Lot 24
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An Officer's Shoulderbelt-Plate of the Lower Talbotstown Cavalry

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An Officer's Shoulderbelt-Plate of the Lower Talbotstown Cavalry
An oval silver on copper plate (slightly rubbed) engraved with the Crowned Harp above 1796, and scrolls above and below inscribed L TALBOTSTOWN CAVALRY (fixings removed, two small holes in plate)
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Lot Essay

The Lower Talbotstown Cavalry was raised on 31st October 1796 under Captain Richard Hornidge, with apparently 48 soldiers. It was re-raised, under the same officer, in 1803. The date of its final disbandment is uncertain.