The regiment was at Barbados until 1833 when it moved to Antigua; it transferred St Lucia in 1835 and back to Barbados in 1837. It then moved on to North America arriving in Nova Scotia in 1838 and New Brunswick in 1839 before returning to Ireland in 1842. The regiment moved to Northern England in 1845; a second or reserve battalion was formed at Weedon Bec on 28 November 1846. It was posted back to the United States of the Ionian Islands in 1847: both battalions were stationed there during an insurgency. The reserve battalion was absorbed by the 1st Battalion in April 1850.