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
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
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
Royal Irish Constabulary
…northern province of Ulster. In consequence of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and partition of Ireland, the RIC was disbanded in 1922 and was replaced by the Garda Síochána in the Irish Free State and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Northern Ireland. The RIC's system of policing influenced the armed Canadian North-West…
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