Q reguarding R IRISH headress and tactical recognition flash

[Nordwind]

I was just curious to when and what the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment uses as their tactical recognition flash (TRF) and their headress. In some pictures you see them with a shamrock as their TRF while others you see a square divided into 2 triangles, one black and one green. As seen here,


http://img101.imagevenue.com/loc973/th_60014_RIRISH_TRF_small_122_973lo.jpg (http://img101.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_60014_RIRISH_TRF_small_122_973lo.jpg)http://img101.imagevenue.com/loc818/th_60015_RIR2_122_818lo.jpg (http://img101.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=60015_RIR2_122_818lo.jpg) http://img144.imagevenue.com/loc904/th_61017_1_RIR_122_904lo.JPG (http://img144.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=61017_1_RIR_122_904lo.JPG)
http://img187.imagevenue.com/loc78/th_60019_TRF_122_78lo.jpg (http://img187.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_60019_TRF_122_78lo.jpg)http://img135.imagevenue.com/loc135/th_60021_Irish_122_135lo.jpg (http://img135.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=60021_Irish_122_135lo.jpg) http://img12.imagevenue.com/loc688/th_61074_rirish_patrol_122_688lo.jpg (http://img12.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=61074_rirish_patrol_122_688lo.jpg)

And as for the headress, sometimes you can see them with a beret. While other times you can see them wearing a caubeen with a green hackle, which as far as i know it represents their Irish heritage and the hackle is a symbol of the Irish Fusiliers.

http://img143.imagevenue.com/loc991/th_60556_1_RIR_2_122_991lo.jpg (http://img143.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=60556_1_RIR_2_122_991lo.jpg) http://img163.imagevenue.com/loc1040/th_60879_Stuart-Dungannon_122_1040lo.jpg (http://img163.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=60879_Stuart-Dungannon_122_1040lo.jpg)
http://img126.imagevenue.com/loc785/th_60772_RIR_Kyle_Mullan_C2007_122_785lo.jpg (http://img126.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=60772_RIR_Kyle_Mullan_C2007_122_785lo.jpg) http://img185.imagevenue.com/loc410/th_60658_RIR13_122_410lo.jpg (http://img185.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=60658_RIR13_122_410lo.jpg) http://img108.imagevenue.com/loc643/th_61146_RIR12_122_643lo.jpg (http://img108.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=61146_RIR12_122_643lo.jpg)

[Royal]

The TRF is the shamrock. The square divided into 2 triangles is a DZ flash - worn when they were part of 16AA Bde - even though they were not para roled.

The caubeen is the 'proper' headdress, but a beret is sometimes worn in the field - not sure why really - I guess it's smaller and less conspicuous then the caubeen.

[Nordwind]

Alright, thanks alot for clearing it up for me.