An Ascendancy army : the Irish Yeomanry, 1796-1834 /

Blackstock, Allan

An Ascendancy army : the Irish Yeomanry, 1796-1834 / Allan Blackstock - Dublin. 3 Serpentine Ave., Dublin 4 : Four Courts Press, 1998 - 320p : ill, maps ; 24cm

Includes bibliography and index.

The Irish Yeomanry had over 80,000 members, yet it is largely neglected by historians. Using a wide range of primary sources this book reconstricts its organisational system and provides a memebership profile in social and religious terms.

9781851823291 . 9781851823291 . £30.00


Great Britain. Army. Yeomanry Corps of Ireland


Armies--History--Ireland--18th century
Warfare and Defence.
European history
Land forces & warfare


Ireland--History, Military--19th century
Ireland--History, Military--18th century
Ireland--History--Rebellion of 1798
Ireland--History--1760-1820
Ireland--History--18th century

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