Ireland: Armour

The Badge of the Irish Army (Irish: an tArm). The ‘FF’ in the center stands for ‘Fianna Fail’, meaning ‘Fianna of Inis Fáil’, or ‘Army of Ireland’, representing the mythical pre-Christian warriors of Ireland. This representation of ‘Fianna Fail’ is not to be confused with the Irish political party started in 1926 which took the same name. The words around the outside, ‘Óglaigh na hÉireann’, is the official Irish for ‘Irish Defence Force’ which is also written as ‘Fórsaí Cosanta’.