41st foot. Stationed in Ireland 1800's

[Maiden Stone]

In "Kurrachee" in 1841, in Castlebar and Cork in 1851 per muster rolls. Discharged in 1860.

You can track the movements of the regiment via "Stations of the British Army" published monthly in contemporary newspapers.

Karachi? Captured by British 1839. Annexed, along with Sindh province 1842. Became a Br. Army HQ.
https://www.britannica.com/place/Karachi/History
Was the regiment in Afghanistan and Crimea* during Peter Wright's service? How many battalions were in the regiment?
Coincidently, an ancestor of mine married a soldier named Wright who was at Castlebar barracks 40 years later.

*Added. Crimean War October 1853-Feb. 1856. Britain declared war in March 1854.

Stations of the British Army 3rd Feb. 1855
41st. Crimea. Regiment's depot was Templemore.

Stations of the British Army 28th April 1856
41st. Crimea - Templemore, Chatham
Does this mean the regiment had depots at Templemore and Chatham or that it had embarked for Chatham from the Crimea? **

Stations of the British Army 1st Feb. 1857
41st. Shorncliffe
Shorncliffe is on Kent coast, at Folkstone..44th also there.

**Amendment. Chatham is a transcription error. See my reply #14.

[Maiden Stone]

Stations of the British Army. Where 2 places are mentioned, 2nd is the regiment's depot.
41st. Regiment
31st January 1846 Dublin (Returned from Madras, July 1843)
1st January 1847 (?not sure of year) Mullingar
28th July 1847 Mullingar
1st May 1850 Cork
1st April 1852 Corfu - Boyle (Boyle is in County Roscommon)

[ShaunJ]

Stations of the British Army 28th April 1856
41st. Crimea - Templemore, Chatham
Does this mean the regiment had depots at Templemore and Chatham or that it had embarked for Chatham from the Crimea?

What newspaper is that? The ones I can find for that week show "41st: Crimea, Templemore"

Peter Wright didn't go to the Crimea so was presumably with the depot company in Ireland.

[Maiden Stone]

Stations of the British Army 28th April 1856
41st. Crimea - Templemore, Chatham

What newspaper is that? The ones I can find for that week show "41st: Crimea, Templemore"

Peter Wright didn't go to the Crimea so was presumably with the depot company in Ireland.

"Boston Pilot" 31st May 1856. Source was "United Services Gazette".
"Boston Pilot" was founded 1829 and was a major source of news for the Irish immigrant community.

Added. Amendment. 41st wasn't at Chatham. See my reply #14.

[Maiden Stone]

Stations of the British Army 28th April 1856
41st. Crimea - Templemore, Chatham

Peter Wright didn't go to the Crimea so was presumably with the depot company in Ireland.

The barracks in Templemore, Tipperary had a church, hospital and military prison. Near Templemore railway station, enabling rapid troop movement around the province of Munster.
Barrack master in Slater's Directory of Ireland 1856 was Lt. Greaves Ackland. 2 women with surname Wright kept a boarding school in the town. Plenty of boot & shoe makers and stockists of spirits in Templemore.
1,300 men from the barracks attended Templemore races in April 1856. A major fight broke out between soldiers and other racegoers. 
 Irish newspapers can be a good source for finding out what regiments were doing.   

[Maiden Stone]

Stations of the British Army 28th April 1856
41st. Crimea - Templemore, Chatham
Does this mean the regiment had depots at Templemore and Chatham or that it had embarked for Chatham from the Crimea?

What newspaper is that? The ones I can find for that week show "41st: Crimea, Templemore"
 

Chatham for 41st regiment isn't correct. I copied a transcription error.  43rd regiment, next on the list, had depot at Chatham. So did 35th, 37th, and 45th.   

[Maiden Stone]

1,300 men from the barracks attended Templemore races in April 1856. A major fight broke out between soldiers and other racegoers. 
   

Templemore was depot for at least 3 other regiments at the time.

A website Irish Garrison Towns has a lot of background information about the army in Ireland.

[If the shoe fits]

Hi
My gg grandfather was in the 41st Welch Regiment of Foot, which was renamed the 41st Welsh Regiment of Foot and THEN renamed with different numbers.

I believe he was part of the FIRST Anglo Sikh War between the British Empire and Sikh empire, which explains why he was in Madras and returned to Dublin in 1843.

Mullingar is where my gg grandfather signed his attestation papers for the Crimea war, Is that possibly near Athlone Barracks?

I literally have a brain injury so hope I understand what you are asking.  My advice is to look at the 41st Welch Regiment of Foot, which I think changes names to something like the 87th, but you will be able to follow where they where and which battles they were involved in.  For him to NOT go to the Crimea War in 1854, means he could have been injured in the First Sikh War and pensioned, so there may be a mention of a pension district.   

Stations of the British Army. Where 2 places are mentioned, 2nd is the regiment's depot.
41st. Regiment
31st January 1846 Dublin (Returned from Madras, July 1843)
1st January 1847 (?not sure of year) Mullingar
28th July 1847 Mullingar
1st May 1850 Cork
1st April 1852 Corfu - Boyle (Boyle is in County Roscommon)

I would look at the archives online in the UK, NOT in Ireland, the services fought under the UK banner, so the records are held in England too, they are online. 

Otherwise, ask and I will see if I can help you further.  My gg grandfather served in Crimea and was pensioned by 22 years old.  So they get assigned back to a pension district because they have to go to teh barracks to receive their pension every 6 months?

Hope that helps a bit xx

[aghadowey]

Mullingar Barracks-
https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15310007/columb-barracks-ashe-road-mullingar-mullingar-westmeath#:~:text=The%20site%20for%20the%20barracks,in%20these%20two%20barrack%20buildings.
and
https://columbbarracksproject.ie/history/