'98 AND CARLOW A Look At The Historians

(Obviously a two company unit. The Jackson’s were two of the family who put the most strangely missing Jackson collection together which was left later to the people of Carlow and should have been the basis of the local museum).

Cloydagh and Ki1leshin Infantry	1825
(Seems to be another name for the above.
Cloydagh and Killesken	1804
(Seems to refer to the next)

Cloydagh and Killeskin Cavalry (Cloydagh and Killesken Cavalry, Cloydagh and Killeshan cavalry)

1796, 1797, 1303-1805,
1807

Capt John Staunton Rochfort,
1st Lt Harman Fitzmaurice,
2nd Lt Samuel Galbraith (31.10.1796),
Lts Nicholas Roche, (9.4.1803),
J Thomas and John Herring (1.9.1803),
Bartholomew Thomas (20.9.1803),
John Fitzmaurice,
Robert and Adam Jackson (12.8.1806)

The Cloydagh Cavalry mentioned above are obviously the same unit. The Cloydagh Infantry were a reorganisation of them later on. These units are interesting examples of the notably few corps raised from portions of two counties).

Cloydagh and Killeshin Cavalry and Infantry⁴¹ (Cloydagh Yeomanry, Lt Coin Rochfort's Yeomanry)

1798

(Almost all of the early cavalry corps included infantry or dismounted elements. This appelation more than likely refers to the unit generally called 'cavalry’ listed immediately above).

County Carlow Yeomanry⁴²

1831

1st Carlow Infantry

1820, 1825

1st Captain John F Cornwall (6.4.1815)
2nd Captain Henry Bradley (13.10.1810),
A B Faulkner (26.10.1824);
1st Lt John Downing (14.7.1815),
2nd Lt John Little (do).

Garryhunden Cavalry and In£antry⁴³

1793

1st Captain Sir R Butler
2nd Capt Thomas Butler
Lieut Charles Moore McMahon

(This is obviously another name for the Carlow cavalry commanded by Sir Richard Butler listed above. As Thomas Butler was 15 in 1798 it is likely that Ryan is wrong in naming him 2nd captain).

Unit	Dates of References	Officers
Hacketstown Infantry (Hacketstown yeoman infantry, Hacketstown corps, Hacket's-town infantry)	1798	Capt T L Hume, Capt Thomas Hardy,⁴⁴ Lt William Saul, 2nd Lt Francis Thomas
Leighlinbridge Infantry	1798, 1803-1805, 1807, 1820, 1825	Capt W Stewart (1793 list, probably in error for:) Capt John Stewart (31,10.1796), Lts John Garter (23.1.1801) Wm Byrne (6,8,1803, 14.10.1805) James Thomas(do) John C Vigors (22.2.1831). Capt W B Stewart (29.11,1819).
Loyal Rathvilly Cavalry	1803, 1804	Capt J Whitty
Meyashill Cavalry⁴⁵	1803	2nd Capt Geo Rochfort
Mount Leinster Infantry (Mount Leinster, Mount Leinster Yeomen Infantry)	1798, 1803-1805, 1807 1820, 1825	Capt Beauchamp Bagenal, Capt Walter Bagenal, (10.2.1803). Lts J Stone, J Sinnitt. (Sinnott) (13.8.1803), Capt Sir Ulysses Burgh, (19.4.1816), Capt Wm Kavanagh, (16.1.1833), 2nd Capts Henry Rudkin (3.1.1815), H Newton (19.2.1833), 1st Lts Jn Stone (13.8.1803), W Fitzmaurice (18.4,1833), 2nd Lts Jn Sinnott (13.3.1833) Robt Doyne (18.4,1333).
Myshall Cavalry and Infantry	1796⁴⁸ 1798⁴⁹	Capts R Cornwall, W Knott

(This seems to be a reference to the Carlow Cavalry and to the unit, formed as a result of the September 1796 meeting to form 'The First Carlow Loyal Yeomanry'⁵⁰)

Myshal1 Yeomanry

1831⁵¹

Capt A B Feltus

This may be another name for the 1st Carlow Infantry and in its turn may be a re-formation as infantry of an earlier cavalry corps).

Unit

Dates of References

Officers

Rathvllly Cavalry

1796-1798

Capt Edward Eustace,
1st Lt Robert Eustace,
2nd Lt John Thomas Phelan (31.10.1796),

Rathvilly (Loyal) Cavalry

1803-1805

Capt John Whitty

(Sometimes incorrectly listed under County Wicklow_sthis is obviously the same unit as that listed under Loyal Rathvilly Cavalry above).

Unit	Dates of References	Officers
2nd Carlow Infantry	1820, 1825	Capt Win Browne (11.7.1811) 2nd Capt Wm Cooper Herries (probably Herring is meant) (26.3.1801), 1st Lt Wm Fishburne (15.8.1801), 2nd Lt Edward Butler, 3rd Lt N Proctor (6.8.1803) 4th Lt Robt Clayton Browne (14.6.1820 promoted to 2nd Capt on 22.5.1801), H Butler (1806).

(This and the 1st may be organic units of the Carlow Infantry above)

Unit	Dates of References	Officers
Tullow Infantry (Tullow)	1803-1805, 1807	Capt Win Carter (25.4,1799) Lts Wm Hughes (7.5.1799) Wm Shephard (5.7.1803)
Tullow (Loyal) Cavalry	1798, 1803-1805 1807	Capt Henry Colclough (13.8.1803), Lts John Whelan (Wheelan) and McCarthy Colclough (4.10.1803)

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