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The History of Bandon

 

 

In 1869 George Bennett published The History of Bandon and the Other Principal Towns in the West Riding of Cork, an enlarged edition of his original The History of BandonHistory of Bandon. [1862].  It has long been out of print, and, given its importance to the published material on the history of West Cork, we felt  the book was deserving of a new edition.  It contains much information which is now lost in its original form - details of settlers, merchants, the farming community, correspondence and so on, which help to build up an account of a thriving local economy and community, important to the area and to the broad picture of Irish history. The inclusion of material on the other principal towns in the region gives the book a wider interest.

George Bennett , the author, was born in 1824, the son of merchants whose connection with the town goes back to the early 1600s.  After schooling at Bandon Grammar, he went up to Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1847.  On his return he became active in local affairs, and an agent for the Third Earl of Bandon’s political campaigns. (more)

 

PRICE: €90 + P&P

THE DISBANDED IRISH REGIMENTS SERIES

 

These Irish Regiments of the British Army - The Royal Irish Regiment, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, The Connaught Rangers, The Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment, The Royal Munster Fusiliers and the South Irish Horse - were disbanded in 1922 following the foundation of the Irish Free State. Their histories, long out of print, now re-issued in limited, boxed editions for collectors and enthusiasts. The Official History of each Regiment covers the period from its establishment to the disbandment. Each provides a valuable source of research into the history, both military and social, of the hundreds of thousands of Irish soldiers who served in the British Army over several centuries.

 

 

CAMPAIGNS & HISTORY
of the Royal Irish Regiment

 

The Royal Irish Regiment was raised in 1684 by Charles ll when he reorganised the military forces of Ireland.   Renamed in 1751 as the 18th or Royal Irish Regiment of Foot, it  was the senior Irish regiment.  Volume l, by Lt Col. G le M Gretton, details the history from 1684 to 1902, including the regiment’s service in the Afghan and Boer Wars.  Volume ll, by Brigadier General S Geoghegan, CB, takes the history through WW1 and on to disbandment in 1922.   Volume ll also includes a brief history of the South Irish Horse, as the 7th Battalion RIR, during WW1.   ( As yet the South Irish Horse has no separately published history. )

 

Both volumes are illustrated in black and white and there is an accompanying folder of 17 maps.  The set is clothbound, in a slipcase, matching the other publications in the series, and like them is produced in a limited, numbered edition of 200 sets.  Each set is accompanied by a  pack of six full colour postcards depicting outstanding incidents in the Regiment’s history.

Price is €180 plus P&P

• A FEW VERY SLIGHTLY MARKED SETS ONLY REMAINING, AT HALF THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED PRICE — €90

 

NEILL'S BLUE CAPS:
The History of the First Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers

 

Since its foundation in 1639, as the East India Company's European Regiment, later the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers and finally, the First Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the Regiment had a long and honourable record. Colonel Wylly's history was originally published for private circulation only, in 1924, and this is its first issue to the general public. The edition, of 200 numbered sets, comprises three volumes of text, each with black and white and full colour plates, plus a separate folder of maps, all finely bound in dark blue cloth, with a matching slipcase.
Price is €280 plus P&P

• A FEW VERY SLIGHTLY MARKED SETS ONLY REMAINING, AT HALF THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED PRICE — €140

 

THE LEINSTER REGIMENT
[The Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)]

The only Regiment of the British Army to represent both Canada and India in its constitution, it always had a strong connection with Ireland, going back to the days of the 100th County of Dublin Regt., an all-Irish corps raised in 1805 and later amalgamated into the 100th or Prince of Wales Royal Canadian Regiment, finally becoming the 1st Battalion Leinsters in 1881. The 2nd Battalion had its origins in the East India Company's service, the 3rd Bombay Europeans, largely of Irish origin. Early in the 1860s the regiment was strengthened from an unusual source, the force known as the British German Legion, recruited in Germany and sent to England for service in the Crimea. Some 500 officers and men later volunteered for the new 109th Regt. of Foot in India, augmenting the men of the Bombay Europeans. This led to one of the Regimental nicknames: The Jagers. By 1883 however, when the battalion was again stationed in Ireland, its composition had become predominantly Irish, and so it remained until disbandment in 1922. SCHULL BOOKS' republication of Colonel Whitton's two-volume history traces the whole story of the Regiment's activities. As with previous publications in the series, the fully illustrated books are accompanied by a folder of maps, all three volumes cloth-bound and in a slipcase.
Price: €190 plus P&P

• A FEW VERY SLIGHTLY MARKED SETS ONLY REMAINING, AT HALF THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED PRICE — €95

THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS

It is now over 200 years since the Connaught Rangers were raised and more than 80 years since their disbandment, but they are still arguably the best-known of the Disbanded Irish Regiments, and remain an honoured name among the Regiments of the British Army. Raised in 1793 as the 88th and 94th, they became the 1st and 2nd Battalions, Connaught Rangers in 1881. The Regiments Battle Honours make an impressive list, covering campaigns in Egypt, Europe, India, South Africa and the West Indies. Great War service was mostly in France and Flanders but with action also in Gallipoli, the Balkans and the Middle East. Volume 1 details the history of the 1st Bn. from 1793-1922; Volume 2 covers the 2nd Bn. and also a brief history of the 3rd & 4th (Militia) Battalions while Vol 3 deals with the 5th & 6th (Service) Battalions from 1914-18, and also includes a full listing of Officers of the Regiment. All three volumes are cloth-bound, illustrated and with maps, in a slipcase.
Price: SOLD OUT

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CROWN AND COMPANY:
The History of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers

The final publication of the Disbanded Irish Regiments series is The Historical Records of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, from 1662 to 1922. Originally founded as The Bombay European Regiment, the Battalion served in India until 1870, their first appearance in Ireland being at Templemore in 1876. By 1881, amalgamations linked the Regiment with the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers, and the 2nd Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers was born.

Subsequent service took the Battalion to Gibraltar, Alexandria and Egypt; to Africa for the duration of the Boer War, and to the European theatre of war from 1914 to 1918. After the Great War, the Battalion was sent to Constantinople, and from there to India, where it remained back in its original territory until disbandment in 1922.


Volume 1 of this history, by Major A Mainwaring, deals with the period from 1662 to 1911, and comprises 437pp plus 54 plates and a list of subscribers to the original edition. Volume 2, by Colonel H C Wylly, takes the history on to disbandment, and includes appendices of Honours and Rewards, plus an Officers' Roll of Honour which covers all Battalions of the Regiment. It has 234pp and 36 plates . There is a folder of maps. All three volumes are clothbound, in a slipcase, and limited to 200 numbered sets.
Price: €220 plus P&P

• A FEW VERY SLIGHTLY MARKED SETS ONLY REMAINING, AT HALF THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED PRICE — €110

THE 2ND MUNSTERS IN FRANCE

The 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, part of the original British Expeditionary Force, landed in France in August 1914, and were to serve in France and Flanders for the duration of World War One. The Battalion's engagements read as a roll call of all the terrible battles of that war, and the bravery of the Irish officers and men who took part in it. All the accounts in this book are drawn from the testimony of survivors, with additional material from Brigade narratives and the Battalion War Diaries. The Royal Munster Fusiliers were disbanded in 1922, and Lt. Col Jervis, a former CO, compiled this record to honour the Regiment. Out of print for over 80 years, it portrays a vivid picture of life at the front as carried on by the fighting troops. 104pp; 2 plates; 13 maps; Roll of Honours and Awards
Prices: Hardback: SOLD OUT   Card covers: €20 plus P&P

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

History Of The Fastnet Rock Lighthouse

Fastnet LighthouseThere has been a lighthouse on the Fastnet since 1854. Despite alterations in 1866 it still proved inadequate. By 1891 the Irish Lights Board had decided that a new, more powerful light was needed. Work on the present lighthouse began in 1895.

This book details the planning, construction and operation of the new lighthouse, the most south-westerly in Ireland, which finally came into service in 1904.

Illustrated with 35 contemporary photographs and 34 plates of working drawings

Price: SOLD OUT

 

 

Story of the 7th

Story of the 7thThe Story of the 7th was originally privately published in a very small edition, in the early 1970s, and has never been reprinted. Charles Browne, the Battalion's Adjutant, had earlier compiled a concise history for the Military History Bureau, and it is on this account that his book is based.

The 7th Battalion, Cork No 1 Brigade, Irish Republican Army, was centred on Macroom, in West Cork. The book details activites from 1915 to 1921, and is especially interesting in that it includes detailed lists of personnel, both in the Battalion and the local branch of Cumann na mBan, together with the engagements in which they took part. It is a useful addition to the relatively small number of first-hand accounts of the period.

This new editiion also includes a foreward by the author's daughter, a map and illustrations taken from photgraphs in the family collections.

Price: SOLD OUT

 

 

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