Garda Síochána
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An Garda Síochána, more commonly referred to as the Gardaí or "the Guards", is the national police and security service of the Republic of Ireland. The service is headed by the Garda Commissioner, who
Officers' Mess, Garda Headquarters
New Garda recruits salute President Seán T. O'Kelly, An Tóstal, 1954
Garda Traffic Corps in Dublin
Garda directing traffic in Dublin in 1963
Royal Irish Constabulary
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The Royal Irish Constabulary was the police force in Ireland between 1822 and 1922, when all of the island was part of the United Kingdom. A separate civic police force, the unarmed Dublin Metropolita
Garda Síochána
…Ireland as "the shades". Policing in Ireland, prior to the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, had been undertaken by the British quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), with a separate and unarmed Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP). With the outbreak of the Irish War of Independence, a security force named the…
Station badge of the "Irish Constabulary" (on display at the Garda Museum)
Tack badge from the RIC Mounted Division
Webley RIC revolver
RIC and Hussars at an eviction 1888