Defence Force Badge

Defence Forces Badge

The Badge design (common to all Corps and services and all orders of dress) is derived from the badge of the Irish Volunteers.
The Badge originally adopted by the Irish Volunteers October 1914 as the official badge of the organisation. The Centrepiece is formed of the letters "FF". These letters signify "Fianna Fáil". The word "Fianna" is the name of the ancient military organisation (Circa 3rd Century A.D.) forming what then corresponded to the standing army of the country. The word "Fáil" means "Destiny". One of the ancient names of Ireland was "Innisfail" (The Isle of Destiny) and "Fianna Fáil" thus signifies the "Fianna (or Army) of Ireland".
The two letters are surrounded by a representation of an ancient warriors sword belt and a circle of flames which represent the "Sunburst" – the traditional battle symbol of the Fianna. The words "Óglaigh na hÉireann" inscribed around the sword belt mean "Soldiers of Ireland". No particular significance is attached to the representation of the star which was included to balance the design.

National Advertising Campaign

A National RDF Recruitment and Awareness Campaign on the RDF will run in September 2008. It will comprise a combination of National and Local Media formats. The aim of the campaign is to increase recruitment to the RDF and to reinforce the RDF as a recognisable national brand. In June 08 notice of the campaign will be posted on www.military.ie. This is to maximise publicity of the campaign. The campaign will be supported through articles and notice information in the Connect Magazine. Consideration is been given to the provision of a special RDF edition of connect in July 08. The RDFRA Magazine will also be used to alert members of the reserve to the campaign using Director Reserve Force page in the Aug 08 edition.
All reservists attending annual camp will be told of the awareness campaign. The Cosantoir will probably also be used as a pre information campaign tool.

Parade Nights

All members of C Coy should note that parade nights are on every Thursday Night at 2000 hrs in the Company HQ. You are expected to attend.