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ballyroughan	Carnegie Hero Fund (Grants Made to R.I.C.)		Lead	[-]
Posts: 566 Jul 3 12 11:03 PM	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. Edited 1 time by ballyroughan Jul 3 12 11:30 PM.
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ballyroughan	Carnegie Hero Fund.	#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 566 Jul 16 12 9:49 PM	We have great pleasure in publishing the following awards made by the Trustees of the Carnegie Hero Fund on the 28th May, 1914. The members of the Force given underneath, to whom £5 each and an Honorary certificate framed in oak have been presented by the Trustees of the Carnegie Hero Fun, have been specially selected from among the list of those members of the Force to whom Second Class Favourable Recocds were awarded by the Inspector General during the second half of the year 1913. The particulars of the deeds for which these men won their distinctions, were given in the different numbers of the R.I.C. Magazine from August, 1913 to January,1914. Names of those to whom the awards above mentioned were made : - Sergeant Samuel Glass.-- Constable John Reilly.--Constable Hugh Carty.-- Sergeant B.A. O'Reilly.-- Constable Francis Mara. Constable M. Conarty.-- Constable Francis Rock.-- Constable J. Murphy. Ref : R.I.C. Mag, June, 1914.
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ballyroughan	Award to Co. Longford, Constable.	#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 566 Jul 22 12 8:04 PM	On a recent date Constable Jas Mc Cartney, of Longford Station performed a very courageous act by means of which the life of a little girl was saved. The child fell into the Canal Basin at longford, and in a short time sank from view. Crowds of onlookers assembled but were powerless to do anything until Constable McCartney arrived on the scene, and he, on being shown the precise spot where the child sank, at once dived, and after a second attempt succeeded in bringing the child to the surface. Artificial respiration was then applied, and after some time the little girl regained consciousness and was conveyed forthwith to Hospital, where she quickly recovered. The water in the basin is some 10 or 12 feet deep. For this courageous act Constable McCartney received a grant of £10 from the Carnegie Hero Fund, and also Vellum Certificate. These were presented to the gallant Constable by the Chairman, J.P. Farrell, Esq.,M.P., at Longford Town Court. The latter gentleman was actually present himself and witnessed Constable McCartney's heroic deed. In making the presentation he referred in eulogistic terms to the Constable, and said he was truly a hero of which any Force should feel proud, Constable McCartney was also awarded a Second Class Record and grant from C.F. Fund by the Reward Board at Head Quarters. Ref : R.I.C. Mag, Sep, 1916, page 298. Edited 3 times by ballyroughan Jul 22 12 8:34 PM.
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ballyroughan	Award to Co. Donegal, Constable. Jan 1915.	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 566 Jul 24 12 7:39 PM	Bravery Rewarded Constable McMorrow, of the Castlerock Force, was, at a recent Petty Sessions at Coleraine, presented with the Carnegie Trust Fund Certificate and a cheque of £20, for heroism in January last in rescuing a Frenchman from the Wilson liner "Hydro" which was lost in a gale off the North Irish coast, Mr Patrick McGilligan, who presided, said that Constable McMorrow, while standing on Castlerock Beach, observed a man struggling in an angry sea, about 300 yards out, and instantly plunged in, swam to the man's assistance, and brought him ashore. Ref : R.I.C. Mag Dec, 1915, page 55.
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ballyroughan	Award to a Consrable, "B" District Belfast.	#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 566 Aug 6 12 6:53 PM	Constable Michael Kenney, of Leopold Street. has been presented with a silver watch and a cheque for £5, awarded him by the Trustees of the Carnegie Hero Fund for his brave action in the spring of last year, when, at great personal risk, he stopped a runaway horse attached to a lorry, which came galloping down the Crumlin Road as millworkers were hurrying to their homes at the dinner hour. Owing to the crowded state of the road at the time, there is little doubt but that the Constable's plucky action averted loss of life, and the people of the district were very pleased to hear that his heroic conduct has been so fittingly rewarded. Ref : R.I.C. Mag,February, 1915. page 148.
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