Mounted Unit - The History of Horse Patrols in Modern Irish Policing | Sean Daly Garda
Sean Daly Garda
2025-10-16
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While horse-mounted policing in Ireland dates back to the 18th-century Royal Irish Constabulary, the modern Garda Mounted Unit has a more complex lineage. Following Irish independence in 1922, the newly formed Garda Síochána initially abandoned mounted patrols, partly as a symbolic break from colonial policing methods.
While horse-mounted policing in Ireland dates back to the 18th-century Royal Irish Constabulary, the modern Garda Mounted Unit has a more complex lineage. Following Irish independence in 1922, the newly formed Garda Síochána initially abandoned mounted patrols, partly as a symbolic break from colonial policing methods.
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