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The (Irish) Civic Guard was formed by the Provisional Government of Ireland in February 1922, to replace the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and take over the responsibility of policing the fledgling Irish Free State. This article is about the pre-Free State Provisional Government. ... The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), was one of Irelands two police-forces in the early twentieth century, alongside the Dublin Metropolitan Police. ... The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and Irish...


The Garda Síochána (Temporary Provisions), Act, enacted after the creation of the Irish Free State on the 8 August 1923, provided for the creation of "a force of police to be called and known as 'The Garda Síochána'". Under section 22, The Civic Guard were deemed to have been established under and to be governed by the Act, the law therefore effectively renamed the existing force. A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána. ...


(from main article Garda Síochána, History) A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána. ...


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The Civic Guard has formations identical with those of the Army; it is commanded by officers of whom the majority are ex-Army officers.
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The Civic Guard is active in localities having a population of 10,000 inhabitants and in those which are fortified or commanded by a fortress.
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