Proposed grant of a Compensation Allowance to Constable Alfred Morton 71662 (Dublin Castle Guard Company)

To Secretary, Irish Office
With reference etc etc....
'This young man was admitted to the Force, with the approval of the Chief Secretary, on 16th June 1920, when his age was only 15 years and 11 months. The very exceptional circumstances in which the admission took place is fully stated on the attached file.'

9 October 1922

Tressell had, in the words of his daughter, Kathleen, "a very good education" and could speak a variety of languages. However, when he was sixteen, he showed signs of a radical political consciousness, and left his family, declaring he "would not live on the family income derived largely from absentee landlordism". Around this time he changed his surname from Croker to "Noonan", his mother's maiden name

He settled in South Africa for ten years, where he helped found the Irish Brigade, who fought against Britain in the Anglo-Boer War, with John McBride and Arthur Griffiths. However, he left in 1899 before hostilities broke out and settled in Hastings.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/1087 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:22:00 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/1077/Henry-Arthur-Blake-No-24511- In the news lately with R.I.C family connections - Fake or Fortune  - Children under a Palm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Blake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_Under_a_Palm

feeds@yuku.com (Anne14) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/1077 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:49:06 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/1175/Head-Constable-Eugene-Igoe feeds@yuku.com (Paddy Mayne) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/1175 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:20:28 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/938/In-memory-of-Aunt-Agnes I was laughing to myself at Mass this morning as I recalled her talking about her childhood, and the lack of electric lighting, and how she used to say the prayer: "Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord, and let the petrol light shine upon them, may they rest in peace, Amen"
Let the petrol light shine on her indeed.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/938 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:10:14 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/915/William-Hill-Bookmaker-and-Black-and-Tan
It was probably a row with his father that caused him to leave home in 1919 and join the RIC, who were recruiting strongly at this time. He obviously lied about his age (he would have been around 17 at the time) and after a brief spell of training was sent to Mallow, County Cork. He spent a lot of time in Moss Foley's pub in Mallow where, because of his youth and manner, the owner and his wife took a liking to him, making sure he was looked after.

ex-Constable William Hill, RIC



Following his... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/915 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:44:22 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/912/The-Ballybay-Ambush-Co-Monaghan On the 1^st January 1921, an ambush of the police at Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, resulted in the deaths of two men and the wounding of three others.

Background
The Monaghan Flying Column, established around Autumn 1920, had planned an attack on the police in Ballybay which by late 1920 consisted of one sergeant and 6 constables.

"I should not close this History without giving an account of the Fenian Battle of Tallaght as it was called, though it was unworthy of the name.

Early in March, 1867, there were rumours of a rising of the Fenians. They had been drilling, and had prepared pikes, guns, and ammunition in the approved style of such rebellions. We were all expecting something to occur. On Tuesday night, the 4th of March, 1867, large bodies of men moved along the Crumlin, Green-hills, Rathmines, and other roads, towards Tallaght. Their object was known to the police, and they were watched. They were not, however, interfered with, as the Government wished them, apparently, to commit some overt act of rebellion. It is not easy otherwise to account for the indifference... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/878 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:03:51 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/861/The-RIC-at-Carrickmacross-Part-3-The-Attack-on-Ballytrain







]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/861 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:20:27 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/851/Constable-William-Walsh-55430 Constable James Briggs - is also the subject of a post. My grandfather left a wife and seven children. At the time of his death, he lived in Durrow Co.Laois (where he is buried) and was attached to Roscrea RIC barracks.   ]]> feeds@yuku.com (redandblacks) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/851 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:17:48 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/825/The-RIC-at-Carrickmacross-Part-2-The-Easter-Rising



  ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/825 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:08:54 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/789/The-RIC-at-Carrickmacross-Part-1-Ambush-

“Monaghan. At 4.30pm on 30th May 1921, District Inspector Maunsell and party of nine Constables cycling from Carrickmacross to Castleblayney were ambushed. Constable Perkin killed.”

This was the terse message relayed by the County Inspector (Monaghan) of the Royal Irish Constabulary, to his senior officer in Dublin, of a fatal ambush one sunny afternoon 78 years ago. The dead man was 27 year old Walter Percival Perkin, a native of Sandown, Isle of Wight; his killing was a tragedy not only to his family and friends, but also to the local police in County Monaghan.

The youngest son of Mr JH Perkin, of Hogarth Restaurant, Pier Street, Sandown, he had joined the 1/8th Hants Regt in the 1st World War, and had... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/789 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:02:30 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/774/He-flung-them-his-belt- He died in Glasgow in 1955.I have his very brief service record that states he joined the RIC in April 1913 and was allocated to Co Offaly,recommended by a DI Heggart.
He resigned on the 19th July 1918 as he "required at home and insufficient pay"
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Galoglas) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/774 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:27:34 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/739/Ambrose-Moriarty As a follow up to the query I posted in the Genealogy Forum about my great-grandfather Ambrose Moriarty's RIC service, here is what I know.

Sub-Constables Ambrose Moriarty and  Philip Maguire were acknowledged for the "arrest and conviction of a sheep stealer" in April, 1870.  This is in Parliamentary Papers, Accounts and Papers, Law and Crime; Police; Law and Crime (Ireland) 23 October 1884--14 August 1885. Vol. LXIV.  For those who haven't seen this title (in Google Books), it includes "Favourable Records" received by members of the RIC between 1870-75 and 1880-85.  Fascinating reading.  Other volumes are also... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (RichardM50) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/739 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:44:05 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/697/Captain-Sir-Eyre-Massey-Shaw-Belfast-Borough-Police Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw (1830–1908) was the Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (now renamed the London Fire Brigade), and its predecessor, the London Fire Engine Establishment, from 1861 to 1891. He introduced modern firefighting methods to the Brigade, and increased the number of stations.

Shaw was born in Ireland and served in the North Cork Rifles, a militia regiment of the British Army (later the 9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps) from 1854 to 1860, reaching the rank of Captain. He then headed the joint police and fire brigade in Belfast (see The Belfast Borough Police). In 1861, following the death of the then-head, James Braidwood, in the line of duty while fighting a massive fire in Tooley Street, Shaw was engaged as head of the Establishment. In 1865, Parliament passed the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/697 Sat, 01 May 2010 23:06:31 PST http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/682/Shipwreck-A-Gallantry-award-for-saving-life-at-sea Constable Daniel Lawton 58432 of Ardmore Town was awarded the Board of Trade Sea Gallantry Medal for Saving Life, when the schooner 'Teaser' of Montrose was wrecked on the 18th March 1911. He was presented with his medal by the King at Buckingham Palace.

He also received direct from His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant a vote of thanks on vellum and £5 from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. He also received £5 from the Trustees of the Carnegie Hero Fund, in addition to a favourable record, and £3 from the Constabulary authorities. The Irish Times reported the event as follows:

"During a raging gale in Armore Bay, a remote place in Waterford, the sailing-boat Teaser, of Montrose, with a crew of four, was wrecked. There being no life-boat, the curate of the parish, the Rev. John O'Shea, gallantly took out a boat of volunteers, which brought off three men. Unhappily they died of exposure... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/682 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:28:22 PST