Legions - Legions

Longford, Ireland  Longford  Longford ancestry  Longford irish  Irish Longford 

Longford Legions

Title

"WAR IN THE PENINSULA"

Author

Comment:

Letters home from Lt. Lewis Montfort, who shortly after arriving with his Regiment in the Peninsula, was killed in a duel (1809).

View

 
Title

"WAR IN THE CRIMEA"

Author

Comment:

Letters home from Ensign William Wensley Bond, the heir of Farragh, who was sent with his Regiment to fight in the Crimea, and died within two weeks of his arrival (1854).

View

 
Title

"THE LONGFORD LINK"

Author

Comment:

The role played by the Clinton, Denniston and McCloughry families in the history of the U.S.A.

View

 
Title

"A LONGFORD CONNECTION WITH SOUTH AFRICA"

Author

David Leahy

Comment:

The Migration of a small group of Settlers and their families from Longford to South Africa (1820)

View

 
Title

"PRESBYTERIAN EXODUS FROM COUNTY LONGFORD IN 1729"

Author

Thomas J. Barron

Comment:

View

 
Title

"REMINISCENCES OF EARLY VICTORIA AND THE DIGGINGS IN 1852"

Author

Supt. W.B. Montfort

Comment:

One of millions who left Ireland in search of a pot of gold, and who was later involved in the capture of the Power Gang in Australia.

View