The Laggan army, so called because of its base in the Laggan district of north-west Ulster between Lough Foyle and Swilly, became active immediately after the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion in October 1641 to defend the settlers from attack by marauding Irish forces. The Laggan army drew its manpower from counties Donegal, Tyrone, Londonderry and Fermanagh. Although the large numbers of Scottish settlers in the Laggan provided most of the personnel, considerable numbers of English settlers also fought under the flag of the Lagganeers and contemporary documents often refer to the army as the ‘British forces in Ulster.’ Significantly they were known to the Irish as the ‘Albonaigh’ or Scots.

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