Major William Shirley in Clonmel, Ireland - 28 September, 1828

from Letter from Major William Shirley to his mother, Phillis Byam Wollastan, 8 October 1828, page 342:

On Sunday week there was an assemblage here of about 2000 people, with about 100 on horseback dressed in green uniforms, with white sashes and epaulettes, and a band of music; they marched in good order through the town, and towards evening dispersed. They had no arms with them; but it is supposed those are hidden on the mountains or in the bogs.

cite as

William Shirley, Letter from Major William Shirley to his mother, Phillis Byam Wollastan, 8 October 1828. In Harriet Georgiana Mundy (ed.), The Journal of Mary Frampton, from the Year 1779, until the year 1846 (London, 1885), p. 342. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1535537422789 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Clonmel, Ireland

Listeners

Major William Shirley
Army officer (7th Hussars)

Listening to

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Irish military music performed by an Irish military band

Experience Information

Date/Time 28 September, 1828
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, outdoors, in public

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:10:24 +0100
Approved on Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:13:27 +0100