Particulars of Grants Made by Trustees of Carnegie Hero Fund, and Description of Specific Acts of Gallantry Which Each Man Performed.
William Coe, Constable, Co Antrim.
Awarded £5 and a Silver Watch for stopping a runaway horse, with lorry attached, at great personal risk, as it was approaching a narrow turning, The reins had broken, and several unsuccessful attempts had been made to stop the animal.
Joseph M'Elhinney, Constable, Belfast.
Awarded £5 and Framed Honorary Certificate for courageous conduct in entering a burning house and rescuing therefrom a woman who had become unconscious.
Michael M'Kinney, Constable, Belfast.
Awarded £5 and a Silver Watch for stopping a runaway horse, with cart attached, at great personal risk, after the reins had broken, in a crowded thoroughfare.
John Green, Constable, Belfast.
Awarded £10 and Framed Honorary Certificate for courageous conduct in twice entering a burning house, going upstairs in spite of the dense smoke, and removing three young children.
James Gallagher, Constable, Co Clare.
Awarded £5 and Framed Honorary Certificate for courageous conduct in jumping into a river when it was in heavy flood and when a very strong current was running, and assisting in bringing to the bank a dangerous luntic who was bent on his own destruction.
Martin Moran, Constable, Co Galway, W.R.
Peter Ryan, Constable, Co Galway, W.R.
Awarded £10 each and Framed Honorary Certificates for courageous conduct in entering a burning house and rescuing a woman who was almost suffocated by the smoke.
George Ross, Constable, Co Kerry.
Awarded £5 and Framed Honorary Certificate, for stopping a runaway horse, with cart attached at great personal risk, The Constable was knocked down and sustained a fractured collar bone.
Patrick ' Connell, Constable, Co Kerry.
Awarded £10 and a Framed Honorary Certificate for courageous conduct in twice entering a burning house, and removing therefrom two boys who had become unconscious from the effects of the dense smoke.
John Hannon, Constable, Co Mayo.
Awarded £5 and a Framed Honorary Certificate for courageous conduct in jumping into the sea on a very dark night and rescuing a man who had fallen in.
Ref : The R.I.C. Mag, page 164, March, 1915.
William Coe, Constable, Co Antrim.
Awarded £5 and a Silver Watch for stopping a runaway horse, with lorry attached, at great personal risk, as it was approaching a narrow turning, The reins had broken, and several unsuccessful attempts had been made to stop the animal.
Joseph M'Elhinney, Constable, Belfast.
Awarded £5 and Framed Honorary Certificate for courageous conduct in entering a burning house and rescuing therefrom a woman who had become unconscious.
Michael M'Kinney, Constable, Belfast.
Awarded £5 and a Silver Watch for stopping a runaway horse, with cart attached, at great personal risk, after the reins had broken, in a crowded thoroughfare.
John Green, Constable, Belfast.
Awarded £10 and Framed Honorary Certificate for courageous conduct in twice entering a burning house, going upstairs in spite of the dense smoke, and removing three young children.
James Gallagher, Constable, Co Clare.
Awarded £5 and Framed Honorary Certificate for courageous conduct in jumping into a river when it was in heavy flood and when a very strong current was running, and assisting in bringing to the bank a dangerous luntic who was bent on his own destruction.
Martin Moran, Constable, Co Galway, W.R.
Peter Ryan, Constable, Co Galway, W.R.
Awarded £10 each and Framed Honorary Certificates for courageous conduct in entering a burning house and rescuing a woman who was almost suffocated by the smoke.
George Ross, Constable, Co Kerry.
Awarded £5 and Framed Honorary Certificate, for stopping a runaway horse, with cart attached at great personal risk, The Constable was knocked down and sustained a fractured collar bone.
Patrick ' Connell, Constable, Co Kerry.
Awarded £10 and a Framed Honorary Certificate for courageous conduct in twice entering a burning house, and removing therefrom two boys who had become unconscious from the effects of the dense smoke.
John Hannon, Constable, Co Mayo.
Awarded £5 and a Framed Honorary Certificate for courageous conduct in jumping into the sea on a very dark night and rescuing a man who had fallen in.
Ref : The R.I.C. Mag, page 164, March, 1915.
