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Garda|ˈgɑːdə|
Also with lower-case initial. Pl. (sense b) Gardai, Gardaí |gɑːˈdiː|; Gardas.
[Ir., guard.]
a. The state police force of the Republic of Ireland, established in 1922, and known as the Garda Síochána [= ‘Civic Guard’] since 1923. Also attrib.
1923Dáil Eireann Official Rep. 31 July 1709 ‘An Act to establish in Saorstát Eireann, and regulate a Police Force to be called the Civic Guard.’ Cathal O'Shannon: I move to substitute Garda Síochána for the words ‘Civic Guard’. 1934Ibid. 2 Mar. 2701, I am to take it from the Minister that there were no members of any force, except what we recognise as the old Gárda force, on these premises..until a week ago. 1943Ibid. 13 May XC. 149 (heading) Gárda and the Franchise. 1959Chambers's Encycl. XI. 25/1 In 1922 Eire formed the Garda Siochána under the general direction and control of a government commissioner. 1960A. Clarke Later Poems (1961) 76 How could the Garda Síochana Defend authority in pairs. 1973J. Biggs-Davison Hand is Red x. 135 Costello..reinforced the Garda Sióchaná on the Border.
1970Times 29 May 11/5 This [sc. gun-running] alerted the Garda (police) and the Government through the Ministry of Justice. 1975Evening Herald (Dublin) 8 May 2/7 In Drogheda Garda station alone, where there are almost 70 men, only four have been paid. 1977Irish Times 8 June 4/1 The girl had been seriously assaulted in the North Circular Road area a short time previously, the Garda statement added. 1986Evening Press (Dublin) 21 May 1/1 Garda Intelligence had feared another major effort by the IRA to purchase arms in the United States.
b. A member of the Garda Síochána; an Irish policeman. Used in pl. for the police generally.
1943Dáil Eireann Parl. Deb. Official Rep. 16 Nov. 2090 Mr. Byrne asked the Minister for Justice if he will state if he proposes to increase the number of uniformed Gárdái in the City and County of Dublin. 1958[see dial n.1 6 c]. a1966‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1977) 149 Defendant..refused to remove his cap. It was removed by a Gárda. 1970New Yorker 31 Oct. 128/2 The gardáí would block the roads after he'd passed by. 1975Evening Herald (Dublin) 8 May 2/7 Efforts to speed up the paying out process have been made..but so far the Gardai have met with little success. 1977Belfast Tel. 17 Jan. 4/6 Mr. Cooney said he would expect churchmen and politicians to give the same response as any other citizen in aiding the army and the gardai. 1986Munster Express 6 June 2/4 The defendant was stopped by Garda Terry Butler at 11.30 p.m. on the date in question. |