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The Defence Forces (Irish: Fórsaí Cosanta, [7] officially styled Óglaigh na hÉireann) [8] [9] [Note 1] are the armed forces of Ireland. They encompass the Army, Air Corps, Naval Service, and Reserve Defence Forces. The Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces is the President of Ireland. [10]
Large-scale field exercises, named the Blackwater Exercises were held in the August and September 1942, when the 1st Division engaged the 2nd Division in various attack and defence exercises. Over 20,000 troops and 1,500 vehicles partook in the exercises — the largest manoeuvres ever undertaken by the Irish Defence Forces. [6]
The Irish Army (Irish: an tArm) is the land component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. [5] As well as maintaining its primary roles of defending the State and internal security within the State, since 1958 the Army has had a continuous presence in peacekeeping missions around the world.
The Army is the land warfare branch of the Irish Defence Forces and consists of two brigades, a training centre, providing training to all the defense forces, and other units, including musical units. Army Headquarters, in Dublin. Army Ranger Wing, in Curragh; 1st Mechanised Infantry Company, in Curragh; 1st Armoured Cavalry Squadron, in Curragh
"The Forces shall be established as from a date to be fixed by Proclamation of the Executive Council in the Iris Oifigiúil" [13] The establishment of the Forces was on 1 October 1924. This date marks the ending of the initial phase of the National Army and the legal establishment of the Defence Forces as the Irish Free State's military force ...
The first Landsverk L60 was delivered in 1935 and joined Ireland's only other tank, a Vickers Mk. D in the 2nd Armoured Squadron. The second Landsverk L60 arrived in 1936. The Landsverk's were still in use up until the late 1960s. One L60 is preserved in running order and the other is in the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin.
The division was one of two infantry divisions established by Ireland during the duration of the war. The authorisation for the creation of the division, along with the 1st Division , was granted by Minister for Defence Oscar Traynor on the 9th of May, 1941 as part of military expansion.
In 2013 the Air Defence regiment also ceased to operate as a separate component, [6] and the Field Artillery regiments, known as Brigade Artillery Regiments, took over the Air Defence role. [ 6 ] Today the Artillery Corps comprises the Artillery School, located in the Defence Forces Training Centre (DFTC) in the Curragh Camp , and two Brigade ...