Green Linnets
(Ireland, historical) A regiment raised in Poolbeg, Dublin which embarked in 1781 to Jamaica to serve in the American Revolutionary War.
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(Ireland, historical) A regiment raised in Poolbeg, Dublin which embarked in 1781 to Jamaica to serve in the American Revolutionary War.
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