During the year 1845 the regiment continued to be stationed at Dublin.
1846
In January, 1846, the regiment marched to Limerick, and in May proceeded to Cork.
At this period the regiment was augmented to twelve companies, consisting of 67 serjeants, 25 drummers, and 1200 rank and file, and was subsequently organised into two battalions, preparatory to embarking on foreign service.
On the 9th of November, 1846, Colonel Thomas Bunbury, K.H., commanding the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, was promoted to the rank of Major-General, and Major Edward Basil Brooke was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy, vacant by the promotion of Major-General Bunbury.[17]
1847
During the year 1847 the SIXTY-SEVENTH continued at Cork.
1848
The first battalion embarked at Cork, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Basil Brooke, in the Herefordshire freight-ship, on the 8th of January, 1848, and arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th of that month.
On the 20th of January, 1848, the reserve battalion of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel William Nesbitt Orange, embarked at Cork, in the Bombay freight-ship, and arrived at Gibraltar on the 8th of February following.