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*[http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20080113060520/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/088-793.htm 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)] Regiments.org, an archived site.
*[http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20080118041722/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/088Connt.htm The Connaught Rangers] including deployments: [http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20080103044454/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/088-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080108235545/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/094-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.
**After World War 1, the 1st Battalion served in India, where news of the ‘Black and Tans' atrocities in their native Ireland sparked a mutiny at Jullundur during which two men were killed. 69 mutineers were court martialled and one executed as a result. Refer [[Connaught Rangers Mutiny]].*[httphttps://wwwaran.library.nuigalway.ie/geographyhandle/documents10379/Heritage-Chapter.pdf 5134 "A Lost Heritage: The Connaught Rangers and Multivocal Irishness"] by John Morrissey, 2005 , Chapter 3 of ''Ireland’s Heritages: Critical Perspectives on Memory and Identity '' edited by M Mc Carthy 2005.[https://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/bitstream/handle/10379/5134/Ireland%27s_Heritages_Chapter.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y pdf] Website: Geography DeptARAN, National University of Ireland, Galway. Includes details of the recruitment area for the regiment, including page 5 of the pdf.
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/collection/collection-news/indian-mutiny-tunic-reveals-death-defying-story "Indian Mutiny Tunic Reveals Death-Defying Story"] with additional [http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26simpleText%3Dindian%2520mutiny%26themeID%3D%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26page%3D15&pos=18&total=299&page=15&acc=2012-02-1-1 details] National Army Museum. Lieutenant Campbell Clark, [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|2nd Bengal European Fusiliers]] was attached to the 88th Regiment of Foot when he was shot at Cawnpore in November 1857 while taking part in an attack against the mutineers.
*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>] Details of Museums and database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ([[27th Regiment of Foot|27th]] and [[3rd Madras (European) Infantry|108th]] Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and [[86th Regiment of Foot|86th]] Regiments of Foot), and the Royal Irish Fusiliers ([[87th Regiment of Foot|87th]] and [[89th Regiment of Foot|89th]] Regiments of Foot). In addition, in time it is intended to include in the database the names of many soldiers who served in what have become known as the Disbanded Irish Regiments, such as the Connaught Rangers, (88th and [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th]] Regiments of Foot), the Dublin Fusiliers ([[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|102th]] and [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers| 103th]] Regiments of Foot) and the [[18th Regiment of Foot|(18th) Royal Irish Regiment]]. The Leinster Regiment ([[100th Regiment of Foot|100th]] and 109th Regiments of Foot) and the Royal Munster Fusiliers ([[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers| 101st]] and [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|104th]] Regiments of Foot) also are part of this category.
