belt / Blue Shirts, 1933-34

Shirt or tunic of the Blueshirts, or Army Comrades Association, with belt. With 'Fine Gael' insignia above left breast pocket. Insignia attached to right shoulder. Of John Prendergast, died 22 years of age, of Oulart, Co. Wexford (c.1916 - 1938) The Army Comrades Association, or Blueshirts, was formed in 1932, but did not adopt this uniform until April 1933, dating the shirt from between April 1933 to their disbandment in 1934.;