Regimental Colours of the Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (18th Foot) (Raised 1684). Blue silk embroidered with wreath of tudor roses, thistles and shamrock around reserve with harp and inscription THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT. Shield with lion rampant and eight squares on blue ground at each corners with II under left corner. Battles inscribed on yellow scrolls, left: Namur 1695, Blenheim, Oudenarde, Pegu New Zealand, Egypt 1882, Nile 1884-5, Egypt (sphinx). Right: Ramilies, Malplaquet, Sevastopol, Afganistan 1879-80, Tel-al-Kebir, South Africa 1900-02, China (dragon). Centre: Virtutus Namurcensis Praemium. Wooden pole with inscribed band, gilt metal crown finial.