Hello Rose,
The "Old Volunteers" were members of local militia groups. An extract from the Wikipedia entry reads "When France joined the Americans in support of their Revolutionary War, London called for volunteers to defend Ireland against the threat of invasion from France (since regular British troops had been sent to America)". May thousands joined the Irish Volunteers. These men would have been loyal to the Crown and almost to a man, members of the Established Church (Anglican) Trust this is a useful, but short explanation, Regards, Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of rose moore <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 6 May 2017 8:09 AM To: [email protected] Cc: rose moore Subject: [CoTyroneIreland] Ballysudden and Gallanagh town lands G'Day Len ! And thanks. Yes spell check got the best of me on that one.. it was supposed to be townland. Just now I am on a sharp re-learning curve on time line of Irish Plantation years and facts... and add the fact that Robinson is the 15th most common surname in UK, and another article stated Robinson was common mostly only in Ulster and Ulster being a largely plantationized area. So... the thought occurs that he might have been originally English rather than Irish, not that that matters except that his grandson places him in Ireland prior to the wars as a judge with a town home, leased or even owned if that was possible before the wars.. As you can see, I have lots to uncover and learn My question today is... In one of my Robinson/Robertson ancestor obits.. it states this Robert Robinson was the "last of the Loughrey Old Volunteers " My first assumption is that that means he was an Irish citizen who volunteered and perhaps not British as I am beginning to think.... What was an Old Loughrey volunteer? Many thanks... Happy Cinco de Mayo to all! Rm _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist
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