Origin and early usage
An original Volunteers brass badge dating from circa 1914. The inscription reads Drong Clia (Drong tha Cliath in modern orthography), Irish for 'Dublin Brigade', a variant name for the Dublin Volunteer Brigade.
The badge was designed in 1913 by Eoin MacNeill, a founding member and chairman of the Irish Volunteers. Variations existed for territorial commands, but the majority of volunteers wore the glaigh na hireann badge. It was worn by republicans in the 1916 Easter Rising. It was rarely worn by the Irish Republican Army in the War of Independence as doing so could lead to a prison term. Eventually the Free State Army adopted the badge for their new uniforms before the Irish Civil War.
The design of the Army Badge which is prescribed in Defence Force Regulations as follows:
"...As a component of rank insignia and which is specified in the Third Schedule as the form of the cap badge, shall be comprised of a sunburst - An Gal Grine, surmounted by an 8-pointed star, a point of the star being uppermost, bearing the letters "FF" (in Gaelic characters) encircled by a representation of an ancient warrior's sword belt on which the words "glaigh na hireann" are inscribed."
Commissioned Officer and Senior NCO bronze cap badge.
"FF" - Fianna Fil - Soldiers of Destiny (not named after the political party, Fianna Fil)
"glai na h-ireann" - Volunteers/Warriors of Ireland
Current usage and variations
In the Army, the badge is worn by all ranks on all head-dress. Enlisted and non-commissioned ranks wear a "Stay-Brite" anodised aluminium brass replica. Some enlisted ranks, particularly older soldiers, wear the original Brass Badge which, although no longer official issue, is considered a symbol of lengthy service. Commissioned Officers and Senior NCOs, such as Sergeant Major and Battalion/Regimental Quartermaster, wear a larger dark bronze version. This tradition is assumed to have begun on the death of Michael Collins during the Irish Civil War when officers dulled their badges with boot polish in Commemoration of the General.[citation needed] The bronze badge was introduced in 1924.
Staybrite version of the capbadge worn usually by Enlisted personnel in Permanent Defence Forces, Navy, Army Reserve and Naval Reserve.
These two variations are worn by all ranks. However, on the Service Dress Uniform, the ranks of Colonel, Brigadier, Major and Lieutenant General and the Head Chaplain have a gold bullion version on a red cloth backing. The same version is worn on the Mess Dress Uniform peaked cap by all officers.
In the Naval Service, the "Stay-Brite" version of the badge is worn by Seamen and Leading Seaman on their cap and on the operational beret.
The Air Corps previously wore army uniforms. On the introduction of a distinct blue Air Corps uniform in 1994, cloth cap badges were introduced for the forage caps and peaked caps; these have a smaller less detailed version of the badge embroidered into the design, which incorporates an eagle.
Irish Army officer rank insignia
Irish Army enlisted rank insignia
Dnaill, Niall (1977). (advisory ed. Toms de Bhaldraithe). ed (in Irish). Foclir Gaeilge-Barla. Dublin: An Gm. pp.512, 540. ISBN 1-85791-037-0.
Ibid, pp. 489, 921.
Irish Defence Force Regulation A9. Dress (1962) (unrestricted)
A Pictorial History of glaigh na hireann, the Defence Forces of Ireland. DFPP (2006)
Irish Army Irish Naval Service Irish Air Corps
Army Reserve Naval Service Reserve
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