My Mathew Shea (born 1832, Co. Cork, Ireland) was in the Crimean War and I'm having all sorts of trouble finding out what he did there. I figure infantry, since when he came to the states he enrolled in the Civil War (I have a page on his regiment, too!).

Here's what I got from a friend on the web:
The Irish regiments (in a general sense since the territorial affiliations were not set until 1881) were:

The Cavalry                         Royal Armoured Corps
1918 Title                          1945 Title
4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards    4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
5th (Royal Irish) Lancers           16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons         disbanded 1922
8th(The King's Royal Irish) Hussars 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars

Infantry of the Line

Pre 1881 Designation(s)             1914 Designation

18th Regiment of Foot               The Royal Irish Regiment disbanded 1922

27th Regiment of Foot
and 108th Regiment of Foot          The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

83rd Regiment of Foot               The Royal Irish Rifles
and 86th Regiment of Foot           redesignated 1922 "Ulster"

87th Regiment of Foot
and 89th Regiment of Foot The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)

88th Regiment of Foot
and 94th Regiment of Foot           The Connaught Rangers  disbanded 1922

100th Regiment of Foot
and 109th Regiment of Foot    The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment
                              (Royal Canadians) disbanded 1922

101st Regiment of Foot
and 104th Regiment of Foot    The Royal Munster Fusiliers  disbanded 1922

102nd Regiment of Foot
and 103rd Regiment of Foot    The Royal Dublin Fusiliers  disbanded 1922

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