Irish Defence Forces Bands - Centenary Celebration - June 2023 - Part 1

100 years of the bands of the Irish Defence Forces at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin. June 2023.

[@shill700]

great band - why do they not have a drum major?

[@oisinmtom]

Just dont its one of the few traditions they didnt take from the BA.

[@williamwallace4924]

The building in background looks like a English building.?

[@patrickoreilly301]

Well spotted. It started life as a barracks of the British Armed Forces in the early 1700s and transferred to the Irish Army in 1922

[@kimrennie5294]

The music is similar to British military music. If only it could have been so different after 1916.

[@johnmcdonald2736]

The music is constantly cut short