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Welcome Gloria and thank you for your comments. This community was started by Sean O'Sullivan some years ago, but he disappeared from the scene and I then took it over.

My aim was to help individuals who had a query on their ancestors Irish police background; in the early days there was little help available on the web and I could assist in small ways by using my own knowledge. Generally that was - stll is - largely limited to providing a police service number or perhaps some little personal detail such as location, any medals earned, etc.

From an Irish police family myself, I felt that the old RIC had received an unfair and biased press, forever being associated with events of 1920-21. I wanted to bring some deeper understanding and factual help to ancestral researchers, and bring discussion out into the open.

I recently re-designed this site to include some brief history of the various policing bodies; and also the kinds of badges and equipment used, as all this adds to the personal family interest.

In return I learn a lot about the individual and his subsequent career, which people reveal on or off-line. As you can see others kindly contribute photos, some of which are historically important.

Although the focus is predominantly on policing prior to the 1922 Partition of Ireland, I'm also including some topics on the Garda Siochana and the early Royal Ulster Constabulary, where relevant or important. Matters concerning the later RUC or the present day situation in Northern Ireland are more properly dealt with in forums other than this one!