O'SULLIVAN MOORE, PHILIP [SSNE 78]

Surname

O'SULLIVAN MOORE, O'SULLIVAN MOR

First name

PHILIP

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

IRISH

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

Philip O'Sullivan Moore was listed as 'O'Sullivan Moore' but actually signed himself O'Sullivan Mor, (the great O'Sullivan in Gaelic). He 'kapituleret' an infantry regiment of 10 companies at 100 men each from Ireland in 1657 although O'Sullivan's regiment is consistently referred to as Irish-Scottish in the Danish archives. In 1659 O'Sullivan sought release from Danish service as King Charles II was again trying to win his kingdom. Seemingly only one battalion under Major James/Jacob de Leon arrived with only 80 men in Gluckstadt in 1658.

G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; J.C.W. Hirsch and K. Hirsch (eds.), 'Fortegnelse over Dansk og Norske officerer med flere fra 1648 til 1814 (12 vols. compiled 1888-1907), VII, vol.2;

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY

Arrived 1657-07-13, as COLONEL

Departed 1658-05-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY