Garda Museum

Name: Garda Museum
Address: Dublin Castle, Dublin 2, IE
Telephone: +353 1 666 9999

About Garda Museum

A centralized police force was proposed to Ireland in 1783 and Dublin Metropolitan Police came to existence, 33 years earlier than in United Kingdom’s capital London.

Irish name of Garda Siochna means Guardians of the Peace of Ireland. A centralized police force was proposed to Ireland in 1783 and Dublin Metropolitan Police came to existence, 33 years earlier than in United Kingdom’s capital London.

It’s a very popular attraction in Dublin between all, not just between people having policing connections. Garda Museum displays publications, photographs, archives and all documents, uncovering the history and development of policing in the 19th and 20th centuries. Visitors have an opportunity to see the uniforms, medals and other artefacts, relating to Irish Constabulary, later the Royal Irish Constabulary and then Dublin Police, founded in 1836.