Clare Museum | Músaem an Chláir

Commandant T F Quinn was an Irish Army Officer and a member of the Irish Army Equitation Team in the 1930s. He originally came from Corofin.

The Official International Jumping Competition (CSIO) “Piazza di Siena” is a 5* horse show that has been held annually since 1922 in Rome in Piazza di Siena, an area located inside Villa Borghese. Since 1926 it has been an international competition, while since 2014 the competition has been entitled “Master fratelli D’Inzeo” in honor of the two Italian riders Piero D’Inzeo and Raimondo D’Inzeo, who died shortly before the eighty-second edition of the competition.

The Official International Jumping Competition (CSIO) “Piazza di Siena” is a 5* horse show that has been held annually since 1922 in Rome in Piazza di Siena, an area located inside Villa Borghese. Since 1926 it has been an international competition, while since 2014 the competition has been entitled “Master fratelli D’Inzeo” in honor of the two Italian riders Piero D’Inzeo and Raimondo D’Inzeo, who died shortly before the eighty-second edition of the competition.

The Irish Army Equestrian Team was considered to be the best in the world in the 1930s and were favourites to win the gold at the 1936 Munich Olympics, however, the Irish government decided not to take part in that Olympiad. This medal was presented to T F Quinn by Benito Mussolini in 1935.

T F Quinn and his wife Rita Considine had no children. Rita owned Considine’s Tea Room at the site of Brogan’s Pub in O’Connell Street, Ennis. The Irish Army Equestrian Team was considered to be the best in the world in the 1930s and were favourites to win the gold at the 1936 Munich Olympics, however, the Irish government decided not to take part in that Olympiad.

Quinn had a brother who was involved in the IRA. He took part in the Ruan Barrack’s attack during the War of Independence.

A nephew of Commandant Quinn, Pat Quinn, presented this medal to the museum.