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The Irish Brigade, 1670–1745

Name: The Irish Brigade, 1670–1745
ISBN: 9781526727763

The Wild Geese in French Service

D. P. Graham,

352 pages
English
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The Irish Brigade, 1670–1745

The Wild Geese in French Service

D. P. Graham,

About this book

"Highly Recommended . . . an absorbing account of a military formation that became an elite force within the French Army." — Firetrench

Irish troops had fought for Louis XIV in the 1670s, under Irish officers who had little choice but to fight in foreign service, with the blessing of Charles II. With the accession of James II, and the religious politics of who might earn the English crown, they became embroiled in the Jacobite succession crisis, fighting in Ireland, then sent to France under Lord Mountcashel in 1689. With the fall of Limerick in 1691, Patrick Sarsfield led the second "flight" of "Wild Geese" to the continent, to fight in a war for the French, against the Grand Alliance of Europe, in the vain hope that their loyalty might warrant French support in a return to Ireland under a Jacobite king.

From the Nine Years War, through the War of the Spanish Succession, and beyond, their descendants would be present at Fontenoy, Culloden and in the Americas, forever destined to fight for a cause and land which had changed beyond recognition.

D.P. Graham explains the origins of the brigade and its regiments, the personalities who led them and formed their reputation, and the circumstances of their final dissolution in the aftermath of French Revolution.

"An excellent study of the events that led up to the creation of the Wild Geese, and in particular the brutal war in Ireland, a conflict that still has an impact in the present day." — History of War

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