 The regiment was posted to Ireland in 1869, moving to Jersey in 1871.As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 30th was linked with the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot, and assigned to district no.15 at Burnley Barracks in Lancashire.