http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/586/Constable-Thomas-Conlon-64016 en-us Copyright 2011, Yuku ceco@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:45:09 GMT Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:45:09 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/586/Constable-Thomas-Conlon-64016 The subject is Thomas Conlon 64016, who was killed on duty on 10th July 1921. Abbott in his book "Police Casualties in Ireland 1919-1922" refers to the incident which occurred just one day before the Truce, and that Constable Conlon, who was from Roscommon, had no relations other than a sister who had left for the States some 2 weeks previously. He is buried in Newtownbreda. His killing helped provoke a week of rioting in Belfast in which about 14 people died. The following is from a newspaper report of the period:

An official report issued from Dublin Castle yesterday states;-
A Party of Police in a tender on Curfew Patrol was fired at in Ross Road, Falls Road... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Peter Mc RIC) http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/586 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:45:09 PST