Howdy Yall, Below is the text from a webpage that I stumbled across on the Internet while searching for a company on the Internet!! It mentions a Col. O'Regan. Maybe there are some clues in here for someone. Here is the link to the page. http://homepage.eircom.net/~irishisco/Greenfort.htm Take care, Douglas Gordon Reagin The Siege of the Greenfort 1691 Sligo Re-enacted in 1994&95 "Ireland will lay at peace upon the return of the Wild Geese" Old Prophesy In 1993 the Sligo Living History and Heritage Co.Ltd (to become The Irish History Company Ltd) was formed to pioneer the concept of using period re-enactment as a means of providing practical training and personal development for the long term unemployed, whilst staging an event as a cultural and historical tourist attraction. The history of a local monument, known as the Greenfort, was chosen as a focal point for the project, being one of the best remaining examples of an earthern Star Fort in Ireland. In this fort, the Garrison forces of the Army of King James (known as Jacobites) held out in 1691 and it became the last fort to surrender before the Treaty of Limerick. The Jacobite forces held out for over 18 months, under the command of Col.Tiegue O'Regan and were besieged more than once. The re-enactment concentrated on the siege of August 1691, when the Jacobite cause was lost and an honourable surrender was agreed between Col. Tiegue O'Regan and Col. Mitchelburne, the Williamite Commander, both old friends who had fought in France together before the War in Ireland. The terms essentially gave the Jacobites the ability to march out with full colours and drums and armed, to proceed to Limerick to meet up with the rest of the Army. To instigate the project, the Company initially took on 34 unemployed people with funding from FAS, the Irish Government Training Body and acquired the use of an IDA industrial premises in Sligo to train personnel not only to manufacture all the uniforms and equipment required for the event, but train them to organise what was going to become a truly international re-enactment. Organisation included establishing contacts, planning the logistics of the battlefield and campsite for the participants, and recruiting appropriate craftspersons, artists and historians eager to display lifestyles of the era. The research on every aspect of the period was constantly ongoing, and included painstaking work on uniforms, weaponry and lifestyles. Training those participants who took part in the battle included general military discipline, military drills of the era, use of period weaponry including musketry and artillery and full Cavalry training. Members of the various English Civil War societies were brought in as consultants, using their many years of experience in the field to help the project along the way. The question of the importation and use of black powder, necessary to fire the period cannon and muskets, was obviously still a security issue with the Irish State but the prophesy came true and just weeks before the event, the '94 ceasefire was declared and the security climate improved enabling us to stage the event with the ammunition. Due to the fact that the Greenfort is a National Monument and therefore preserved, a replica fort fort was built in field near to the Company's base in Cleveragh and the stage was set for what was to be the first major military re-enactment in Ireland. Many participants from the UK turned up for the event which turned out to be a resounding success as the town of Sligo once more rang to the sound of gunfire, clashing swords and the thunder of Cavalry in full charge. The audience experienced their first taste of military battle re-enactment in Ireland and after the all the excitement took time to wander around a full living history village featuring craftspeople from Ireland and the UK, demonstrating their crafts and offering their wares for sale. Another unique feature was the stage where musicians were performing well researched music of the period.The musicians included Dervish, one of Ireland's premier traditional bands. The company wishes to thank everyone who made this event possible, especially those key people from the UK societies namely...Martin Gershman, Rab Joyce, John Devlin, and Rory Kehoe "We fight not for any King or Pope, but for our Estates" anonymous Jacobite offficer before the Battle of Aughrim. July 1691