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"..John Mullen was the leasee of the property (the barracks). Alexander Mullen of Cumry built it. This is No. 4 on Rate Book of 1917-1919. Andrew Hoy got a lease on these premises in 1824. He was a read maker. Ballybay station was manned by one sergeant and six constables. An incomplete list of constabulary is as follows;

Sgt Mansfield (See Sam Gray), Con. Devlin, Con. John McMahon, Head Con. Arthur Trimble (1846), Sub.Insp. William McKelvey 1852; Con. John Gibson; 1853: transferred to Monaghan; 1856; Sub.Insp. Mark Bloxham 1870, Con. James Phair, 1870, Con.Thomas Hogan, left in 1873; Con. D.Frazer, left in 1876; Sub. Con. Kenny, left in 1876; Con.R.Keegan, left in 1877, acting Sergt 1884; Joseph Henry 1881, Sub.Con.Allen; Sub.Con.Gannon; 1873 Head Con. Wilson; Sub.Con.James Whelan; 1874, Con. Molloy; Sub.Con. Thompson 1877, Con.Frank Moss, left in 1886. Joseph Henry in 1881, Con.McCarron; 1892, Con. Connaghton; 1894, Con. McQuade, Con. Kelly, Con. Beatty, Sgt Hanbury (Hanbury’s wife was Mary Fleming and they had a son Timothy, b.1895. She is buried in Ballintra). He transferred to Aghohill, Co. Antrim and took his son with him. Sgt Hugh Reilly 1897, Con.Proctor, Con. Faughnan (known as the Scutcher, when to Emyvale with his son, Malachy); 1895, Act.Sgt McDonagh, Con.McKenzie, Sgt Hugh O’Reilly, Con. Hunter (promoted Act.Sgt to Smithboro); 1896; Con. McNally (McNulty), Con.Lyttle, Sgt McKenny (McKerney), Con. Barkley, went to Scotstown, Con.Gilmore, went to Carrickmacross, 1897; Con. Dillon, Con. Latimore (Joseph Latimer, the RIC man who published a book of poems, ‘Harp and Crown’ served in Ballybay from 1897. His wife was A. Daly and they had a son Arthur, b.1895. (He wrote poems on many places where he was stationed but it seems Ballybay had no poetic appeal to him), Act.Sgt. Hueston, promoted Sgt in 1899, Con.Farrell, came from Newbliss; Hugh Smyth was a constable from Co. Down and his wife was Isabella Blair. Con.McGowan, Con.Reilly; 1899, Sgt. Gerity 1901, (went to Dungannon. He was born in England and his wife Mary A. was from Co. Cork. She was a national schoolteacher). Sgt Tim Hanberry was here in 1892, his wife is buried in Ballintra; Act.Sgt. McGenniss (He was from Donegal and his wife was Rosina from Co.Down. James, their son lived with them. He was born in Belfast). Sergeant McDonald and his sons Bernard and Patrick moved to Bailieboro in 1884 after 2 years in Ballybay. Edward Fallon (wife, Ann Martin; one daughter Margaret), (See, Con. Shortt, (Shortt was the enumerator for 1901 Census); Con. McGoldrick (was in Monaghan and Rockcorry), 1901, Con.R. Livingston; 1902, Sgt Milliken; 1903 Sgt Palmer; 1904 Con.Naughton (won first prize in composition for Hughes Academy, Belfast), promoted Act.Sgt, transferred to Cavan, Con. Flanagan, Con.Keane, Sgt McGorry, Con. Creehan, Con.Patterson. 1903, Sgt Garrity promoted to Head Constable and transferred to Dungannon after three and half years in town; Sgt Lipping (came from Cremartin, went to Newbliss), Con.George, 1906 Con. McGill, Con. Thomas Dixon, Act.Sgt Boyle (came from Emyvale, promoted Sgt and went to Smithboro, Con. Elliott (went to Belfast), 1907, Con. Pagona (went to Roscommon), Con. Peter McGoldrick (transferred to Carrickmacross after 12 years, married to a girl named Boyle whose father was station master in town. The family moved from Carrickmacross to Liverpool in 1922. Sgt Young (went to Newtownards), Con. Nesbitt (from Cookstown), Con. Lawless, Con. Hartnett (went to Scotstown). 1908: Act.Sgt McGovern, Con. Drumm (went to Scotstown), Sgt Duffy, Con. Flynn. 1910: Con. Eager resigned and went to Australia, Sgt Thomas Reddy went to Clontibret (his wife was F.M. Rice and they had two sons, Patrick and John G.), Con. Maguire (went to Drumod Hut), 1911, Sgt Mulhern, Con. Todd, Con. Fitzsimons, Con. Reddy (went to Clontibret), Con. McDonald, Sgt McKenna, 1912: Act.Sgt Mulhern, Con. Forde (acted on McGuirk eviction, went to Belfast), Con. Fiztmaurice (went to Ballytrain and Clontibret), Con. McHale (went to Clones), Sgt. Boland, Sgt J. Brown, Con. Priest (was in Clones and Tydavnet, joined the R.I.A while Sgt. and went to 1914/18 War), Con. Atkinson (from Tydavnet), 1914: Con.Hynes (joined the Irish Guards in 1915, Sgt McIntosh (went to Monaghan and Clones), Con. Gallagher, Con. Rodgers (went to Culloville); 1915 Act.Sgt Umphries, Con. Gralton (from Smithboro), Act.Sgt Buchanan (replaced Sgt McIntosh, promoted Sgt.), 1916, Con.Harte (from Rockcorry), 1921, Sgt Courtney, 1921; Const. Gallagher, Con. Malone (killed in Ballybay ambush, next-of-kin awarded £800, he was a native of Westmeath and his funeral took place there), (Constabulary Medal), Con. McGillic, Con.Van Beest, Con. Cromwell, Con. Walter Brown, Con James Swift, Con. Barr, Con Davis, Con. Heatley, Con. McDermott, Con. Nesbitt (came from Smithboro), Con. O’Doherty, Sgt Donaldson, Sgt Walsh, Sgt. Buchanan, Sgt Maguire. 1922, Cons. Livingstone (father of Fr. and Jim Livingstone, later became cruiting officer for Garda Siothchana) and Con. Carrington acted as recruitment personnel for Gardai). The Tans left on 10/2/1922 and the RIC left the following day.

The RUC formed a Cycling and Athletic Club in Ballybay in 1904. The meeting was convened by C.I.Tyacke. He and DIs Reid and McCauley, Supt McLoughlin, Supt Mulkerins and Supt Sweeney. Supt Young with Constable Tileyman, McDonagh, Sgt Rogerman, Constable Maguire and Constable Haughton, Sgt Reilly and Constable John Duffy formed the Co.Committee.