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Captain Richard D’Arcy’s Coat

Captain Richard D’Arcy wore this coat as a member of the Gort Light Dragoons, a corps of Volunteers in County Galway. Volunteers outfitted themselves at their own expense and each corps chose their own uniforms. D’Arcy’s coat features black velvet facings and silver buttons decorated with an Irish harp. In 1782, the Gort Light Dragoons joined with other Volunteers throughout Ireland and pledged to risk their “lives and fortunes” to ensure that only the King and the Irish Parliament had the power to rule the country.

Coat
ca. 1780
Wool, Velvet, Silver, Bone
© National Museum of Ireland

Captain Richard D’Arcy’s Coat

Captain Richard D’Arcy wore this coat as a member of the Gort Light Dragoons, a corps of Volunteers in County Galway. Volunteers outfitted themselves at their own expense and each corps chose their own uniforms. D’Arcy’s coat features black velvet facings and silver buttons decorated with an Irish harp. In 1782, the Gort Light Dragoons joined with other Volunteers throughout Ireland and pledged to risk their “lives and fortunes” to ensure that only the King and the Irish Parliament had the power to rule the country.

Coat
ca. 1780
Wool, Velvet, Silver, Bone
© National Museum of Ireland

Captain Richard D’Arcy’s Coat

Captain Richard D’Arcy wore this coat as a member of the Gort Light Dragoons, a corps of Volunteers in County Galway. Volunteers outfitted themselves at their own expense and each corps chose their own uniforms. D’Arcy’s coat features black velvet facings and silver buttons decorated with an Irish harp. In 1782, the Gort Light Dragoons joined with other Volunteers throughout Ireland and pledged to risk their “lives and fortunes” to ensure that only the King and the Irish Parliament had the power to rule the country.

Coat
ca. 1780
Wool, Velvet, Silver, Bone
© National Museum of Ireland

Captain Richard D’Arcy’s Coat

Captain Richard D’Arcy wore this coat as a member of the Gort Light Dragoons, a corps of Volunteers in County Galway. Volunteers outfitted themselves at their own expense and each corps chose their own uniforms. D’Arcy’s coat features black velvet facings and silver buttons decorated with an Irish harp. In 1782, the Gort Light Dragoons joined with other Volunteers throughout Ireland and pledged to risk their “lives and fortunes” to ensure that only the King and the Irish Parliament had the power to rule the country.

Coat
ca. 1780
Wool, Velvet, Silver, Bone
© National Museum of Ireland

Captain Richard D’Arcy’s Coat

Captain Richard D’Arcy wore this coat as a member of the Gort Light Dragoons, a corps of Volunteers in County Galway. Volunteers outfitted themselves at their own expense and each corps chose their own uniforms. D’Arcy’s coat features black velvet facings and silver buttons decorated with an Irish harp. In 1782, the Gort Light Dragoons joined with other Volunteers throughout Ireland and pledged to risk their “lives and fortunes” to ensure that only the King and the Irish Parliament had the power to rule the country.

Coat
ca. 1780
Wool, Velvet, Silver, Bone
© National Museum of Ireland

Captain Richard D’Arcy’s Coat

Captain Richard D’Arcy wore this coat as a member of the Gort Light Dragoons, a corps of Volunteers in County Galway. Volunteers outfitted themselves at their own expense and each corps chose their own uniforms. D’Arcy’s coat features black velvet facings and silver buttons decorated with an Irish harp. In 1782, the Gort Light Dragoons joined with other Volunteers throughout Ireland and pledged to risk their “lives and fortunes” to ensure that only the King and the Irish Parliament had the power to rule the country.

Coat
ca. 1780
Wool, Velvet, Silver, Bone
© National Museum of Ireland