Irish soldier

[Trenchrat]

Hi was wondering if anyone can identify the regiment this soldier was in? I believe he was in an Irish regiment.

[Desmond7]

Not a familiar Irish cap badge to me .. is it at all possible he was in Irish Defence Forces (the army of the republic which emerged from the 'old' IRA?). Just a guess by the way.

[west coast]

his kit looks pretty new, the cap also looks new and in shape, no rifle sling. i read in some other thread about some regiments that were being formed didn`t have any [or enough] cap badges so they used a temporary badge until the qm could issue the proper ones. also ,is that a watch chain in his pocket, if so ,would that be allowed to be worn ?.

mike.

[Arthur J]

Irish Free State Army/Irish Defence Force, I had a similar query some time back see photos and other links

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...;hl=fred+barker

[museumtom]

I cannot see it enough to say for certain its an Irish Army badge but one other observation is that he is not holdng the rifle correctly which might indicate that he had no training....yet.

[irishmen1916]

I don't think that this is FSA, the cap is all wrong, it could be Irish National Volunteers, if there was a better shot of the cap badge, that might help ? Peter