142-744: The Royal Tyrone Militia , later the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers , was an Irish militia regiment raised in 1793 for home defence and internal security during the French Revolutionary War , seeing action during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 . It was later embodied during all of the UK's major wars. In 1881 it became a battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and during World War I , as part of
284-905: A Prussian counter-attack in September. Otherwise this sector of the front was largely quiet over the course of the year. At sea, the French Atlantic Fleet succeeded in holding off a British attempt to interdict a vital cereal convoy from the United States on the Glorious First of June , though at the cost of one quarter of its strength. In the Caribbean, the British fleet landed in Martinique in February, taking
426-692: A Strabane shop in which John Dunlap learnt the printing trade. Dunlap went on to print the United States Declaration of Independence . Dergalt , the ancestral home of Woodrow Wilson , 28th President of the United States , is near Strabane. On 8 May 2008 it was severely damaged by a fire. In 2014, a mural was painted in Townsend Street with the intention of showing support for the people of Palestine following Israeli military action in Gaza . Strabane transmitting station
568-537: A bounty). The Marquis of Abercorn encouraged Esprit de corps in the Royal Tyrone Militia by instituting a badge of merit for the best soldiers with over three years' service. In March 1798 the men of the regiment donated 7 days' pay (14 days for officers) to the war effort. Between June and September 1797 the regiment was distributed from Limerick to towns across County Kerry : Castleisland , Dingle , Killarney and Tralee , with HQ at Tarbert . It
710-623: A corporal's guard of the Royal Tyrones had to hand their seven muskets over to their reliefs when they went off duty. Equipment such as knapsacks arrived in December. From January 1794 a detachment under Lieutenant Andrew Bell was trained to man the light cannon issued as 'battalion guns'. During this training period, the regiment was quartered at Strabane , Co Tyrone, and in March the men were commended by Lt-Col Knox and their officers and by
852-548: A county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, Militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time home defence service in three circumstances: The Royal Tyrone Militia
994-480: A crowd stormed the Tuileries Palace , seizing the king and his family. The Commune of Paris later assumed the powers of the municipality. On 19 August 1792, the invasion by Brunswick's army commenced, with Brunswick's army easily taking the fortresses of Longwy and Verdun . The invasion continued, but at Valmy on 20 September, the invaders came to a stalemate against Dumouriez and Kellermann in which
1136-821: A detachment of the Royal Artillery , were ordered to be on high alert in case of a French invasion. Early in 1795 the Irish government ordered an augmentation of the militia from 1 April; the establishment of the Royal Tyrone Militia was increased to 42 sergeants, 22 drummers, and 700 rank and file. The additional men were to be found by voluntary enlistment where possible, and in March the regiment sent recruiting parties back to various towns in Co Tyrone: Dungannon , Strabane and Newtownstewart , and later to Augher , Clogher and Aughnacloy . While many Irish militia regiments were concentrated in training camps in
1278-569: A former Regular officer, was appointed Colonel in his place. A large number of officers were appointed and promoted in the regiment on 1 May 1846, though by now the permanent staff had been reduced to the adjutant, sergeant-major and no more than eight sergeants. The Militia of the United Kingdom was revived by the Militia Act 1852 , enacted during a renewed period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on
1420-579: A friend of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger , was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, and he appointed his officers during May, with Lt-Col the Hon Thomas Knox , MP , as his second-in-command. (Abercorn also commissioned his six-year-old son, Viscount Hamilton , as an Ensign .) The warrant to call out the regiment for fulltime duty was issued from Dublin Castle on 18 July and
1562-598: A global dimension. After a decade of constant warfare and aggressive diplomacy, France had conquered territories in the Italian Peninsula , the Low Countries , and the Rhineland due to its very large and powerful military, which had been totally mobilized for war against most of Europe with mass conscription of the vast French population. French success in these conflicts ensured military occupation and
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#17328017312611704-570: A great victory over the Austrians at the Battle of Jemappes on 6 November and occupying the entire country by the beginning of winter. Spain and Portugal entered the anti-French coalition in January 1793. Britain began military preparations in late 1792 and declared that war was inevitable unless France gave up its conquests, notwithstanding French assurances they would not attack Holland or annex
1846-643: A mobilisation scheme began to appear in the Army List from December 1875. This assigned regular and militia units to places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The Royal Tyrone Militia were assigned as 'Divisional Troops' to 2nd Division, III Corps . The division would have mustered at Redhill in Surrey , England, in time of war. The Childers Reforms took Cardwell's reforms further, with
1988-587: A monastery at Camus [from whence the parish of Camus-Juxta-Mourne gets its name]. Other monasteries and religious sites were established at this time at Urney , Ballycolman , Donagheady, and Artigarvan . Vikings arrived at Lifford in AD 832 and maintained a presence on the Foyle until AD 863 when they were expelled by Áed Findliath . The regional seat of power was to be the Grianán Aileach until 1101, when it
2130-528: A semi-professional force whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for regular units serving overseas in wartime, rather like the earlier Militia Reserve. The Royal Tyrone Militia became the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers , with HQ at Omagh. On the outbreak of World War I the battalion was embodied on 4 August 1914 at Omagh under the command of Lt-Col J.K. McClintock (commanding officer since 29 September 1909) and went to its war station at Fort Dunree on Lough Swilly . In September it
2272-662: A series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great Britain , Austria , Prussia , Russia , and several other countries. The wars are divided into two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) and the War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802). Initially confined to Europe, the fighting gradually assumed
2414-732: A year, French armies under Napoleon destroyed the Habsburg forces and evicted them from the Italian peninsula, winning almost every battle and capturing 150,000 prisoners. With French forces marching toward Vienna , the Austrians sued for peace and agreed to the Treaty of Campo Formio , ending the First Coalition against the Republic. The War of the Second Coalition began in 1798 with the French invasion of Egypt , headed by Napoleon. The Allies took
2556-765: Is Christ Church, Bowling Green. The main Presbyterian Church is located on the Derry Road while the main Methodist Church is located on Railway Street. Education in Strabane is provided by a mixture of infant, primary and secondary schools. The central location of the town allows parents the choice of schools in Derry , Omagh and Donegal . There are two secondary schools in the town: Holy Cross College and Strabane Academy . Holy Cross College
2698-581: Is a town in County Tyrone , Northern Ireland. Strabane had a population of 13,507 at the 2021 Census . It lies on the east bank of the River Foyle . It is roughly midway from Omagh , Derry and Letterkenny . The River Foyle marks the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland . On the other side of the river (across Lifford Bridge ) is the smaller town of Lifford , which
2840-549: Is no longer any British Army presence in the town. Strabane became involved in the Ulster Project International , sending Catholic and Protestant teenagers to the United States for prejudice-reduction work. At the height of The Troubles , Strabane garnered the dubious distinction of the highest unemployment rate in the industrial world. It is one of the most economically deprived towns in
2982-544: Is regarded as a blueprint for the future of education in Northern Ireland because it caters for both academic and vocational paths. The other secondary school is Strabane Academy which was formed in 2011 when Strabane Grammar School merged with Strabane High School . The North West Regional College which has campuses in Derry , Limavady as well as Strabane offers a range of vocational and non-vocational courses for post 16 year olds. The National Trust owns
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#17328017312613124-522: Is situated at the confluence of the rivers Mourne and Finn where they meet to form the Foyle. The foothills of the Sperrin Mountains rise immediately behind the town and it is surrounded by hills and uplands. There are many picturesque small glens and wooded valleys immediately adjacent to the town including Strabane Glen , a steep wooded gorge , which is a designated ASSI. Strabane has an Irish-medium nursery, Naíscoil an tSratha Báin , which
3266-772: Is the county town of Donegal . The River Mourne flows through the centre of the town and meets the Finn to form the Foyle River . A large hill named Knockavoe, which marks the beginning of the Sperrin Mountains , forms the backdrop to the town. The locale was home to a group of northern Celts known as the Orighella as far back as the fourth century when the territories of Owen (later Tír Eoghain ) and Connail (later Tír Chonaill - mostly modern County Donegal ) were established, and Orighella were assimilated into
3408-458: The Apennines near Altare to attack the enemy position of Ceva . The Montenotte Campaign opened after Johann Beaulieu 's Austrian forces attacked the extreme French eastern flank near Genoa on 10 April. Bonaparte countered by attacking and crushing the isolated right wing of the allied armies at the Battle of Montenotte on 12 April. The next day he defeated an Austro-Sardinian force at
3550-632: The Army List . The unit was merged into the Mid-Ulster Artillery Militia at Dungannon in 1875. War having broken out with Russia and an expeditionary force sent to the Crimea in 1854, the militia was called out to take over garrison and defence duties at home. The Royal Tyrone Militia was embodied at Caledon Barracks in January 1855 and sent out recruiting parties. The recruits were assembled at Omagh and by June it had almost reached its establishment strength of 600 men. The regiment
3692-590: The Battle of Arcole southeast of Verona . The French then turned on Davidovich in great strength and chased him into the Tyrol. Wurmser's only sortie was late and ineffectual. The rebellion in the Vendée was also finally crushed in 1796 by Hoche , but Hoche's attempt to land a large invasion force in Ireland was unsuccessful. On 14 February, British admiral Jervis met and defeated a Spanish fleet off Portugal at
3834-643: The Battle of Cape St. Vincent . This prevented the Spanish fleet from rendezvousing with the French, removing a threat of invasion to Britain. However, the British fleet was weakened over the rest of the year by the Spithead and Nore mutinies , which kept many ships in port through the summer. On 22 February French invasion force consisting of 1,400 troops from the La Legion Noire (The Black Legion) under
3976-614: The Battle of Millesimo . He then won a victory at the Second Battle of Dego , driving the Austrians northeast, away from their Piedmontese allies. Satisfied that the Austrians were temporarily inert, Bonaparte harried Michelangelo Colli 's Piedmontese at Ceva and San Michele Mondovi before whipping them at the Battle of Mondovì . A week later, on 28 April, the Piedmontese signed the Armistice of Cherasco , withdrawing from
4118-465: The Battle of Rovereto . Then he followed Wurmser down the Brenta valley, to fall upon and defeat the Austrians at the Battle of Bassano on 8 September. Wurmser elected to march for Mantua with a large portion of his surviving troops. The Austrians evaded Bonaparte's attempts to intercept them but were driven into the city after a pitched battle on 15 September. This left nearly 30,000 Austrians trapped in
4260-580: The Battle of Valmy in September. This victory emboldened the National Convention to abolish the monarchy . A series of victories by the new French armies abruptly ended with defeat at Neerwinden in the spring of 1793. The French suffered additional defeats in the remainder of the year and these difficult times allowed the Jacobins to rise to power and impose the Reign of Terror to unify
4402-568: The Cenél Conaill . With the arrival of Saint Patrick , a mission established a church in the area near Castlefin , and having visited the Grianán Aileach for the conversion of Owen, returned along the Foyle river, establishing a further church at Leckpatrick (the name means 'the flagstone of St. Patrick'). A later church was established at Lifford/Clonleigh by a mission headed by St. Colmcille . In AD 586 St. Colgan established
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4544-474: The Declaration of Pillnitz , which threatened severe consequences should anything happen to King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette . After Austria refused to recall its troops from the French border and to back down on the perceived threat of using force, France declared war on Austria and Prussia in the spring of 1792; both countries responded with a coordinated invasion that was eventually turned back at
4686-645: The Flanders Campaign , the Austrians and French both prepared offensives in Belgium, with the Austrians besieging Landrecies and advancing towards Mons and Maubeuge . The French prepared an offensive on multiple fronts, with two armies in Flanders under Pichegru and Moreau , and Jourdan attacking from the German border. The French withstood several damaging but inconclusive actions before regaining
4828-743: The Mediterranean and weakening the French Navy. Napoleon's arrival from Egypt led to the fall of the Directory in the Coup of 18 Brumaire , with Napoleon installing himself as Consul . Napoleon then reorganized the French army and launched a new assault against the Austrians in Italy during the spring of 1800. This brought a decisive French victory at the Battle of Marengo in June 1800, after which
4970-588: The North West Senior League . Strabane Athletic F.C. play in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League . The town has three golf courses prominent among which is the 18-hole Strabane Golf Course. Angling has historically been popular in the Strabane area. The town and immediate countryside is served by several good game fishing rivers and lough fishing at Moorlough and Lough Ash. Geography Strabane
5112-692: The Regular Army was fighting overseas, the coasts of England and Wales were defended by the embodied Militia , but Ireland had no equivalent force. Under the leadership of George Ogle , the Parliament of Ireland passed a Militia Act. This failed to create an effective militia force but opened the way for the Irish Volunteers to fill the gap; even Ogle became a general in the Volunteers. The paramilitary Volunteers, however, were outside
5254-401: The Special Reserve , it trained thousands of reinforcements for battalions of that regiment serving overseas. Postwar it retained a shadowy existence until it was formally disbanded in 1953. Although there are scattered references to town guards in 1584, no organised militia existed in Ireland before 1660. After that, some militia forces were organised in the reign of King Charles II and in
5396-416: The county . At the end of July 1806 it moved to Clonmel and then in October to County Wexford , with HQ in Wexford . The regiment had been ordered to expand by a further 300 men in 1805 ( Sir James Stronge, 3rd Baronet , was appointed as a second lieutenant-colonel in the augmented regiment on 18 February 1806), but the Regulars continued to take volunteers from it each of the years 1805–7 over 100 men took
5538-409: The 1600s, an action that preceded the Plantation of Ulster . In 1608, during O'Doherty's Rebellion , most of the inhabitants fled to the safety of the fort of Lifford following Sir Cahir O'Doherty 's Burning of Derry and Burning of Strabane. In 1921, Strabane became a border town following the partition of Ireland . Sitting directly astride the border, Strabane suffered extensive damage during
5680-423: The 2011 census, 91.57% of the residents were from a Catholic background and 7.22% were from a Protestant background. There are a number of places of worship for the residents of Strabane and the surrounding district. The three main Catholic churches are the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Barrack Street, Sacred Heart Church, Derry Road and St. Mary's Church, Melmount Road. The main Church of Ireland church
5822-422: The 4th (Extra Reserve) Bn (the former Fermanagh Light Infantry) of the SR and (on 27 May) the 12th (Reserve) Bn. In April the merged battalion moved to Oswestry in Shropshire , England, where it remained for the rest of the war as part of the West Lancashire Reserve Brigade. The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 but like most militia units the 3rd Inniskillings remained in abeyance after World War I. By
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5964-415: The Austrians withdrew from the peninsula once again. Another crushing French triumph at Hohenlinden in Bavaria forced the Austrians to seek peace for a second time, leading to the Treaty of Lunéville in 1801. With Austria and Russia out of the war, Britain found itself increasingly isolated and agreed to the Treaty of Amiens with Napoleon's government in 1802, concluding the Revolutionary Wars. However,
6106-419: The Boer War, the future of the Militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteers) to take their place in the six Army Corps proposed by the Secretary of State for War , St John Brodrick . However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out. Under the more sweeping Haldane Reforms of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the Special Reserve (SR),
6248-448: The Donegal Railway, making it the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee . The 3 ft ( 914 mm ) gauge Strabane and Letterkenny Railway opened in 1909 and was worked by the Joint Committee. The partition of Ireland in 1922 turned the boundary with County Donegal into an international frontier. This changed trade patterns to the railways' detriment and placed border posts on the Joint Committee's FV and S&L lines and on
6390-406: The Free State to pass through Northern Ireland under customs bond . The Joint Committee's Strabane-Derry line was closed in 1954, followed by the remainder of the narrow gauge system in 1960. In 1958 the Ulster Transport Authority took over the remaining GNR lines on the Northern Ireland side of the border. In accordance with The Benson Report submitted to the Northern Ireland Government in 1963,
6532-411: The French armies. On the Alpine frontier, there was little change, with the French invasion of Piedmont failing. On the Spanish border, the French under General Dugommier rallied from their defensive positions at Bayonne and Perpignan , driving the Spanish out of Roussillon and invading Catalonia . Dugommier was killed in the Battle of the Black Mountain in November. On the northern front in
6674-406: The French fleet was scattered by winter storms, several ships being wrecked, and none of the French troops succeeded in landing; there was no sign of a rising by the United Irishmen . The invasion was called off on 29 December. The Royal Tyrone Militia was halted on its route to Cork, half the regiment at Nenagh and half at Roscrea , where they spent a few days. Then on 2 February 1797 the regiment
6816-455: The French king's cousin, Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de Condé , the leader of an émigré corps within the Allied army , which declared the Allies' intent to restore the king to his full powers and to treat any person or town who opposed them as rebels to be condemned to death by martial law . This, however, had the effect of strengthening the resolve of the revolutionary army and government to oppose them by any means necessary. On 10 August,
6958-410: The French took Milan . Bonaparte then advanced eastwards again, drove off the Austrians in the Battle of Borghetto and in June began the Siege of Mantua . Mantua was the strongest Austrian base in Italy. Meanwhile, the Austrians retreated north into the foothills of the Tyrol. During July and August, Austria sent a fresh army into Italy under Dagobert Wurmser . Wurmser attacked toward Mantua along
7100-435: The French. The Dutch fleet was captured , and the stadtholder William V fled to be replaced by a popular Batavian Republic , a sister republic which supported the revolutionary cause and signed a treaty with the French, ceding the territories of North Brabant and Maastricht to France on 16 May. With the Netherlands falling, Prussia also decided to leave the coalition, signing the Peace of Basel on 6 April, ceding
7242-420: The GNR line to Derry. Stops for customs inspections greatly delayed trains and disrupted timekeeping. Over the next few years customs agreements between the two states enabled GNR trains between Strabane and Derry to pass through the Free State without inspection unless they were scheduled to serve local stations on the west bank of the Foyle, and for goods on all railways to be carried between different parts of
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#17328017312617384-424: The Hon A.C. Hamilton and Captain the Hon Du Pre Alexander were promoted into the consequent vacancies. By 1801 Maj Alexander (by then Viscount Alexander) was a second lt-col in the regiment. The regiment remained in barracks at Cork throughout 1799, though in May and August it was ordered to be ready, with full ammunition pouches, to march at short notice if another French invasion appeared. In case of an alarm in
7526-1929: The Irish counties apparently retained the previous order. In 1833 King William IV drew lots, by individual regiments, for all the militia of the United Kingdom: the Royal Tyrone Militia came 80th. This precedence was retained until the Cardwell Reforms. Most regiments paid little attention to the number, but the historian of the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers included both numbers in the title of his book. French Revolutionary Wars First Coalition : French victory Second Coalition : French victory [REDACTED] Catholic and Royal Armies [REDACTED] Holy Roman Empire [REDACTED] Great Britain (until 1801) [REDACTED] United Kingdom (from 1801) [REDACTED] Spain (1793–1795) [REDACTED] Dutch Republic (1793–1795) [REDACTED] Sardinia [REDACTED] Old Swiss Confederacy (1798) [REDACTED] Naples [REDACTED] Order of Saint John (1798) [REDACTED] Malta (1798–1800) [REDACTED] Ottoman Empire [REDACTED] Portugal [REDACTED] Russia (1799) Other Italian states [REDACTED] Southern Netherlands peasants ( Peasants' War ) [REDACTED] Saint-Domingue rebels ( Haitian Revolution ) (1791–94) [REDACTED] Kingdom of France (until 1792) [REDACTED] French Republic (from 1792) [REDACTED] Louis XVI [REDACTED] Austrians (1792–97) 94,700 killed in action 100,000 wounded 220,000 captured Italian campaign of 1796–97 27,000 allied soldiers killed Unknown wounded 160,000 captured 1,600 guns French (1792–97) 100,000 killed in action 150,000 captured Italian campaign of 1796–97 45,000 killed, wounded or captured (10,000 killed) The French Revolutionary Wars ( French : Guerres de la Révolution française ) were
7668-438: The Italian peninsula. The French prepared a great advance on three fronts, with Jourdan and Moreau on the Rhine, and Bonaparte in Italy. The three armies were to link up in Tyrol and march on Vienna . Jourdan and Moreau advanced rapidly into Germany, and Moreau had reached Bavaria and the edge of Tyrol by September, but Jourdan was defeated by Archduke Charles at Amberg , and both armies were forced to retreat back across
7810-401: The Johnny Crampsie Music Festival. Strabane plays host to a Saint Patrick's Day Parade each year. One of Strabane's most notable features are five 20 ft (6.1 m) steel structures on the banks of the river. Designed by Maurice Harron , they consist of two dancers and a fiddle player on the Lifford side, a flute player on the Strabane side and a drummer in the middle. According to
7952-457: The L&ER in 1883. The Finn Valley Railway (FV) opened from Strabane to Stranorlar in 1863. The FV was originally Irish gauge but in 1892 it merged with the 3 ft ( 914 mm ) narrow gauge West Donegal Railway (WD) to form the Donegal Railway and was reduced to the same narrow gauge for through running. The Donegal Railway opened its own line to Derry in 1900. In 1906 the GNR and Northern Counties Committee jointly took over
8094-453: The Light Company joining from Athlone and being quartered at Newtownstewart. The warrant for disembodying the regiment was issued on 5 May, and the men were paid off on 13 May, leaving the permanent staff of non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and drummers under the adjutant . But the Peace of Amiens was short-lived, and the regiment was re-embodied just a year later. One company was called out on 25 March, and six more companies were embodied by
8236-423: The Low Countries. Britain expelled the French ambassador following the execution of Louis XVI and on 1 February, France responded by declaring war on Great Britain and the Dutch Republic . France drafted hundreds of thousands of men , beginning a policy of using mass conscription to deploy more of its manpower than the autocratic states could manage to do (first stage, with a decree of 24 February 1793 ordering
8378-564: The NI total, representing a decline of 2.2% on the Census 2001 population of 13,456. Of these: As of 2015, Strabane and Derry councils joined to form Derry City and Strabane District Council , and have a strong nationalist majority. At the local elections in May 2011 , members of Strabane District Council were elected from the following political parties: 8 Sinn Féin , 4 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 1 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and 2 Independent Nationalist . The council chairperson for 2013-14
8520-447: The Pillnitz Declaration as a non-committal gesture to placate the sentiments of French monarchists and nobles, it was seen in France as a serious threat and was denounced by the revolutionary leaders. France eventually issued an ultimatum demanding that Leopold renounce any hostile alliances and withdraw his troops from the French border. The reply was evasive, and the French Assembly voted for war on 20 April 1792 against Francis II ,
8662-408: The Regulars in February 1856. The Crimean War ended on 30 March 1856, and on 24 May the regiment left Sunderland by rail to Whitehaven . It embarked aboard the SS Tynwald and landed at Dublin before proceeding back to Omagh. There the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers were disembodied on 29 August. The permanent staff were stationed at Dungannon, where the uniforms and equipment were put into store. However,
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#17328017312618804-506: The Revolution with equanimity, but became more disturbed as the Revolution became more radical, although he still hoped to avoid war. On 27 August 1791, Leopold and King Frederick William II of Prussia , in consultation with emigrant French nobles, issued the Declaration of Pillnitz , which declared the interest of the monarchs of Europe in the well-being of King Louis XVI of France and his family, and threatened vague but severe consequences if anything should befall them. Although Leopold saw
8946-481: The Rhine. Napoleon, on the other hand, was completely successful in a daring invasion of Italy . He left Paris on 11 March for Nice to take over the weak and poorly supplied Army of Italy , arriving on 26 March. The army was already being reorganised and supplied when he arrived, and he found that the situation was rapidly improving. He was soon able to carry out the plan for the invasion of Italy that he had been advocating for years, which provided for an advance over
9088-421: The Royal Tyrone Militia was announced, bringing its strength up to 1000. Recruiting parties left for Co Tyrone to raise the additional men, who were to be enlisted for the duration of the war and for two months afterwards and were paid a bounty. When the militiamen of 1793 reached the end of their four-year enlistment in 1797, most of the Irish regiments were able to maintain their numbers through re-enlistments (for
9230-446: The Troubles from the early 1970s: Strabane Town Hall was destroyed in a bomb attack in 1972. The damage continued throughout much of the 1990s, with bombings and shootings commonplace; Irish Republican paramilitary groups, mainly the Provisional Irish Republican Army , regularly attacked the town's British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) bases. Strabane was once the most bombed town in Europe in proportion to its size, and
9372-673: The UTA closed the former GNR line through Strabane to Derry in 1965. Little trace remains of Strabane's railways except for one old railway building that survives in the town. The nearest railway is operated by Northern Ireland Railways and runs from Derry~Londonderry railway station via Coleraine to Belfast Lanyon Place railway station and Belfast Grand Central station . The Belfast-Derry railway line has been upgraded to facilitate more frequent trains. On Census day 2021 there were 13,507 people living in Strabane. Of these: On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 13,172 people living in Strabane (5,123 households), accounting for 0.73% of
9514-427: The United Kingdom. Huge economic damage occurred when much of the town centre flooded in 1987. In August 2005, a Channel 4 television programme presented by property experts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer named Strabane the eighth-worst place to live in the UK, largely owing to unemployment. Strabane had been moved out of the top 20 in the 2007 edition. As a result, the Strabane Community Unemployed Group ,
9656-412: The War Office rather than their counties and by now the battalions had a large cadre of permanent staff (about 30). Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the regular army. Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the Cardwell Reforms of 1872, militia regiments were brigaded with their local linked regular regiments. For the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers this
9798-485: The armies on the Pyrenees free to march east and reinforce the armies on the Alps , and the combined army overran Piedmont. Meanwhile, in Africa and Asia, the Dutch Cape Colony and Ceylon were invaded by the British. Meanwhile, Britain's attempt to reinforce the rebels in the Vendée by landing troops at Quiberon failed, and a conspiracy to overthrow the republican government from within ended when Napoleon Bonaparte 's garrison used cannon to fire grapeshot into
9940-415: The attacking mob (which led to the establishment of the Directory ). On the Rhine frontier, General Pichegru , negotiating with the exiled Royalists , betrayed his army and forced the evacuation of Mannheim and the failure of the siege of Mainz by Jourdan . This was a moderate setback to the position of the French. In northern Italy, victory at the Battle of Loano in November gave France access to
10082-465: The band continued to tour the towns of Co Tyrone to obtain replacements to keep it at its lower (pre-augmentation) establishment strength. Detachments of the regiment stationed across County Donegal were employed in assisting the Revenue Service in seizing contraband. The militia was kept embodied during the brief Waterloo campaign and its aftermath. In October 1815 the regiment was sent to Birr, County Offaly , and its out-stations, where it stayed until
10224-589: The barracks at New Geneva on 23 May. When the regiment had a field day at New Geneva in June, the gun detachment was reported to be 'admirably trained'. Lieutenant-Col Knox resigned his commission soon afterwards and the Marquess of Abercorn appointed Nathaniel Montgomery-Moore in his place on 1 June. Moore took over the command at Waterford, and at the end of August the regiment moved to the various barracks at Galway , with detachments at Tuam and Oughterard Barracks . The regiment, including its battalion guns and
10366-777: The bounty to transfer to the Regular Army, but only a small number volunteered in 1808. In January 1808 the regiment went to Dundalk , where over 300 recruits arrived, known in the regiment as the 'Wet Day Boys' after their winter march to join. It left Dundalk in March and by April was headquartered once more in Limerick with the companies (including the Light Company, now that the Light Battalions had been broken up) at various surrounding stations until June 1809 when it returned to Dublin. The Regular continued to take
10508-454: The city ). Quasdanovich was overcome at Lonato on 3 August and Wurmser at Castiglione on 5 August. Wurmser retreated to the Tyrol, and Bonaparte resumed the siege. In September, Bonaparte marched north against Trento in Tyrol, but Wurmser had already marched toward Mantua by the Brenta valley, leaving Paul Davidovich 's force to hold off the French. Bonaparte overran the holding force at
10650-534: The command of Irish American Colonel William Tate landed near Fishguard (Wales). They were met by a quickly assembled group of around 500 British reservists , militia and sailors under the command of John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor . After brief clashes with the local civilian population and Lord Cawdor's forces on 23 February, Tate was forced into an unconditional surrender by 24 February. Strabane Strabane ( / s t r ə ˈ b æ n / ; from Irish An Srath Bán , meaning 'the white river-holm')
10792-549: The control of either the parliament or the Dublin Castle administration . The invasion threat having receded, the Volunteers diminished in numbers but remained a political force. On the outbreak of the French Revolutionary War In 1793, the Irish administration passed an effective Militia Act that created an official Irish Militia, while the paramilitary volunteers were essentially banned. The new Act
10934-506: The county, only assembling for inspection in September. In October it marched to Dublin, where it was quartered in various barracks around the city. There were numerous guards and outposts to find, and the Dublin brigade was frequently paraded in marching order as practice for urgent call-outs, as well as ceremonial parades. By early 1802 a peace treaty was being negotiated and the regiment was marched back to Co Tyrone, to be quartered at Omagh ,
11076-552: The declaration of war, French soldiers deserted en masse and in one case murdered their general, Théobald Dillon . While the revolutionary government frantically raised fresh troops and reorganized its armies, a mostly Prussian Allied army under Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick assembled at Koblenz on the Rhine . The duke then issued a proclamation called the Brunswick Manifesto (July 1792), written by
11218-434: The detachment commander, but were beaten off. Several houses in which soldiers were quartered were set on fire and in the attack seven dragoons and four militiamen and Lt McFarland of the Royal Tyrones were killed in the Battle of Ballymore-Eustace . The dragoons later drove off the attackers. Meanwhile, Lt Eadie and a party of 23 of the Royal Tyrones who had been stationed for some months at Ballitore had been ordered to join
11360-571: The draft of 300,000 men, followed by the general mobilization of all the young men able to be drafted, through the famous decree of 23 August 1793). Nonetheless, the Coalition allies launched a determined drive to invade France during the Flanders Campaign . France suffered severe reverses at first. They were driven out of the Austrian Netherlands, and serious revolts flared in the west and south of France. One of these, at Toulon ,
11502-530: The east side of Lake Garda , sending Peter Quasdanovich down the west side in an effort to envelop Bonaparte. Bonaparte exploited the Austrian mistake of dividing their forces to defeat them in detail, but in so doing, he abandoned the siege of Mantua, which held out for another six months ( Carl von Clausewitz mentioned in On War that the siege might have been able to be kept up if Bonaparte had circumvallated
11644-478: The end of April, the men being obtained by re-enlistments and voluntary enlistment. The remainder of the regiment was recruited in May, bringing its strength to 690 rank and file, out of an establishment of 700. A field outside Omagh was hired as a drill ground. In early August a party went to Dublin to draw camp equipment, and during the month the regiment marched by 'divisions' of three or four companies to Limerick, which
11786-519: The end of the war a number of Irish Militia regiments were marched back to their home counties and disembodied. The Royal Tyrone Militia, however, was one of nine Irish Militia regiments that remained embodied while the War of 1812 and the Congress of Vienna continued. It stayed at Tullamore until February 1815 when it was ordered to march to Derry . Here the men who had served over five years were progressively discharged, though recruiting parties with
11928-607: The end of the year, large new armies had turned back foreign invaders, and the Reign of Terror , a fierce policy of repression, had suppressed internal revolts. The French military was in the ascendant. Lazare Carnot , a scientist and prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety , organized the fourteen armies of the Republic , and was then nicknamed the Organizer of the Victory. The year 1794 brought increased success to
12070-507: The fortress. This number rapidly diminished due to disease, combat losses, and hunger. The Austrians sent yet another army under József Alvinczi against Bonaparte in November. Again the Austrians divided their effort, sending Davidovich's corps from the north while Alvinczi's main body attacked from the east. At first they proved victorious over the French at Bassano , Calliano , and Caldiero . But Bonaparte ultimately defeated Alvinczi in
12212-415: The garrison, the Royal Tyrone Militia's alarm post was at the lower end of Patrick Street. The Light Company continued to be detached, at Ballinasloe , then at Athlone as part of a Light Infantry brigade, but was kept up to strength by suitable volunteers from the rest of the regiment at Cork. At the beginning of 1800 there was a call for volunteers from the militia to join the Regular Army, and 227 men from
12354-754: The general public, offering a 270-seat theatre, art gallery, tourist information centre and cafe-bar. The Alley was Northern Ireland Building of the Year in 2008, and won the Allianz Arts and Business Award 2009 and The Green Apple Award 2008. The venue has hosted the All Ireland Confined Drama Finals (2008) and is the current home of the North West Music Festival, The Stage Write Schools Drama Festival, Sounds Like Summer Music Festival, Strabane Drama Festival, and
12496-471: The highly professional French artillery distinguished itself. Although the battle was a tactical draw, it gave a great boost to French morale. Further, the Prussians, finding that the campaign had been longer and more costly than predicted, decided that the cost and risk of continued fighting was too great and, with winter approaching, they decided to retreat from France to preserve their army. The next day,
12638-473: The hostilities. On 18 May they signed the Treaty of Paris (1796) , ceding Savoy and Nice and allowing the French bases to be used against Austria. After a short pause, Napoleon carried out a brilliant flanking manoeuvre, and crossed the Po at Piacenza , nearly cutting the Austrian line of retreat. The Austrians escaped after the Battle of Fombio , but had their rear-guard mauled at Lodi on 10 May, after which
12780-620: The initiative at the battles of Tourcoing and Fleurus in June. The French armies drove the Austrians, British, and Dutch beyond the Rhine, occupying Belgium, the Rhineland , and the south of the Netherlands. On the middle Rhine front in July, General Michaud's Army of the Rhine attempted two offensives in July in the Vosges , the second of which was successful but not followed up, allowing for
12922-659: The last rebels were defeated in mid-July. A French invasion in August led to a further outbreak and it was not suppressed until the Franco-Irish forces were defeated. The Royal Tyrone Miliitia in Cork were distant from the fighting and not engaged. The Marquess of Abercorn resigned his commission in November 1798 and was replaced as colonel-commandant by Viscount Corry , who succeeded as 2nd Earl Belmore in 1802. Lieutenant-Col Montgomery-Moore also resigned, on 30 April 1799, and Major
13064-668: The lingering tensions proved too difficult to contain, and the Napoleonic Wars began over a year later with the formation of the Third Coalition , continuing the series of Coalition Wars . When the French Revolution started at the end of the 18th century the European continent had five great powers, these being Great Britain , France , Austria , Russia , and Prussia . Weak European states included Sweden , Spain , Poland , Holland , and Turkey . Western Germany
13206-462: The linked battalions forming single regiments. From 1 July 1881 the 27th and 108th Regiments became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers , and the militia battalions followed in numerical sequence. The Royal Tyrone Fusiliers (which contributed both the 'Royal' and 'Fusilier' elements of the new regiment's title as well as its depot) became the 5th (Royal Tyrone Militia) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers , on 1 July 1881 but
13348-557: The monarchy was formally abolished as the First Republic was declared (21 September 1792). Meanwhile, the French had been successful on several other fronts, occupying Savoy and Nice , which were parts of the Savoyard state , while General Custine invaded Germany, occupying several German towns along the Rhine and reaching as far as Frankfurt . Dumouriez went on the offensive in the Austrian Netherlands once again, winning
13490-872: The nation. In 1794, the situation improved dramatically for the French as huge victories at Fleurus against the Austrians and Dutch and at the Black Mountain against the Spanish signaled the start of a new stage in the wars. By 1795, the French had captured the Austrian Netherlands and the Dutch Republic . The French also put Spain and Prussia out of the war with the Peace of Basel . A hitherto unknown general named Napoleon Bonaparte began his first campaign in Italy in April 1796. In less than
13632-452: The nine companies at Cork did so in January, almost all to the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots , at Newry . Volunteering continued from February to April, with another 182 men from the Royal Tyrones coming forward, of whom 132 joined the 1st Royal Scots, with eight junior officers gaining commissions in that regiment. In February 1800 the regiment was ordered to County Meath , being stationed at Trim and Kells, and later scattered more widely over
13774-630: The opportunity presented by the French effort in the Middle East to regain territories lost from the First Coalition. The war began well for the Allies in Europe, where they gradually pushed the French out of Italy and invaded Switzerland – racking up victories at the battles of Magnano , Cassano , and Novi along the way. However, their efforts largely unraveled with the French victory at Zurich in September 1799, which caused Russia to drop out of
13916-422: The order to disembody arrived on 11 March 1816. The Royal Tyrone Militia marched back to Aughnacloy where it was disembodied on 29 March. After Waterloo there was a long peace. Although officers continued to be commissioned into the militia and ballots might still held, the regiments were rarely assembled for training. The Earl of Caledon provided a large mansion and other buildings at Caledon as HQ and barracks for
14058-586: The outbreak of World War II in 1939, no officers remained listed for the 3rd Bn. The Militia was formally disbanded in April 1953. The following served as Colonel of the Regiment : The following served as Commanding Officer: The following served as Honorary Colonel : During the American War of Independence the lords-lieutenant of the English and Welsh counties had drawn lots each year to determine
14200-579: The permanent staff. The permanent staffs of militia regiments were progressively reduced. For the first reduction, in 1822, the Earl of Caledon selected the senior sergeants who were eligible for a pension, and arranged for the younger corporals and drummers to join the new police force in the Province of Munster. Further reductions were ordered in 1829 and 1835. The Earl of Caledon died on 8 April 1839 and on 1 May his son, James Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon ,
14342-525: The prewar paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force . On 8 October the Special Reserve battalions were ordered to form service battalions from their surplus recruits, and 3rd (Reserve) Bn should have formed a 12th (Service) Battalion. However this order was cancelled for most Irish regiments on 25 October. The 12th (Reserve) Bn was finally formed in 1915 from the depot companies of the three former UVF battalions. About April 1918 3rd (Reserve) Bn absorbed
14484-537: The public, especially in Dublin. The regiment left Dublin in April 1811 and went to Galway, with the usual detachments in surrounding towns, HQ later moving to Tuam. In July 1811 Irish Militia regiments were invited to volunteer for up to two years service anywhere in the United Kingdom , exchanging with English and Scottish units. Almost the whole of the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers accepted this,
14626-582: The regiment marched to Cork where there was a large concentration of troops. The Light Company of the Royal Tyrone Militia was still detached in County Kildare when the Irish Rebellion broke out. One detachment had been at Ballymore Eustace since 10 May in company with elements of the 9th Light Dragoons , the Antrim and the Armagh Militia . Early on 24 May armed men broke into the room of
14768-543: The regiment provided 49 volunteers to the Regulars, but on 22 April the government ordered the militia to be disembodied. The men returned on 6 May by rail to Glasgow and the steamer Rose to Londonderry, arriving at Omagh on 9 May to be discharged. The militia thereafter carried out their annual training obligations. During the Fenian Rising of 1867 the permanent staff of the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers mounted guard on
14910-476: The regiment was duly embodied on 23 August 1793 at the county town of Caledon . At the same time, it was granted the title Royal Tyrone Militia . Balloting for the Tyrone regiment seems to have passed without incident, though there were serious anti-militia protests in a number of other Irish counties. There was some difficulty in providing arms for the new regiments (many were bought second-hand), and in September
15052-503: The regiment was embodied again on 3 November 1857 after large reinforcements of regular troops had been sent to help suppress the Indian Mutiny . It was first stationed at Armagh , then on 15 December it went to Belfast where it embarked on the steamer Elk , with the baggage on another steamer, for Glasgow . It then went by rail to Hamilton, South Lanarkshire , with two companies detached to Paisley, Renfrewshire . In April 1858
15194-438: The regiment. The Earl of Caledon was Governor of Cape Colony from 1806 to 1810 (Lt-Col William Stewart, appointed on 16 April 1805, commanded in his absence), and while he was away most of his pay as colonel of the regiment was devoted to supporting the regimental band. The band, including seven or eight black musicians, wore distinctive uniforms made by London tailors, and their musicianship made their performances popular among
15336-476: The regimental armoury and recruitment and annual training were suspended until 1871. When training was resumed the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers were brigaded with the Fermanagh Light Infantry from Enniskillen for exercises. The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen across the UK who undertook to serve overseas in case of war. From 1871 The militia came under
15478-551: The relative precedence of their militia regiments. On 2 March 1793, at the outbreak of the French Revolutionary War, they drew lots again, but this time the order of precedence held good for the whole war. The Irish counties did the same on 8 August 1793 for their newly raised militia regiments: Tyrone was 2nd. The English, Welsh and Scottish counties re-balloted at the beginning of the Napoleonic War, but
15620-570: The remainder soon agreeing rather than be called 'Black belts' (the derogatory term applied to those regiments that refused to volunteer). In April 1813 the regiment was moved from Tuam to Limerick, then to Cork in May, ready to embark for England. However, the embarkation was cancelled, and the regiment did not see service outside Ireland until 1855. In February 1814 the regiment was sent to Clonmel, with detachments scattered widely over Co Tipperary, HQ moving to Cashel in July and then to Tullamore in September. Napoleon abdicated in April 1814 and with
15762-403: The rest of the company at Calverstown . Having stopped for breakfast at Narraghmore , the party was too late to save a number of loyalists being killed by rebels. However, he placed his men behind a wall and ambushed the rebels with a volley. They retired to Ballitore, where they gained reinforcements and pursued Eadie's party towards Calverstown. By the time a large force of militia and fencibles
15904-475: The short-lived Anglo-Corsican Kingdom . By the end of the year French armies had won victories on all fronts, and as the year closed they began advancing into the Netherlands. The year opened with French forces in the process of attacking the Dutch Republic in the middle of winter. The Dutch people rallied to the French call and started the Batavian Revolution . City after city was occupied by
16046-487: The spread of revolutionary principles over much of Europe. As early as 1791, the other monarchies of Europe looked with outrage at the revolution and its upheavals; and they considered whether they should intervene, either in support of King Louis XVI , to prevent the spread of revolution, or to take advantage of the chaos in France. Austria stationed significant troops on its French border and together with Prussia, issued
16188-422: The successor of Leopold II, after a long list of grievances presented by foreign minister Charles François Dumouriez . Dumouriez prepared an immediate invasion of the Austrian Netherlands , where he expected the local population to rise against Austrian rule as they had earlier in 1790 . However, the revolution had thoroughly disorganized the army, and the forces raised were insufficient for the invasion. Following
16330-586: The summer of 1795, the Royal Tyrone was dispersed across Counties Leitrim , Mayo and Roscommon , two companies each to Carrick-on-Shannon and Boyle on 28 April, the other six companies to various stations from 12 June with the regimental headquarters at Westport . However, the regiment had marched to Dublin by November 1795, quartered in various barracks around the city and with detachments at Dunboyne , Rathcoole and Swords that were rotated monthly. The regiment underwent field days and inspections in
16472-543: The summer of 1796 and on 1–2 November it marched to winter quarters at Kells (HQ), Cootehill , Oldcastle , and Trim . Anxiety about a possible French invasion grew during the autumn of 1796 and preparations were made for field operations. A large French expeditionary force appeared in Bantry Bay on 21 December and troops from all over Ireland were marched towards the threatened area. The Royal Tyrone received orders on 26 December to march to Cork forthwith. However,
16614-482: The town officials for their discipline and good conduct when they were called out to deal with the 'criminal and highly improper behaviour' of the militia of a neighbouring county. However, official policy was to station militia regiments away from their recruiting area. On 15 March the new muskets were issued to the men and on 17 March the Royal Tyrone Militia marched out to its appointed station at Waterford , which it reached in April. Three companies were then detached to
16756-401: The volunteers: around 30 in 1809, and over 130 in 1810. Among the remaining men serving since the embodiment there was a strong desire for discharge: some of the Tyrone militiamen paid for legal advice on their claim for discharge after five years' service, which advice supported their claim. Despite having recruiting parties active across Co Tyrone the regiment was continually understrength. This
16898-565: The war between James II and William III , but it was not until 1715 that the Irish Militia came under statutory authority. During the 18th Century there were various Volunteer Associations and local militia units controlled by the landowners, concerned mainly with internal security. In 1778, during the War of American Independence , the threat of invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain, appeared to be serious. While most of
17040-731: The war. Meanwhile, Napoleon's forces annihilated a series of Egyptian and Ottoman armies at the battles of the Pyramids , Mount Tabor , and Abukir . These victories in Egypt further enhanced Napoleon's popularity back in France, and he returned in triumph in the autumn of 1799, although the Egyptian campaign ultimately ended in failure. Furthermore, the Royal Navy had won the Battle of the Nile in 1798, further strengthening British control of
17182-579: The west bank of the Rhine to France. This freed Prussia to finish the Third Partition of Poland . The French army in Spain advanced in Catalonia while taking Bilbao and Vitoria and marching toward Castile . By 10 July, Spain also decided to make peace, recognizing the revolutionary government and ceding the territory of Santo Domingo , but returning to the pre-war borders in Europe. This left
17324-663: The whole island by 24 March and holding it until the Treaty of Amiens , and in Guadeloupe in April, where they captured the island briefly but were driven out by Victor Hugues later in the year. In the Mediterranean, following the British evacuation of Toulon , the Corsican leader Pasquale Paoli agreed with admiral Samuel Hood to place Corsica under British protection in return for assistance capturing French garrisons at Saint-Florent , Bastia , and Calvi , creating
17466-484: Was Ruairí McHugh of Sinn Féin. Since 1997 Strabane has been part of the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of West Tyrone , held since 2001 by Sinn Féin's Pat Doherty . From 1983 to 1997 it was part of the Foyle constituency, held during that time by the then-SDLP leader John Hume . The local Gaelic football team is Strabane Sigersons . Strabane Cricket Club and Fox Lodge Cricket Club are members of
17608-545: Was a general problem among the Irish Militia, and a new round of balloting was authorised: 11 out of 27 parishes in Co Tyrone held ballots, but those enlisted were generally volunteer substitutes paid a bounty from parish funds or by insurance schemes. Under the 1812 Militia Act the regiment was permitted to maintain its strength by enlisting boy soldiers aged 14 or more, many of whom were children of soldiers serving in
17750-527: Was assembled Ballintore had been abandoned, but the Tyrone militiamen were able to identify one rebel leader, who was killed by the Suffolk Fencibles. The Light Company of the Royal Tyrone Militia subsequently saw action with 1st Light Battalion at the Battles of Tubberneering (4 June), Arklow (9 June) and Vinegar Hill (21 June). The Battle of Vinegar Hill broke the back of the rebellion, and
17892-428: Was based on existing English precedents, with the men conscripted by ballot to fill county quotas (paid substitutes were permitted) and the officers having to meet certain property qualifications. Under the new Act County Tyrone was given a quota of 560 men to raise in 10 companies, and on 3 May the regiment was ordered to be formed. John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn , a prominent figure in Co Tyrone politics and
18034-584: Was believed to be in danger from a sudden French attack on the River Shannon . The Light Company was once again detached to form part of a composite light battalion. Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon , first commissioned into the regiment as an ensign on 28 May 1793, was appointed colonel on 11 August 1804. Over the following years the regiment carried out garrison duties at various towns across Ireland. It moved from Limerick to Dublin in July 1804, then in September to Tipperary and other stations across
18176-534: Was created in 2003 with the amalgamation of Strabane's three Catholic post-primary schools, the Convent Grammar School, St Colman's High School and Our Lady of Mercy High School. The college had been operating across the three sites until its £29 million state-of-the-art new building opened in September 2009, catering for 1,400 pupils. Holy Cross is a co-ed bilateral college, which means it offers grammar status education within an all-ability school. It
18318-408: Was destroyed by the O'Briens of Thomond , and was then moved to Urney, three miles outside Strabane. In 1243, the seat of power for all Tyrone and the O'Neill dynasty was moved to Cookstown . It was during this epoch, in AD 1231, that Franciscan friars established a religious foundation on what is now the old graveyard at St. Patrick's Street, Strabane. The town was settled by Scottish families in
18460-482: Was diverted to Limerick where it was to be stationed, except the flank (Grenadier and Light) companies, which were proposed to be detached to join composite battalions drawn from several militia regiments. The Light Companies of the Royal Tyrone and Louth Militia left for Kilkenny on 27 February to join the 1st Light Battalion, the Grenadiers remained with the regiment. On 19 February 1797 a further augmentation of
18602-456: Was divided into hundreds of tiny principalities, cities, and minor states, some of which were independents while others were effectively controlled by Austria. The great powers had agrarian industries , except for Great Britain which was wealthy because of trade . The key figure in initial foreign reaction to the French Revolution was Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II , brother of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Leopold had initially looked on
18744-483: Was founded in 1994, and a Gaelscoil (primary school). A common greeting in Strabane and the wider North West is "Have ye any bars?" This means "What's the news?" or "What's the latest gossip?" This may derive from Irish, from the phrase "barr nuachta," meaning "titbit," referring to a tasty piece of news. In 2007, the Alley Arts and Conference Centre (designed by architects Glenn Howells and AJA ) opened to
18886-620: Was founded to find solutions to long-term unemployment and combat the causes for unemployment. Sister Mary Carmel Fanning, a retired Catholic girls school principal who had been awarded the MBE for her services to education in 1997, became a director of the Group later that year. The Irish gauge 5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 mm ) Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (L&ER) reached Strabane in 1847, Omagh in 1852 and Enniskillen in 1854. The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) took over
19028-690: Was in Sub-District No 64 (Counties of Londonderry, Donegal, Tyrone and Fermanagh ) in Belfast District of Irish Command : A Brigade Depot was formed at Omagh, the Royal Tyrones Fusiliers' headquarters, where land was leased in 1875 to build St Lucia Barracks . Although often referred to as brigades, the sub-districts were purely administrative organisations, but in a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms
19170-607: Was moved to Londonderry. The battalion fulfilled its role of preparing reinforcement drafts of Reservists and Special Reservists, and later of recruits, to the regular battalions of the Inniskillings (the 1st at Gallipoli and later on the Western Front , the 2nd on the Western Front throughout the war). The Inniskillings also formed four service battalions of ' Kitchener's Army ' volunteers and three more from
19312-462: Was redesignated as the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers on 18 April 1855. On 13 and 14 June the regiment went by train to Londonderry and embarked for Liverpool , from where it was sent by rail to Sheffield . In August 78 men volunteered for the Regular Army and one ensign received a Regular commission. On 20 December the regiment moved to Sunderland with four companies detached to garrison Tynemouth . Another group of 86 men and one officer were supplied to
19454-429: Was renumbered as the 4th Battalion in May 1882 when the Londonderry Light Infantry left the regiment on conversion to artillery. After the disasters of Black Week at the start of the Second Boer War in December 1899, most of the regular army was sent to South Africa, and many militia units were called out to replace them for home defence. The 4th Inniskillings were embodied from 2 May 1900 to 18 October 1900. After
19596-440: Was revived, moving its HQ from Caledon to Omagh , and James Stronge , formerly of the 5th Dragoon Guards , was appointed Lt-Col Commandant on 20 October 1854. The post of colonel in the militia disappeared after the 1852 Act, and the last colonel of the Royal Tyrone Militia, the 3rd Earl of Caledon, died on 30 June 1855. The 1852 Act introduced Militia Artillery units in addition to the traditional infantry regiments. Their role
19738-404: Was still at these stations in January 1798 when a sentry of the regiment at the Custom House in Tralee was murdered by a man disguised in woman's clothes. Tensions were building in Ireland, and the authorities endeavoured to seize illegal arms caches and billet troops in disaffected areas; in April the regiment was ordered to send out three detachments accompanied by Yeomanry Cavalry . On 18 May
19880-409: Was the first serious taste of action for an unknown young artillery officer Napoleon Bonaparte . He contributed to the siege of the city and its harbour by planning an effective assault with well-placed artillery batteries raining projectiles down on rebel positions. This performance helped make his reputation as a capable tactician, and it fueled his meteoric rise to military and political power. By
20022-416: Was the most bombed town in Northern Ireland. Many civilians and members of the security forces were killed or injured in the area over the course of the Troubles. Many British Army regiments from England , Scotland and Wales served in Strabane at various times during the Troubles in the barracks at the locally named "Camel's hump" beside Lifford Bridge . As a result of the Good Friday Agreement , there
20164-448: Was to man coastal defences and fortifications, relieving the Royal Artillery (RA) for active service. The Tyrone Artillery Militia was raised on 1 April 1855 at Charlemont , later moving to Dungannon. Several officers transferred from the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers to assist in its formation. It appears to have used the name 'Royal Tyrone Artillery' (following theFusiliers) but this title appears to have been unofficial and does not appear in
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