Leitrim Rifle Militia

Leitrim Militia
Leitrim Rifles
8th (Leitrim Militia) Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Active1793–31 July 1889
Country Ireland (1793–1800)
United Kingdom (1801–89)
Branch Militia
RoleInfantry
Size1 Battalion
Part ofRifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Garrison/HQCarrick-on-Shannon (Mohill 1855–74)
EngagementsIrish Rebellion of 1798

The Leitrim Militia, later the Leitrim Rifles, was an Irish Militia regiment raised in County Leitrim in 1793. It saw action during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It later became a battalion of the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), but was disbanded in 1889.