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Galoglas	He flung them his belt.		Lead	[-]
Constable Posts: 1 3-Aug-2010 6:27 PM	Remove this ad I'm interested in this headline "he flung them his belt" that accompanied a piece about the death of my Grandfather(Felix McCabe) in 1955.It was in the Cavan newspaper.The part about his belt referred to his resignation from the RIC.And was just wondering if this had been an organised event or if it referred to a series of resignations. He died in Glasgow in 1955.I have his very brief service record that states he joined the RIC in April 1913 and was allocated to Co Offaly,recommended by a DI Heggart. He resigned on the 19th July 1918 as he "required at home and insufficient pay" Last Edited By: Galoglas 4-Aug-2010 6:38 AM. Edited 2 times.
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Peter Mc RIC		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 489 4-Aug-2010 10:40 PM Inspector-General	May be worth trawling the Irish Newspapers (eg Irish Times online) for references to him. Certainly the period around his resignation was one of some turbulence in the police, who were looking for better pay and conditions. Some improvements were made shortly after his resignation, but I doubt that had anything to do with him. Peter Mc
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Constable Posts: 2 5-Aug-2010 8:33 AM	Thanks for that.It was really to find out if this had been a known event when a number of officers resigned.It was my father's cousin who got the details of the entry from a retired officer and he had said that a number of officers had resigned at the same time as a protest.The actual newspaper clipping states. "Mr McCabe had been a member of the RIC and in protest against black and tan terrorisim he resigned from the force" from my very limited knowledge it looks like the black and tans did not become involved until after he had left so that would make the report incorrect.
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ballyroughan	Felix Mc Cabe 67221.	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 29 5-Aug-2010 11:20 PM	The R.I.C.List for Jan 1919,67221 McCabe, Felix, constable,King's,resigned. I think the retired police officer and newspaper, may have confused Mc Cabe's resignation with an event that happened in June 1920, called the "Listowel Police Mutiny". The Newspaper's of the time, had various version's and Headline's, but without going into the story,five constable's resigned ,and part of one statement, state's, he took off his cap and belt and threw them on the table. For the full account see:-Memoir's of constable Jeremiah Mee R.I.C.,by J.Anthony Gaughan pub 1975. Last Edited By: ballyroughan 6-Aug-2010 10:52 AM. Edited 2 times.
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Galoglas		#4	[url]	[-]
Constable Posts: 3 6-Aug-2010 11:04 AM	From what you have said that sounds very likely the wording is similar with the throwing down of the belt.Given the turbulent times I suppose there are many reasons he could have left.And one of those may well have just been that he was needed at home.Thank you for replying.
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