DC Hoey was a member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police 'G' Division, tasked with investigating political unrest. An active policeman, he came to the attention of Michael Collins at an early stage and was marked for assassination. The order was given on 12 September 1919, and Tom Ennis, Mick McDonnell and Jim Slattery set off around 10 pm when they knew Hoey would be coming off duty. DC Hoey crossed over from College St towards the police HQ in Brunswick St, then turned down Townsend St nearly as far as Tara St where he stopped at a dairy for a glass of milk. There he was shot dead.
The men who killed him would soon be founder members of 'The Squad', Michael Collin's picked team of gunmen. Responsible for many shootings and killings during the 1919-1921 period, they would later bring their deadly skills to bear upon their own countrymen; when they brought their own form of terror to Kerry and Cork.
Buried in Rhode RC Churchyard, Kings County (Offaly).
With thanks to Klifton Snow
The men who killed him would soon be founder members of 'The Squad', Michael Collin's picked team of gunmen. Responsible for many shootings and killings during the 1919-1921 period, they would later bring their deadly skills to bear upon their own countrymen; when they brought their own form of terror to Kerry and Cork.
Buried in Rhode RC Churchyard, Kings County (Offaly).
With thanks to Klifton Snow
