nationalmuseumofireland

The roundy yoke is a bit of cavalry armour (or derived from it, anyway - it's a gorget), and the horn suggests scouts, huntsmen or the postal service.

I believe This belt plate and gorget are still in the National Museum, rare pieces indeed I would say.

This is a nice piece on the Legion Irlandaise, militaryheritage.com/irish.htm

The story goes that the King of France found the Irish brigade very unruly with their drinking and fighting. He complained to their commanding office by saying " the Irish troops are more troublesome than the rest of the French army"

The reply from the commanding office was " yes your majesty, the enemy say the same"

Beautiful

Based on the almost legible sign in this picture, the fancy one on the left was Indian, and I think presented either to or by Field Marshal Lord Gough.

Also, I can only see 3 pieces of artillery...

Apparently, there were 4 guns presented to Lord Gough by the East Indian Company, and his son lent/gave 2 of them (howitzers) to the Museum. They're now at McKee Barracks, outside the officers' mess.

Leaving aside the cannons, his was taken in the Rotunda of what's now the NMI - Archaeology, on Kildare Stret. The zodiac mosaic is still there, even if the statues and artillery have been replaced by the Museum Shop.

It's from after around 1890 or later as the museum opened it's doors on 29th August of that year.

Here's -- what looks like-- the one on the right

Oooh, another fire ladder! marked on the 25" as a Fire Escape. Trees now obscure this aspect in streetview

A set of fire ladders in Kingstown in the archive, and another in Monkstown

In this Bing bird's eye view, you can see that the long building with a skylight at right is the dead zoo.

Dating detail: swan necked lamp-post at left means after 1901 and tram electrification. No actual light on the lamp-post may mean it is during electrification works.

(Unlike many other streets, the swan necked lamp posts are still there in streetview).