Events

If you do not have the time or expertise to research your military ancestors you should consider using a professional military researcher. Members of the museum have in the past used the services of Richard Moles and found him to be a most efficient and trustworthy researcher.

The Irish infantry regiments of the British Army whose territorial and recruiting affiliations lay in the new Irish Free State(above) were disbanded in 1922. These were The Royal Irish Regiment (formerly 18th Regiment of Foot); The Connaught Rangers (formerly 88th Regiment of Foot and 94th Regiment of Foot); The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) (formerly 100th Regiment of Foot and 109th Regiment of Foot); The Royal Munster Fusiliers (formerly 101st Regiment of Foot and 104th Regiment of Foot); and The Royal Dublin Fusiliers (formerly 102nd Regiment of Foot and 103rd Regiment of Foot).

The War of Independence is said to have begun at an ambush at Soloheadbeg in Co. Tipperary in 1919. The war was mostly confined to the Munster area and Dublin. The republicans carried out ambushes with groups of men known as the 'Flying Columns'. Auxiliary police forces were sent to Ireland known as the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries. The Black and Tans had a bad reputation and were a largely undisciplined force.