Defence Forces (Ireland)
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The Defence Forces are the armed forces of Ireland. They primarily encompass the Army, Air Corps, Naval Service, and Reserve Defence Forces.
An Irish Army Cavalry Corps Mowag Piranha Close Reconnaissance Vehicle on UN patrol in Syria
Irish Air Corps AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter
Naval Service vessel LÉ Róisín
Ceremony at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Dublin
Irish Naval Service
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The Naval Service is the maritime component of the Defence Forces of Ireland and is one of the three branches of the Irish Defence Forces. Its base is in Haulbowline, County Cork.
Defence Forces (Ireland)
…Forces (Irish: Fórsaí Cosanta, officially styled Óglaigh na hÉireann) are the armed forces of Ireland. They primarily encompass the Army, Air Corps, Naval Service, and Reserve Defence Forces. The Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces is the President of Ireland. All Defence Forces officers hold their commission…
Naval Service personnel remove the body of a victim of Air India Flight 182 from LÉ Aisling which was sent to search for survivors on 23 June 1985
HMCS Malaspina of the same design as the Muirchu
M1 Irish motor torpedo boat
LÉ Deirdre, the first purpose-built ship commissioned by the Irish Naval Service