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The Club has over 75 years of continuous existence and
the fact that it has survived and is still active today, even in
these days of social distancing is testament to a number of
stalwart members in the PDF, Reserve, Serving and
Retired members.
The activities of the Club include visits to barracks where
Cavalry units are based, to the pinnacle event of the Annual
Dinner that is held in Mess Dress and is rotated between,
Dublin, the Curragh and Cork. The club has also visited
WW 1 & 2 battlefield sites as well as Waterloo and a visit to
Lebanon. With subject matter experts in the Corps giving
excellent briefs about sites that helped shape the history of
the last few hundred years.
This new way of living has brought many challenges for us
all both serving and retired but as ever the Defence Forces
and the Cavalry Corps are ready to serve and are helping
the HSE and in multiple locations around the country are
lending a helping and a caring hand to the members of the
public who may feel wary in these uncertain times.
But our Motto "Carpe Diem" still rings through as there is
zero doubt that the members of the Cavalry Corps and by
extension members of the Cavalry Club will seize the day
and will display along with our colleagues in the Defence
Forces the values that we all hold true to strengthen our na-
tion. By inspiring pride and leading excellence and adhering
to and living every day our core values of Respect, Loyalty,
Selflessness, Physical Courage and Moral Courage
All members PDF, Reserve, Serving and Retired are en-
couraged to adhere to the guidelines from the HSE and the
Members area on military.ie and when the time is right we
all can safely gather again to come to a club event and re-
connect with former colleagues and make some new ones.
To find out more about the current Cavalry Club committee
and some of the events we have had please check out
the website for more information and pictures -
www.cavalryclub.ie
