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    • The Blue Hussars, known officially as the Mounted Escort, was a ceremonial cavalry unit of the Irish Army established in 1932. It escorted the President of Ireland on state occasions, most famously to and from presidential inaugurations between 1938, when the first President assumed office, and 1948, when the Escort was disbanded. Newsreel footage from 19… See more

    Origins

    In 1931, it was decided to provide a mounted escort for state and ceremonial functions. This escort first appeared in public in … See more

    Uniforms

    A uniform was originally designed by a committee that included Irish artist Seán Keating, consisting of a saffron léine (a form of tunic) with six rows of black braid and black cuffs, a blue brat (a fringed medieval s… See more

    Soldiers in the escort

    The Mounted Escort had a total of eighty horses. The escort formation consisted of an advance guard of two, a single connecting file, two flanking riders, and two troops of thirty.
    The bulk of … See more

    Presidential escort

    The creation of the Presidency of Ireland in December 1937 resulted in a decision to use the Blue Hussars exclusively for presidential ceremonial. Most notably, they escorted President Seán T. O'Kelly, who travelled to … See more

     
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