Militia

Down - Antrim - Louth

1793:	The Royal Downshire Regiment of Militia Irish county precedence 9 │		The Antrim Regiment of Militia Irish county precedence 7 │	The Louth Battalion of Militia Irish county precedence 5 │	The Drogheda Battalion of Militia Irish county precedence 24 │
1800:	The Royal North Down Battalion of Militia Irish county precedence 24 │	The Royal South Down Battalion of Militia Irish county precedence 9 │	│ │ │ │	The Louth Regiment of Militia Irish county precedence 5 │ │
1833:	77th, or Royal North Down Regiment of Militia │	112th, or Royal South Down Regiment of Militia │	79th, or Antrim Regiment of Militia (Queen’s Own Royal Rifles) │	108th, or Louth Regiment of Militia │ │
1855:	77th, or Royal North Down Rifle Regiment of Militia │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	108th, or Louth Rifle Regiment of Militia │ │
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1860:	│ │ │ │	112th, or Royal South Down Light Infantry Regiment ofMilitia │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	3rd (North Down Militia) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles │	5th (South Down Militia) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles │	4th (Antrim Militia) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles │	6th (Louth Militia) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles │
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	Conversion of the Miltia into the Special Reserve
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1908:	4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles │	5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles │	3rd (Reserve) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles │	disbanded
	Renaming of the Special Reserve into the Militia
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1921:	suspended animation │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │
	Renaming of the Militia into the Supplementary Reserve
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1924:	│ │	│ │	│ │
1953:	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded