Kilkenny Militia band uniform
By Eamonn O’Keeffe The Soldiers and Chiefs exhibition in Dublin’s Collins Barracks houses a polychromatic uniform of the Kilkenny Militia with a provenance no less colourful. Saved by an antiquarian from the ignominious fate of adorning a garden scarecrow, it is a striking testament to the remarkable crescendo of martial music in Ireland prompted by … Read more