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Barracks, Britain, Catholic, Cavalry, Children, Co Limerick, History, Ireland, Limerick, Military, Music, Police, Riot, Uncategorized, Urban, Women

Military Rowdyism: the Derbyshire (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment in Limerick, 1888

Why a song provoked mob violence in the Limerick city's streets in 1888.

gopher
January 22, 2020

Barracks, Cavalry, Children, Co Waterford, Coroner, Dungarvan, Elections, Fermoy, History, Inquest, Ireland, Military, Orange Order, Police, Riot, Uncategorized, Urban, Women

A sore election: the 12th Lancers in Dungarvan, 1866

Violence was common during nineteenth-century Irish elections, with rival party factions obstructing voters by fair means or foul. As a result, polling day acquired a ‘military character’, with infantry and cavalry assisting the constabulary in escorting voters and controlling crowds.…

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April 3, 2019

Ballincollig, Barracks, Britain, Cemetery, Children, Commemoration, Family, Fermoy, History, Ireland, Memorials, Military, Women, World War I

Barrack burial grounds and military families in County Cork

The burial of John Leonard in Cork’s military cemetery in 1866 attracted ‘a mob of 200 or 300 people’ anxious to observe his interment.1 John Leonard was a popular man but he was an ‘old soldier’ rather than an enlisted…

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January 15, 2019