but what kind of Military brigade my ancestor fought for is a mystery to me...Would he have been part of an Irish Brigade fighting against the British as the Brits pressed westward following the Battle of the Boyne (1690) or heaven forbid would he have been a 'souper' fighting for the Brits?</p>
<p>I have tried to research Military aspects of Kilkenny around the time of 1740 - 1800 without much success. My ancestor born 1800 Athlone was Thomas Quinlan and his father who was born in 1761 and was "from Military Kilkenney" was named William Quinlan.</p>
<p>Any insights from this group will be most appreciated.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Kevin Quinlan</p>