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Set of Hiatt 'Irish 8s' Handcuffs, Royal Irish Constabulary issue, with key inserted.
Set of Hiatt ‘Irish 8s’ Handcuffs, Royal Irish Constabulary issue, with key inserted.
Collected by the donor from a home in east Clare. It was reputedly collected from the site of an unspecified ambush in east Clare during the Irish War of Independence. These are of a type used by the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Collection: Brian Honan
Category: Social Control Equipment