Sources - Irish police and military
Irish police and military
National police
- County Constabulary /
Irish Constabulary /
Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC)
- In 1922 the RIC split into:
- RIC and DMP site by Jim Herlihy
- royalirishconstabulary.com
- Garda Siochana Historical Society
(or via here)
- GM -
Garda Museum,
medieval Record Tower,
Dublin Castle
- PSNI - Police Museum, Belfast
RIC records
- Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) records
- The full RIC service records were taken to the Home Office in 1922.
-
original register is now
[NA.UK]
Home Office Records,
H.O. 184,
- microfilmed by [LDS] film no. 085 6057
- copy of this in [NAI]
- copy in [SOG] microfiche IR/GEN/73963/1-8
- [GM] records have been moved to the [NAI]
- The RIC service register only includes those who were serving in 1836 and later. This includes some police who joined as early as 1816. But those whose service finished before 1836 are not included.
- Notebooks
of Patrick Carroll, Irish police historian,
3 boxes at
[GM].
- Box 3 has: Ms for "Notes for a History of Police in Ireland" by Patrick Carroll.
- Box 1 has: 1829 summary of constabulary in Munster.
- RIC List, 1840 to 1922
- [BL] - complete set
- [GM]
- complete on microfilm
- incomplete on paper - 1840-7, 1851-5, 1867, 1869, 1880-1, 1884, and others later
- this may now have been moved to the [NLI]
- [NLI] - incomplete
-
[PSNI]
- incomplete - 1840-50, 1859-1908, and others later, [PSNI] 1995.002
- also has a 1836 Constabulary List as Ms
- RIC
Return of men Rewarded, Dismissed, Disrated and Fined (1848-72),
[GM] M.169
- RIC pensions
- RIC pensions (1873 on) and death list is
PMG 48
in [NA.UK]
- RIC pensions, Ireland tracts vol.1, [SOG] IR/G 164
- RIC pensions (1873 on) and death list is
PMG 48
- Jim Herlihy
- The Royal Irish Constabulary: A Short History and Genealogical Guide, 1997.
- The Royal Irish Constabulary: A Complete Alphabetical List of Officers and Men, 1816-1922, 1999, [NAI], [NLI] Ir 3522 h 3, [KCL] RR 351.74.
- Royal Irish Constabulary Officers, 2005.
Dublin police
-
Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP)
- DMP records,
[GM].
- these have been moved to the [NAI]
- Jim Herlihy
- The Dublin Metropolitan Police: A short history and genealogical guide, 2001.
- The Dublin Metropolitan Police: A complete list of Officers and Men, 1836-1925, 2001.
Belfast police
- Belfast Town Police
- Belfast Town Police records
- These were formerly held by Belfast City Council.
- They are now in [PRO.NI], under LA/7 (Belfast Corporation / County Borough Council).
- Belfast Town Police records:
- Minute books of the Belfast Police Committee, 1800-1844, [PRO.NI] LA/7/2/BA/1.
- Minute books of the Belfast Commissioners of Police, 1807-1844, [PRO.NI] LA/7/2/BA/2.
- Minute books of the Police Committee, 1844-1865, [PRO.NI] LA/7/10/AB/1 (1-5).
- Police Fund journal, 1833 on, [PRO.NI] LA/7/4/CD/1.
- Police Fund ledger, 1844 on, [PRO.NI] LA/7/4/DA/2.
Post-1922 military
- (Pre-1922 military is
British Army.)
- Irish military
- Irish War Memorials
- MAI -
Military Archives
(and here)
- Cathal Brugha Barracks (formerly Portobello Barracks), Rathmines, Dublin 6.
- Bureau of Military History
(Witness statements for 1913-21 period)
to come online.
Timeline of national police
1814 Peace Preservation Force 1822 County Constabulary enforced collection of Protestant Tithes from Catholics in Tithe War 1836 Irish Constabulary armed opposed Young Irelanders opposed Fenians 1867 Royal Irish Constabulary assisted evictions in Land War heavy casualties in War of Independence 1922 in south, disbanded, and Gardai formed in north, became RUC |
Timeline of Dublin police
1786 Dublin police 1836 Dublin Metropolitan Police unarmed not involved in political matters only 2 killed on duty in the entire 1882-1916 period not heavily involved in War of Independence 1925 amalgamated into Gardai |
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