And detachments of each regiment formed a battalion of Bonnie Prince Charlie's army at Culloden (the Irish Piquets). They and the Royal Scots were in the second line and held the line allowing the broken Highlanders to retreat.
@@jaydunno8266 Yes, his brother was in France preparing to lead 9,000 troops to support the Prince sadly they had delays and it was cancelled when news of Culloden reached France.
The ancestors of my wife too (MacCarthy of Muskerry). The last member of the French branch (living in France) was guillotined in 1793 and his wife, with eight children, returned to Ireland, where she wasn’t allowed to own anything because she was a Catholic. She married a Protestant, but then came the rising of 1798 and her husband was killed. She lived in great poverty in a ramshackle house in Kerry, where her family had ruled the entire area before 1690! Despite that two of her sons joined the British army, fighting in the Peninsula (you were 'allowed' to die for Britain as an Irish soldier even if you had almost no civil rights at home) and a third with Napoleon in Spain and Germany.
long live searlas og, the true king, our bonnie lad, lord bless the dillons and bless the irish all! from a Dillon to all we say 'we are not dead and we byde in time' i carry marys grey hair gene and of the dillons and medici stock, the white rose will fly again, we await the cuckoos call!
@@Hibernica1641 As you know, the Wild Geese in French service wore red, as did Swiss troops. (I wonder if friendly fire incidents with English/British troops ever happened as a result?). It was not until Napoleon's Irish Legion that green uniforms were adopted. Wild Geese in Spanish service wore light blue, I understand.
@@Hibernica1641 There was another version of Clare's Dragoons where it was a little more evident. Try singing the chorus of Mo Ghillie Mhor along to the chorus here. Another example of recycling tunes with new words.
Long live the Bonnie Prince! Long live Gaeldom! Long live the Catholic Faith!
The fellas voice and the accordion go so well together ☘️
On the plains of Fonetnoy the Irish showed their mettle! Remember Limerick! and Saxon Perfidy!
Remember Limerick! Dash down the Sasenach!
And detachments of each regiment formed a battalion of Bonnie Prince Charlie's army at Culloden (the Irish Piquets). They and the Royal Scots were in the second line and held the line allowing the broken Highlanders to retreat.
@@jaydunno8266Yes they were send to Scotland after the Prince had his first victories.
@@lucario2188 Along with a detachment of Fitzjames Horse. There were plans to send more, but I believe some were intercepted at sea by the royal navy.
@@jaydunno8266 Yes, his brother was in France preparing to lead 9,000 troops to support the Prince sadly they had delays and it was cancelled when news of Culloden reached France.
The 'Wild Geese' in memoriam!
My ancestors
The ancestors of my wife too (MacCarthy of Muskerry). The last member of the French branch (living in France) was guillotined in 1793 and his wife, with eight children, returned to Ireland, where she wasn’t allowed to own anything because she was a Catholic. She married a Protestant, but then came the rising of 1798 and her husband was killed. She lived in great poverty in a ramshackle house in Kerry, where her family had ruled the entire area before 1690! Despite that two of her sons joined the British army, fighting in the Peninsula (you were 'allowed' to die for Britain as an Irish soldier even if you had almost no civil rights at home) and a third with Napoleon in Spain and Germany.
ruclips.net/video/YfW-Wo1OMXM/видео.html (Ancient Irish war song-Rosc Catha na Mumhan, in a powerful live performance with Séamus Mac Mathúna)
Some great paintings you have there 😀
Glad you like them!
long live searlas og, the true king, our bonnie lad, lord bless the dillons and bless the irish all!
from a Dillon to all we say 'we are not dead and we byde in time' i carry marys grey hair gene and of the dillons and medici stock, the white rose will fly again, we await the cuckoos call!
Good song, but Clare's was an infantry regiment in the Irish Brigade of France. They wore red coats with yellow facings.
they was a dragoon before migrating to France
Yes, I know. The pictures in the video of them wearing green coats is just a fanciful depiction.
@@Hibernica1641 As you know, the Wild Geese in French service wore red, as did Swiss troops. (I wonder if friendly fire incidents with English/British troops ever happened as a result?). It was not until Napoleon's Irish Legion that green uniforms were adopted.
Wild Geese in Spanish service wore light blue, I understand.
Didn't Irish troops in the 17th century wear red ?
@@Dhhhhj27 Yes
SUBSCRLBED Yes 👍
Thanks
Bas gu sasanach bas gu berla
Erin, go bragh ☘️
Is this the same tune as Mo Ghillie Mhor? With a slight change in Tempo?
I never noticed that, but they sound very similar now that you mention it 🤔
@@Hibernica1641 There was another version of Clare's Dragoons where it was a little more evident. Try singing the chorus of Mo Ghillie Mhor along to the chorus here. Another example of recycling tunes with new words.
There was no irish Jacobites
...what...
Williamite war in Ireland 1689-91 was a Jacobite war.