Free Articles - Irish Soldiers in the 18th Century

 

 

The articles below are hosted on Jstor, and cover the subject of Irish soldiers in foreign service, and the experience of Ireland in the Seven Years' War. The articles come from various academic journals and are accessible for free, but with a limit of three articles every two weeks.

 

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Notes on Some Irish Regiments in the Service of Spain and of Naples in theEighteenth Century

The Marquis MacSwiney of Mashanaglass

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature
Vol. 37, (1924 - 1927), pp. 158-174

Anecdotes of the Fourth Regiment of Horse. By an Eye Witness.

The Dublin Literary Gazette

Irishmen in the Seven Years War

Richard Hayes

Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review
Vol. 32, No. 127 (Sep., 1943), pp. 413-418

Ireland in the Seven Years War

Michael Tierney

Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review
Vol. 32, No. 126 (Jun., 1943), pp. 175-185

Frederick II and his image in eighteenth-century Dublin

Eda Sagarra

Hermathena
No. 142 (Summer 1987), pp. 50-58

The French Prisoners in Belfast, 1759-1763 (Part 1)

Isaac W. Ward

Ulster Journal of Archaeology
Second Series, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct., 1903), pp. 151-156

The French Prisoners in Belfast, 1759-1763 (Part 2)

Ulster Journal of Archaeology
Second Series, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan., 1904), pp. 21-25

The French Prisoners in Belfast, 1759-1763 (Part 3)

Ulster Journal of Archaeology
Second Series, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr., 1904), pp. 69-72

The French Prisoners in Belfast, 1759-1763 (Part 4)

Ulster Journal of Archaeology
Second Series, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jul., 1904), pp. 138-141

The French Prisoners in Belfast, 1759-1763 (Part 5)

Ulster Journal of Archaeology
Second Series, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Oct., 1904), pp. 187-191

In Austrian Service

Irish Knights of the Imperial Military Order of Maria Theresa

Lieut.-Col. Cavenagh

The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Sixth Series, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Dec. 31, 1926), pp. 95-105

The Wild Geese in Austria

Róisín Ní Mheara

Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society
Vol. 16, No. 1 (1994), pp. 76-92

Irish Colonels Proprietors of Imperial Regiments

Lieut.-Colonel Cavenagh

The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Sixth Series, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Dec. 31, 1927), pp. 117-126

Clan Kavanagh in the Imperial Service

Colonel Cavenagh

The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Sixth Series, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jun. 30, 1922), pp. 42-51

In French Service

Bicentenary of Fontenoy: 1745-1945

P. Canon Power

Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review
Vol. 34, No. 134 (Jun., 1945), pp. 175-182

FONTENOY AND AUGHRIM — A RECENT GALWAY CONNECTION

Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin

Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
Vol. 60, (2008), pp. 118-125

The Battlefield of Fontenoy

Alfred Webb

The Irish Monthly
Vol. 15, No. 172 (Oct., 1887), pp. 578-581

Two Score Galway Troopers in France

Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin

Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
Vol. 55, (2003), pp. 64-71

Tyrone Men in the Hôtel Royal des Invalides

Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin

Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society
Vol. 20, No. 1 (2004), pp. 71-99

Louth Wild Geese Veterans in the Hôtel Royal Des Invalides

Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin

Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society
Vol. 24, No. 3 (1999), pp. 380-390

Wexford Veterans in the Hôtel Royal des Invalides, Paris

Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin

The Past: The Organ of the Uí Cinsealaigh Historical Society
No. 27 (2006), pp. 5-21

Derry Veterans in the Hôtel Royal des Invalides

Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin

Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society
Vol. 21, No. 1 (2006), pp. 55-74

Armagh Men in the Hôtel Royal des Invalides

Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin

Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society
Vol. 19, No. 2, Golden Jubilee Issue (2003), pp. 77-101

Clogher Veterans in the "Hôtel Royal des Invalides"

Eoghan O hAnnracháin

Clogher Record
Vol. 18, No. 3 (2005), pp. 467-500

Lally's Visit to England in 1745

Frederick Dixon

The English Historical Review
Vol. 8, No. 30 (Apr., 1893), pp. 284-287

With the "Wild Geese"

Stopford Brooke

All Ireland Review
Vol. 3, No. 21 (Jul. 26, 1902), pp. 329-330

Some Kerry Wild Geese

Maurice G. McElligott

Kerry Archaeological Magazine
Vol. 2, No. 12 (Mar., 1914), pp. 212-220

A Seal of an Irish Regiment in the Service of the King of France

N. J. A. Williams

The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Vol. 122, (1992), pp. 146-149

The Epic of the Wild Geese

Jacques Hume-Weygand

University Review
Vol. 3, No. 2 (Summer, 1963), pp. 25-35

The Red Coat and the Green

G. A. Hayes-McCoy

Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review
Vol. 37, No. 148 (Dec., 1948), pp. 396-408

An Irish Regiment in the Service of France

C. W. Cummins

The Irish Monthly
Vol. 59, No. 693 (Mar., 1931), pp. 179-182

Lally, the Régime's Scapegoat

Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin

Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
Vol. 56, (2004), pp. 75-84

A Galway Scion in India

Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin

Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
Vol. 57, (2005), pp. 1-28

Some Wild Geese of the West

Eoghan Ó Hannracháin

Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
Vol. 54, (2002), pp. 1-24

WILLIAM O SHAUGHNESSY: Some Glimpses of Major-General William O Shaughnessy(1673-1744)

EOGHAN Ó hANNRACHÁIN

Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
Vol. 58, (2006), pp. 22-32