Return of Constabulary Force, King's County - 1824

Re: Return of Constabulary Force, King's County - 1824

feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:03:53 PST

I received a note today from Jim Herlihy as follows:

To answer the query regarding why some of these don’t appear in my red RIC book is that only those who were serving in 1836 and onwards are in my book when the Irish Constabulary was formed as a national police force.
It was a case of asking ‘Who have we now? From 1836 onwards.

Re: Return of Constabulary Force, King's County - 1824

feeds@yuku.com (DesW) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:08:37 PST

Brilliant post.........
Just wondering if you would like to complete it or need any assistance with that - tell us the source?
I'm wondering was my Offaly GGGF in the constabulary or was he from there, like his son who did join the RIC.
Best regards
Des

Re: Return of Constabulary Force, King's County - 1824

feeds@yuku.com (MauriceGleeson) — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:17:08 PST

Thanks for posting this info - very useful!

My g-g-g grandfather Patrick Speerin(g) was described as a "Sergent of Police" on the baptism record of one of his children, but there is no record of him in the RIC (Jim Herlihy was kind enough to look too). He lived in various places across South Tipperary, near Tipperary town and Cashel (according to his children's baptism records). I found mention of him in two newspaper articles in 1839 (described as a Police Constable) and he was apparently the arresting officer in the case of Cornelius Hickey who was tried and hanged for the murder of Austin Cooper and Francis Wayland. The latter "Agrarian Outrage" set in motion a series of events that eventually led to the Devon Commission. But the question is: if he was not in the RIC, was he in the County Constabulary? and how do I find out?

That's where your post above caught my eye. Could you possibly look up the records you found to see if he is...

Return of Constabulary Force, King's County - 1824

feeds@yuku.com (McLain1867) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:17:07 PST

I obtained the following list of members in every county from "House of Lords Sessional Papers 1801-1833" and will gladly do a lookup, I'm posting King's County. These individuals may or may not be in Jim Herlihy's book as it is from the Constabulary Act of 1822 and not yet the R.I.C. I believe one of my own ancestors is the listed "John M'Clain, sub-constable, Clonlisk"

"Alphabetical Return of the Total Number and Names of all Magistrates, Constables, and Sub-Constables, appointed under Authority of the Constabulary Act passed in the Sessions of the Year 1822, with several Baronies in which appointed; distinguishing those who profess Catholic Religion, wtih the Names of all such as have been brought to Trial--Dated 6th February 1824

Anderson, George, Upper Philipstown, Constable
Ardell, George, Geashill, Sub-constable
Armstrong, John, Ballycowen
Armstrong, Henry Clonlisk
Bagnell, Daniel...