Viscount Gormanstown’s Foot
Active | 1642 to 1643 |
Country | Ireland |
Allegiance | Confederate |
Conflicts | Irish Confederate War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | Viscount Gormanstown |
Area Raised | Meath |
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Flag Design | |
Field Armies | O’Neill 1642 |
Irish Confederates raised from County Meath to reinforce the siege of Drogheda
Service History
1642
- January: Raised in Duleek, County Meath 1).
- to March: Reinforce O’Neill at the Siege of Drogheda
1643
- May: Gormanstown dies
Notes
Coats, Flags & Equipment
Notable Officers
Viscount Gormanstown
Nicholas Preston, 6th Viscount Gormanstown (Gormanston) (1608-1643), died May 1643.
Officer List
Strength
See Also
Links
1)
Confederate Catholics at War. Padraig Lenihan, Cork University Press, 2001. ISBN 1 85918 244 5. p 36-38