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photograph / John Prendergast, Blue Shirts, 1933-34

Photograph of John Prendergast in Blue Shirt uniform, died 22 years of age, of Oulart, Co. Wexford (c.1916 - 1938). Photograph taken 1933 - 1934. The Army Comrades Association, or Blueshirts, was formed in 1932, but did not adopt this uniform until April 1933, dating the photograph from between...

 

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...