[2] Regimental distinctions included a green plume worn on the left side of the headdress and an Irish harp as part of the badge.

The 1st battalion was present at the Battle of Talana Hill in October 1899 and the various engagements leading to the Relief of Ladysmith.

[6] The 2nd Battalion was commanded by Colonel Richard S. H. Moody from January 1901 until the campaign ended in June 1902,[7] when some of it returned to England on the SS Custodian, which landed at Southampton in August 1902.

[8] About 500 officers and men of the 1st battalion returned home on the SS Pinemore in October 1902, after the war had ended three months earlier.

[9] The 2nd Battalion left South Africa for British India early the following year, and was stationed at Rawalpindi.

[14] In response to the outbreak of World War One, the 7th Battalion was raised, for the first time, and subsequently commanded, by Colonel Richard S. H.

[20] The 1st Battalion, which had originally been serving with 25th Infantry Brigade in the 50th Division, was sent to France in early 1940 to join the rest of the British Expeditionary Force.

[22] The battalion would remain with the division for the rest of the war, serving in the fighting in Sicily, where the Irish Brigade fought, with great success, in the Battle of Centuripe in August 1943.

[26] The regiment was deployed to Jordan in June 1949 and to Gibraltar in December 1949, before arriving at Border Barracks in Göttingen in November 1950.

The exhibits include uniforms, medals, regalia and the two Victoria Crosses won by the regiment.