Earl of Glencairn’s Regiment of Foot for Service in Ireland

Scots Covenanter regiment of foot of Monro’s army fighting at Benburb

• March: Glencairn commissioned to raise the regiment for service in Ulster
• May: Reach Ulster
• May: 2 companies serve on Monro's River Bann campaign
• Garrison of Carrickfergus

• August to September: Siege of Charlemont
• September: Return to Carrickfergus

• June: Join Monro for his Leinster campaign

• 200 men detached to Sir John Home of Ayton’s Regiment of Foot foor service in Scotland

• June: Battle of Benburb

• Despite Glencairn's enthusiasm, the regiment refuses to detach men to aid the Engagers in England
• September: Admit Monck's forces to Carrickfergus

• Remnants persist as Parliamentarian garrison of Carrickfergus under Cochrane
• July: Besieged at Carrickfergus by the Royalists
• August: Regiment likely finally disbanded, Cochrane returns to Scotland

A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651 Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0

A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651 Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550

William Cunningham, 9th Earl of Glencairn was by sympathy a Royalist,

• May to June 1642: 1018 men and officers
• September 1642: 988 men and officers, 75 sick