Cavalry in Dublin about 1916 - Can anyone help with Identification?

[Compo]

I have a family photo and can date it fairly precisely to 1915/1916 from the age of my young relative. I know it was taken in Ireland. I am puzzled by the two men in cavalry uniforms, and wonder as to whether they could be Irish Yeomanry uniforms, Colonial mounted police uniforms, Boy Scouts or something else.

[Steven Broomfield]

Don't think they're cavalry. Irish Volunteers, Sinn Feiners? Goodness knows.

[Old Owl]

I have no real idea who they are, but they could possibly be King Edward's Horse because they were there at that time.

Robert

[archangel9]

Irish Volunteers?

[depaor01]

I have a family photo and can date it fairly precisely to 1915/1916 from the age of my young relative. I know it was taken in Ireland. I am puzzled by the two men in cavalry uniforms, and wonder as to whether they could be Irish Yeomanry uniforms, Colonial mounted police uniforms, Boy Scouts or something else.

Great photo. I see cobbled together Irish Volunteers plus Fianna Eireann headwear on men too old to be members. Very interesting.

Dave.

[HERITAGE PLUS]

I see cobbled together Irish Volunteers plus Fianna Eireann headwear on men too old to be members.

Looks like more than just headwear .... Fianna Eireann Executive 1915 below

[depaor01]

Good spot Heritage. Never saw the tunics that close up before.

[jdoyle]

2 faces in the original photo look familiar (the chap with the rolled paper and the one lying down near his feet) but can't think of names.

The founder/bandmaster of the Fianna Eireann pipe band died in France while the Easter Rising was on; his wife was trying to get involved in the Easter Rising but wasn't "called out" on account of 3 young children

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/325287/CALLENDER,%20B

[Arthur J]

At least four appear to be wearing a badge/button on their lapels, would appear to be non military

[Compo]

TKS to all for the replies, I am led to believe that the lapel "badge", if it is indeed a simple circle is a "fainne" (faunia) which signifies that the wearer speaks Irish.

The one lying down on the left might be Fianna Eireann (Irish boy scouts) officer Liam Mellows. If they are Fianna, they must all be between 11 and 18.

Many were apparently too poor to afford a uniform and part of their scouting activities was to steal a campaign hat from a Baden Powel Scout and wear it with the side pinned up Aussie style.

The chap with the roll seems to have been going for an Eagle Scout badge and managed the entire uniform! Is that a Baden Powell Scout uniform can anyone confirm?

Bill

[Murrough]

2 faces in the original photo look familiar (the chap with the rolled paper and the one lying down near his feet) but can't think of names.

The lad with the paper looks like LT.Seamus Quirke.

http://irishvolunteers.org/2012/04/old-na-fianna-eireann-4-th-battalion/seamus-quirke-as-a-lt-in-the-fianna-eireann/