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What is Ireland's Royal Garrison Artillery

  • 13-09-2012 3:11am
    #1
    irishbarb
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭


    I believe I am related to a man on this list:

    http://www.failteromhat.com/military/clarerga.htm

    He doesn't show up on any of the census records, and I started to google his name and I think it's him because Fagan isn't exactly the most popular name in Clare. There were no Fagans on the census for Clare at all actually. Anyway, can anyone explain what this is in layman's terms, and what he would have been doing, thanks!


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  • #2
    shanew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭shanew


    The Royal Garrison Artillery manned guns in forts and fortresses, including coastal artillery batteries around Britain and Ireland, and also batteries attached to each infantry division.

    e.g. the batteries at Tarbert Co. Kerry, or Dún Laoighaire, Co. Dublin

    see : http://www.dlharbour.ie/content/history/harbour/east_pier_battery.php


    I believe the list is a selection of Irish born men serving with the unit.



    Shane


  • #3
    pedroeibar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭pedroeibar1


    The list confused me a little – most but not all of the addresses are Clare/Limerick and most of the names are ‘local’, so it could be recruits from those counties. His military record would give more detail including service locations; otherwise you will have to search all the forts/major barracks that had a RGA presence.

    There is a wiki on the RGA here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Garrison_Artillery
    Pre WWI the RGA was fixed artillery. Have you searched the Census for him at any of the big bases (e.g. Fort Camden or Fort Carlisle in Cork?)

    Here is a photo of a fixed emplacement at one of the latter:


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