Brotherhood of Saint George

The Brotherhood of Saint George was a short-lived military guild founded in Dublin in 1474 for the defence of the crucial English-held territory of the Pale; for a time it was the only standing army maintained by English Crown in Ireland. It was suppressed in 1494. It was not an order of knighthood as such, although some of its individual members were knights.

Brotherhood of Saint George

The Brotherhood of Saint George was a short-lived military guild founded in Dublin in 1474 for the defence of the crucial English-held territory of the Pale; for a time it was the only standing army maintained by English Crown in Ireland. It was suppressed in 1494. It was not an order of knighthood as such, although some of its individual members were knights.