Royal Irish Regiment of Foot Guards

Royal Irish Regiment of Foot Guards
Regimental standard (1698–1716)
Active	1662–1698; 1698–1791 (in French Army)
Country	Kingdom of Ireland;  France
Type	Foot Guards
Role	Line infantry
Size	(1662) 12 companies; 1,200 men (1690) 26 companies; 2,080 men
Garrison/HQ	Dublin (to 1688)
March	When the king enjoys his own again[1]
Engagements	Nine Years' War War of the Austrian Succession 1745 Jacobite Rising Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War
Commanders
Colonel of the Regiment	Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran
Notable commanders	William Dorrington

The Royal Irish Regiment of Foot Guards, or His Majesty’s Regiment of Guards in Ireland, was a regiment of foot guards first raised in 1662 for service in Ireland. Part of the Irish Army of Charles II, it was initially garrisoned around Dublin.

During the 1688 Glorious Revolution the Foot Guards under their commanding officer William Dorrington stayed loyal to James II, and fought on the Jacobite side in the Williamite War in Ireland. After the 1697 Peace of Ryswick and the formal disestablishment of James’s army in exile, the Foot Guards were immediately reconstituted in French service as Dorrington’s Regiment, retaining their red coats and Saint George's Cross standard. As part of the Irish Brigade they distinguished themselves in a number of campaigns.

Renamed the Regiment Roth after a subsequent colonel, Michael Roth, and later still as the Regiment Walsh, the regiment did not formally disband until 1791.