Great Britain

The Royal Irish Regiment

	Kingdom of England
1684:	on the Irish establishment Arthur, Earl of Granard’s Regiment of Foot │
1686:	Arthur, Earl of Granard’s │
1689:	John Edgeworth’s │
1689:	to the English Establishment │
1689:	Edward, Earl of Meath’s │
1692:	Frederick Hamilton’s │
1695:	Royal Regiment of Ireland Frederick Hamilton’s │
1705:	Richard Ingoldsby’s │
1707:	Kingdom of Great Britain
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1712:	Robert Stearne’s │
1717:	William Cosby’s │
1732:	Charles Hotham’s │
1735:	John Armstrong’s │
1742:	John Mordaunt’s │
1742:	ranked as 18th Foot │
1747:	John Folliott’s │
1751:	18th (or Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot │
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1782:	18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot │
1801:	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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1803:	2nd Battalion raised │
1814:	2nd Battalion disbanded │
1857:	2nd Battalion raised │
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	1st Battalion,    2nd Battalion,
	The Royal Irish Regiment see also the Militia Battalions
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1922:	disbanded

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