Saffron Kilt and Irish Regiment of Canada

[macwilkin]

I have found this website dealing with Irish Pipers.. check out the Galleries and see the new and old photos of Irish Pipers... also look at Gallery #5 and note the print of a painting of an Inniskilling Fusiliers Piper from 1870.
Irish WarPiper Home Page
Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Gallery 3
Gallery 4
Gallery 5
Gallery 6

That's Dave Gallagher's site -- he's an Irish piper in St. Louis. I'll have to ask him where that particular print comes from. I'd like to see the sources for the depiction. It doesn't appear to be a contemporary piece.

T.

[macwilkin]

In keeping with the theme of this thread, there is another Commonwealth Irish regiment whose pipers wore the saffron kilts: The South African Irish Regiment.

http://www.rfc.org.za/RFCRegions/Gau...8/Default.aspx
http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol061ob.html
http://uk.geocities.com/projects_sentinel/pchap08.html
http://www.sairish.co.za/index1.html

FAUGH A BALLAGH -- Clear the Way!*

*Also the cry of the Irish Brigade at Fredericksburg, 1862

T.

[macwilkin]

http://1rli.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/piper-irish.jpg

http://1rli.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/sidi-138.jpg

http://1rli.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/0231.jpg

From: http://1rli.wordpress.com/2007/

There are a number of photos of the SA Irish on this blog for the Rand Light Infantry, along with some good photos of the Transvaal Scottish. The photos were taken at the Drumhead Service for The Battle of Sidi Rezegh in 1941:

http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.pat...htm#SidiRezegh

Regards,

Todd