The Royal Irish Regiment

1684:	on the Irish establishment Arthur, Earl of Granard’s Regiment of Foot │
1686:	Arthur, Earl of Granard’s │
1689:	John Edgeworth’s │
1689:	to the English Establishment │
1689:	Edward, Earl of Meath’s │
1692:	Frederick Hamilton’s │
1695:	Royal Regiment of Ireland Frederick Hamilton’s │
1705:	Richard Ingoldsby’s │
1712:	Robert Stearne’s │
1717:	William Cosby’s │
1732:	Charles Hotham’s │
1735:	John Armstrong’s │
1742:	John Mordaunt’s │
1747:	John Folliott’s │
1751:	18th (or Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot │
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1782:	18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot │
1803:	2nd Bn raised │
1814:	2nd Bn disbanded │
1857:	2nd Bn raised │
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	1st Bn,    2nd Bn,
	The Royal Irish Regiment
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1922:	disbanded