The Irish Brigade, 1670–1745

“Highly Recommended . . . an absorbing account of a military formation that became an elite force within the French Army.” — Firetrench Irish troops had fought for Louis XIV in the 1670s, under Irish officers who had little choice but to fight in foreign service, with the blessing of Charles II. With the accession of James II, and the religious politics of who might earn the English crown, they became embroiled in the Jacobite succession crisis, fighting in Ireland, then sent to France under Lor