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Set of Hiatt 'Irish 8s' Handcuffs, Royal Irish Constabulary issue, with key inserted.
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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