Irish in colonial America

[Davecoughlin]

Seems as though Scotch-Irish and Catholic Irish either voluntarily or not-so voluntarily came to North America beginning in the mid 1600's. I'm also hearing the two Regiments of France's "Wild Geese" (Berry & Bearn) fought here during the French and Indian War.

Anyone out there working up personas along these lines?

I'd be interested in hearing from you all!

:redthumb:

 

[Henry]

Yes , Berry and Bearn regiments where in
North America by the time of the F&I War .
Most regiments recruit all the time and very
often while on the move ,so The Bearn regiment
only have a small percentage of genuine
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[Henry]

By the way , what does " wild geese " means ?
( oies sauvages ? )

 

After the start of the "English troubles" and the escape of many of the Irish nobles to Europe the fighting nobility sold their services to continental armies.

When needing new regiments or replacements due to attrition, they would send back to Ireland for recruits.

These new mercinaries were smuggled out of the ports as cargo inventoried as "Wild Geese" on the ship manufests.

The name stuck and continued to this day, extending until it now is used for any mercinary of British heritage.

 

[Henry]

I would have to check in the
lists of those regiments , and even
the names could be misleading since when
joining a regiment a soldier could sign
( often with a X ) any name he liked ,
wich explain why many Qu

 

[Davecoughlin]

. John O"Farrell. The Irish In Quebec (in The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada, Vol. 1; Robert O'Driscoll & Lorna Reynolds, editors, Toronto: Celtic Arts of Canada, 1988), p. 282. He quotes Dr. Edmund B. O'Callaghan's claim that the Famed Irish Brigade served at Ti, Fort Henry, Western New York and Montreal.

Is this just poopycock or the real thing?

 

[Davecoughlin]

Comes from a poem referring to the ex-patriot Irish serving for Franch, Spain, Russia. Called them the "Wild Geese"

 

[Davecoughlin]

The thoughts are that the Irish melted into French Canada with names altered to fit the language. Hence all those strange French Canadian names