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Monaghan’s IRA brigades were active during 1919-1921, with records showing involvement in several attacks on the Royal Irish Constabulary and Black and Tans, leading to nine deaths.
Oct 5, 2017 · In the late 1940's, one of Stephen's sons, another Charles, married a daughter of Michael Doyle RIC 57353 who won a Constabulary Medal in 1916 (Siege of Enniscorthy) {Thanks PeterMcRIC for the copy recommendation}. A Constable at that time, Michael became a Head Constable in Co Donegal before disbandment in 1922.
Auxiliary Division. The Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary ( ADRIC ), generally known as the Auxiliaries or Auxies, was a paramilitary unit of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) during the Irish War of Independence. It was founded in July 1920 by Major-General Henry Hugh Tudor and made up of former British Army officers, most of ...
The Irish War of Independence (Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse) or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC).
Mar 22, 2017 · The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) occupied a prominent place in the British imperial imagination as a model for policing the Empire. Sir Charles Jeffries of the Colonial Office observed in 1952 that ‘the really effective influence on the development of colonial police forces … was not that of the police of Great Britain, but that of the Royal Irish Constabulary’. 1 In this formulation ...
Dec 29, 2010 · The revolver was of the 'solid frame' variety, a sturdy and heavy piece. Most commonly found in .450 and .455 calibre, it was designated the 'Royal Irish Constabulary Pattern', and was stamped with the letters R.I.C. on the frame, along with the Webley logo and patent number. A Webley 'New Model' First pattern RIC revolver, this example with ...
Jan 7, 2020 · The Royal Irish Constabulary. Established in Ireland in 1836, the RIC policed Ireland outside of Dublin. Separately, The DMP policed the capital. It’s estimated that 90,000 men served in the RIC ...
