Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Castlebar - the highpoint in the 1798 intervention by French forces in the rebellion of the United Irishmen.
So here's me in the uniform of the French forces of this era - I'm in the British one in the posting below. I really like the style of the French revolution though this impression of mine is not brilliant - I should have long hair and a moustache, but there you go. Sometimes we wore sabots or went barefoot in our desire to be authentic but this was pretty painful.
There was an excellent tv series 'The Year of the French' which was shown in the early days of Channel 4 - with music by the Chieftains ...it was a real treat.
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