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Saturday 01 Apr 1684
The Regiment’s origins lie within the eighty independent companies of pikemen and musketeers existing as part of the military establishment in Ireland prior to 1684. Some of the companies (and troops of horse) had served Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth and when King Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660 he disbanded the Army of the Commonwealth in England but left the establishment in Ireland little changed. The only alteration was the formation of a foot guard known as The Royal Regiment of Ireland.
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On this day
01 April
Saturday 01 Apr 1684
The Regiment’s origins lie within the eighty independent companies of pikemen and musketeers existing as part of the military establishment in Ireland prior to 1684. Some of the companies (and troops of horse) had served Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth and when King Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660 he disbanded the Army of the Commonwealth in England but left the establishment in Ireland little changed. The only alteration was the formation of a foot guard known as The Royal Regiment of Ireland.
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01 April
Saturday 01 Apr 1684
The Regiment’s origins lie within the eighty independent companies of pikemen and musketeers existing as part of the military establishment in Ireland prior to 1684. Some of the companies (and troops of horse) had served Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth and when King Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660 he disbanded the Army of the Commonwealth in England but left the establishment in Ireland little changed. The only alteration was the formation of a foot guard known as The Royal Regiment of Ireland.
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