The Royal Irish Regiment,
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batts.
3rd Batt. The Wexford Militia.
4th Batt. The North Tipperary Militia.
5th Batt. The Kilkenny Militia.
The Harp and Crown.
The Lion of Nassau.
The Dragon of China.
The Sphinx.
TITLES.
1684-86. Colonel the Earl of Granard's Regiment of Foot.
1686-1695. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot.
1695-1751. The Royal Regiment of Ireland.
1751-1881. The 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Royal Irish Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1690. Boyne.
1691. Limerick.
1691. Aughrim.
1693-97. Flanders.
1695. Namur.
1702-15. Germany.
1702. Venloo.
1702. Liége.
1704. Schellenberg.
*1704. Blenheim.
1705. Neer-Hespen.
*1706. Ramilies.
*1708. Oudenarde.
1708. Lisle.
1709. Tournay.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1711. Bouchain.
1715. Aire.
1727. Gibraltar.
1745. Flanders.
1775-76. America.
1775. Lexington.
1775. Bunker's Hill.
1793. Toulon.
1794. Corsica.
*1801. Egypt.
1801. Mandora.
1801. Alexandria.
1809. San Domingo.
*1840-42. China.
1852. Rangoon.
*1852-53. Pegu.
*1855. Sevastopol.
*1863-66. New Zealand.
*1879-80. Afghanistan.
*1882. Egypt.
1882. Kassassin.
*1882. Tel-el-Kebir.
*1884-85. Nile.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet with Blue facings (from 1684).
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Harp and Crown." Also "The Lion of Nassau," with Motto, "Virtutis Namurcensis Præmium"—"the reward of valour at Namur"—(both bestowed by William III. for prowess in assault at the siege of Namur). Also "The Sphinx," for Egypt (1801). Also "The Dragon," for China (1840-42). Also (till 1695) "The Cross of St. Patrick."
Notes.—The only regiment now in existence out of nineteen raised in Ireland from the Independent Garrison Companies of the Commonwealth.
Nicknames.—"Paddy's Blackguards," "The Namurs."
Bibliography.—Historical Record of the 18th, or Royal Irish Regiment. 1684-1848. [London: Parker. 1848.]