Falkiner — The Irish Guards. 1& 



"William Flower, who had the conduct of His Majesty's Ecgimcnt of 

 Guards for Ireland, under the command of the Earl of Arran, amved 

 here with that regiment, in order to their transportation for Ireland," 

 and on the 14th May, it was reported that " Sir William commenced 

 to ship twelve companies in eleven ships at "VYeston." We are further 

 informed that " during the march from London with this regiment. 

 Sir William himself constantly marched with the men. Sir William 

 Flower, my Lord Callan and other chief officers in the regiment were 

 entertained by the Mayor at Chester." They reached Dublin safely 

 before the end of May ; and on the 28th of that month, the same 

 journal announced that "the King's Hegiment of Foot, under the 

 command of the Earl of Arran, consisting of twelve companies, that 

 came this week from England, marched this day, completely armed 

 and clothed through the city, and are all quartered in and about it for 

 the Guards." 



The conception of the regiment being that of a body-guard for the 

 person of the Lord Lieutenant as the representative of the King, it 

 was not contemplated that the corps should serve, in time of peace 

 at least, outside the capital. Accordingly, arrangements were at 

 once made for quartering the soldiers in Dublin, and for this purpose 

 communications passed between the Government and the City Corpora- 

 tions. Between the Court and the City the liveliest accord existed 

 throughout Ormond's Yiceroyalty, the Duke having, as one of his fii'st 

 acts, secured a payment of £500 a year from the exchequer to the 

 Mayor in consideration of the loyalty of the city in the years 

 following the Rebellion of 1641, and of the civic poverty resulting 

 from the Civil wars, and having exerted himself to the utmost at the 

 restoration for the protection and enlargement of the liberties of 

 Dublin. And it was to Ormond's intervention that the dignity of 

 Lord Mayor shortly afterwards conferred on the head of the Coi-pora- 

 tion, the royal gift of a collar of SS. and cap of maintenance, and 

 other marks of royal favour, were directly due.^ 



The City Assembly was therefore prepared to comply with a loyal 

 alacrity with the direction of the Yiceroy to provide quarters for the 

 Guards. On the 28th May the Lords Justices and the Coimcil, by 

 direction from the Lord Lieutenant, ordered the sheriffs of Dublin and 

 seneschals of the Liberties ''to provide lodging for the officers and 

 soldiers of His Majesty's Eegiment of Guards lately arrived out of 



1 Speech of Sir W. Davys, the Recorder, Dublin Corporation Eecords, iv. p., 

 679, and see vol. i., p. 42. 



