How do you address an Irish Gard?

[Pamela Jo]

Do you say, "Come in officer?" "Hello PC?" Saying "Come in, Gard" sounds strange to me-but that is what it says to say online.

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

Do you say, "Come in officer?" "Hello PC?" Saying "Come in, Gard" sounds strange to me-but that is what it says to say online.

Yes, you address a member of the Garda Siochana "gard". (My Irish grandfather was a Garda Commissioner before he retired and ran a corner shop in Limerick.)

 

[E G Logan]

Yes, you address a member of the Garda Siochana "gard".

I've seen it in books as 'Guard', and that always struck me as a bit odd.

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

I've seen it in books as 'Guard', and that always struck me as a bit odd.

They're anglicizing the spelling.

 

[Pamela Jo]

Yes, you address a member of the Garda Siochana "gard". (My Irish grandfather was a Garda Commissioner before he retired and ran a corner shop in Limerick.)

If one stops you for a traffic stop, you roll down the window and say "what's the trouble Gard?" It's just not sounding right somehow, "Hello Gard-can I offer you a cuppa tea?"

 

[Emily]

(My Irish grandfather was a Garda Commissioner before he retired and ran a corner shop in Limerick.)

I think the only people who could run a corner shop in Limerick would be those with strong garda síochána connections