Another unit of Jacobites for the Boyne period, although It's unclear if this regt fought in either of the 2 main action, the Boyne or Aughrim. The figures are once again from Essex minis and the flags were made by your truly. I found little info on the regt apart from the two snippets below.
Though the Plunketts were deeply involved in the uphevals of
the 1640s and 1689-91, they survived with their lands intact. Lord Louth, a royalist supporter, was taken
prisoner in 1642 and was outlawed for high treason, later forfeiting his lands
under the Cromwellian land settlement.
When Charles II returned to the throne in 1660, most of these lands were
restored to Lord Louth and to his son, Matthew.
The accession of James II gave new life to Catholic
aspirations in Ireland. Matthew Plunkett, the 7th
Baron Louth, joined the Jacobite cause in 1689 and commanded an infantry
regiment at the seige of Derry. He was
outlawed and exiled, and died in September 1689. The 8th Baron Louth, Oliver Plunkett, was only 21 when
he succeeded to the title in 1689. He
joined the Jacobite forces and was outlawed, and was in Limerick at the
surrender in 1691. He was pardoned under
the Arcticles of Limerick. He was made
secure in his estates and eventually managed to prove the reversal of his
grandfather's outlawry for rebellion in 1641.
In October 1695 Lord Louth took the oath of fidelity, but his refusal to
take both the oath of royal supremacy over the church and a declaration against
Catholic religious practices and beliefs, prevented him from sitting in the
House of Lords.
There happened no winter action of any note between the
Catholics and Protestants troops on the frontier of Ulster, except two or
three. On the 24th November Captain Christopher Plunkett of Lord Louth’s regt, was sent with
his company of Grenadiers, by
Major-General Boissleau from Dundalk to
take Newry, an open town then garrisoned by few of Schomberg’s army. He marched
in the night-time and by dawn of the day he made himself master thereof by the slaughter of a few enemies,
and he was going to plunder the place, which was furnished with a good store of
money, and had horses and black cattle, the captain received an order from the
Major –General to retire immediately to his quarters. What reason there was for this order we have not been informed,
otherwise than that the first design was only but to show the rebels that the
King’s frontier garrison was watchful and bold.
a little box of chocolate goodness, which I'm afraid didn't last too long. Fran thought he had more chocs than me, but I'd already eaten two by the time the camera came out!!! Cheers Clint!!!!
Finally I've been working like a Trojan all night, cleaning up and gluing together bloody Gripping Beast bloody plastic Vikings, I wanted to make some command stands for my Vikings, so I've been drilling out hands for standards. All I can say is NEVER AGAIN!!!!! I've only made up 14 of the buggers and I've had enough, its taken me hours and I'm not a happy chappie, its lead all the way from now on. I knew had have a funny turn with them and I was right! Now I need a drink, shame its only tea, now where's that Irish git, its his turn to make the tea, I made the last one and...............
Nice looking regiment Ray. I like the browns and creams of the uniforms. Are you busy priming figs for the contest?
ReplyDeleteYou mean cheating Anne?
DeleteYep, its driving me mad as well as his highness above!
DeleteI expect nothing less from a man who would insult an Irishman
DeleteThose look great!
ReplyDeleteAhhhh....something other than red, blue or yellow...very nice!
ReplyDeleteCheers Greg, it does make a change!
DeleteAnother great unit Ray!
ReplyDeleteJason
Nice job Ray!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the back link. I can assure you and Fran I wieghed the contents before putting them in the boxes so I KNOW you each had the same ammout! Glad you enjoyed the home-made fudge.I have some white chocolate fudge to make this week for Family members and the nurses at work have already called "shot gun" on it and they are prettier than you and Fran!
ReplyDeleteIs it possible that there are prettier people than me and Fran? I can't believe it!!!
DeleteImpressive and inspiring work as always, Ray. The chocolate does look good too. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean! And it was!
DeleteAnother lovely looking regiment Ray :)
ReplyDeleteThe chocs were very nice of Clint.
I think we need to see pics of all your figures for the challenge with a newspaper to confirm that no paint was applied before 20 December, given your history - I'm sure Fran will be only to happy to oblige!;)
Thanks Tams. I have suggested to Fran that I could make some fudge for Salute next year to give out to fellow bloggers. Fran did not want to share though!
DeleteDon't take any notice of the lying Git!
DeleteGreat looking unit!
ReplyDeleteVery very nice Ray.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff, the brown tones actually have a more realistic look to them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Scott!
DeleteChocolate and wargaming, a perfect day Ray. Your standard of work is superb as usual.
ReplyDeleteAll I needed was a packet of Wine Gums to make the day complete!!
Deletegreat job ray
ReplyDeleteGreat work mate, really effective looking unit. :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers Andy!
DeleteGreat looking figs abd flags! Your collection is getting big!
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is!!
DeleteHe claimed he got most of the chocolate.
ReplyDeleteFigures look great. Your knowledge of the history really impresses me.
He would the greedy pig!
DeleteVery nice looking regiment, I do like the colours!
ReplyDeletePhil.
Lookin' good, Ray. Looks like somebody in the regiment up-and-shot old Muley.
ReplyDeleteFrancis the Donkey is still skulking about somewhere???
DeleteI like that creamy white Ray. Washes, or working up from a base colour?
ReplyDeleteIts an off-white, then its inked with Windsor and Newton Peat Brown Ink.
DeleteAnother nice addition to your collection! Nice work Ray.
ReplyDeleteThanks Al!
DeleteThanks Andrew! I'll steer clear of Warlord plastic then!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking unit. With fiddly plastic I do them in batches. My Mantic Zeds where done in 6's build, undercoated then painted. Got them done in no time that way and I did something else between batches.
ReplyDeleteAnother great looking regiment and flags there Ray.
ReplyDeleteAnother all round good unit Ray, Chocs and Figures, lifes not bad eh?
ReplyDeleteIan
They came out great, Ray. Although, I was a bit distracted by the chocolate and the word pressie which I think means present?
ReplyDeletePressie does indeed mean present, its just a little English slang!
DeleteMore fine looking foot. Could we have a post of them all together soon please?
ReplyDeleteNo doubt your painting output was increased a notch on the choccie high—not that you need it!
Very fine looking unit, Ray. You have now a wonderful collection!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the history lesson and the figures look great.
ReplyDeleteLooking great Ray, but it really got me wondering: how many regiments do need to do before you've finished the army?
ReplyDeleteYou can never truly finish an army Sander!!!
DeleteWell I suppose you're right there. But are you putting it together after a certain order of battle?
DeleteNice work once again Ray.
ReplyDeleteAnd bravo to sir Clint! :)
Excellent painted unit as always Ray! Great job done on those uniforms!
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Peter
http://www.peterscave.blogspot.be/
Cheers Peter!
DeleteAm running out of adjectives to describe these units
ReplyDeleteSimply super
You already ate two before the camera came out. Smart thinking.
ReplyDeletePS: Your pictures keep getting better and better.