Lieutenant Colonel William Cunningham’s Troop of Horse

Covenanter troop of horse of Monro’s army raised and serving in Ireland

• Raised after the Cessation

• Serving on Monro's Leinster campaign
• May: Take Belfast
• Quartered around Belfast

• Quartered around Belfast

• January: Parliament declares the troop illegally raised
• June: Battle of Benburb

• Cunningham supports the Engagement

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

Raised from the settlers of Ulster, this troop formed part of Monro's army in Ulster.

Cunningham was Lt Colonel of the Earl of Glencairn’s Regiment of Foot for Service in Ireland

• A single troop