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"He fell. The rest marched on to victory. Ah God, my little son"

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A proud moment. A retired member of An Garda Siochana, wearing his ancestors Constabulary Medal, in the Guards Chapel for the RIC commemoration.

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How easily weak men are seduced by violence. A fatal attraction.

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Why was it an honour? And what was the content of the oration? This was no gallant battle. It was a skirmish lasting seconds by 60 IRA against 6 police, 5 of them Irish. Are their names now to be added to the memorial?

Micheál Martin

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I was honoured to attend and deliver the oration today at The Centenary Commemoration of The Rineen Ambush in Miltown Malbay, Clare.

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@amandajplatell Surely this is misconduct in public office, or malfeasance, at least?

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A man of integrity, and a champion of inclusiveness and reconciliation. Thank you, ⁦ @GCraughwell ⁩. The island of Ireland needs exemplars like this.

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The Standard of the R.I.C. Outside the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, Westminster.

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The Harp and Crown

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A very happy and healthy Christmas to all members, followers and their families. 2022 has been quite an important year from both a historical perspective and a personal one. In April 1922 the County Monaghan Force was disbanded, and across the whole of the R.I.C., the .../1

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Look at this guy. Picture taken over 110 years ago, but just look at that style. We believe him to be one of the Dublin Depot RIC boxing team.

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A Musketry Instructor Sergeant, RIC Depot Dublin. The carbine and medal ribbon dates it post 1904.

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I’ve just ‘unfriended’ an Australian cousin who thought MLM’s speech was ‘inspirational’. And this guy is a teacher. I give up.

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In todays Daily Telegraph: The Officers and Men of the R.I.C. Those who died, and those who quietly served. Disbanded 100 years ago. Remembered with Pride

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The memorial to the RIC, in the crypt of St Pauls. Behind it, the simple cross for Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, murdered by the IRA in June 1922. And beyond, the tomb of Horatio Nelson. Stand easy, Comrades.

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Proudly worn at the centenary and commemoration event. Many others wore their ancestors medals, of the RIC and the DMP.

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@johnestevens Black Betty from LAPD SWAT

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Two Irishmen in Cornwall before D-Day. My father (on the right), on the left his 'batman' Sgt Ned Cunningham D.C.M.

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@ZelenskyyUa @RishiSunak We are with you - every step of the way

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Irish Rugby A photograph of R.U.C. County Inspector Robert Dunlop (Larne Times, 4th September 1926). Dunlop became a District Inspector in the R.I.C. in 1893. He played rugby for Ireland as a three-quarter against England and Scotland in 1890, 1891 and 1892, and against Wales in

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2 years

Delighted to have received today a copy of “Marking the Sacrifices and Honouring the Achievements of the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC”. It includes a Nominal Roll of the first 3,500 recruits; many of whom were ex-R.I.C. Kudos to Roy Black, Hugh Forrester & Stephen White.

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@Marikacobbold Great comment. The effort and preparation needed by the very old cannot be underestimated. Every day is an achievement. And she looked lovely.

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This is how adults do it.

President of Ireland

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3 years

President Higgins has issued his response to the warm greetings he received from Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion of #StPatricksDay . Read more:

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Remembering also the Irish and British police who died in Palestine, holding the line and keeping the peace between Arab and Jew.

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The Opening of the Northern Parliament by King George V, June 22, 1921. These members of N and other companies, Auxiliary Division RIC, formed part of the Guard of Honour. Another photo exists of them marching down Dublin Rd, Belfast.

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Remembering our own. The RIC Standard at the National Police Memorial, April 2022. Inár gcuimhní go deo, bhur gcomrádaithe agus chairde.

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Uniforms. Full Dress and Operational Order, once upon a time in Ireland.

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Enniskerry Garda station. Pretty much unchanged from its days as a Royal Irish Constabulary barrack. The continuity of policing in Ireland.

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In respectful remembrance of all the men of the Irish Constabularies; who lost their lives on duty or on active service with the armed forces. 11th Nov 1921 was to be the last time the R.I.C. paraded as a body in memory of their fallen comrades. #DecadeofCentenaries #Machnamh100

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The RIC Memorial in St Patrick��s chapel, Westminster Cathedral. Unveiled in 1937 by the last Insp-General of the RIC, Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne. Also home to the plaques of the disbanded Irish regiments. #Machnamh100

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Inár gcuimhní go deo, bhur gcomrádaithe agus chairde.

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For those of us paying tribute today to the Officers and Men of the RIC - The Final Inspection.

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‘A Token of Esteem’ from Galway City, 1903. The watch still keeps perfect time.

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Made it. An ambition for over 40 years. What a challenge that was! Now resting a while in Tanzania to recover. That’s me on the right with the @thingreenlineTG patch. Please show support for @U24_gov_ua whose people are suffering more than I can possibly imagine.

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@DefenceU You’re going to need a bigger list

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#NewProfilePic

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@DominicFarrell How about Agnes ‘Nan’ Currie, who rose from John Lewis dept store to become Superindent WRNS at Western Approaches HQ and led her team of Wrens through the Battle of the Atlantic?

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100 years of the RIC. In fact, 200 years since the inception of the County Constabulary Act which allowed for the creation of 4 Provincial Constabularies in Ireland. One unified force for the protection of the peace. #Think32

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'Forget not THESE boys of Kilmichael'....the Macroom Ambush, 28 Nov 1920. 16 Auxiliary Police killed, 1 shot in captivity, 1 severely wounded. These are the faces to the names... a short 🧵 1/ William Thomas Barnes D.F.C. (26)

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That lazy time of year when you get the stuff out for a bit of a clean.

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Constable Henry Balfour Ross - killed in a landmine explosion near Forkhill RUC Barracks, 1958. Does anyone have a photo of this officer? - asking for a relative.

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Somebody got a bargain on eBay today! (Not me). Misdescribed as a horse breastplate badge it is actually a shoulder belt plate or ‘coffin plate’ badge. Both very rare though.

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@TheOldRIC

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Happy St Patricks Day to all my followers! How the RIC celebrated in March 1916 - playing the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at football, under G.A.A. rules: #Machnamh100

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@TheOldRIC

3 years

This is seriously disturbing. On so many levels.

Ann Travers

@AnnTravers6

3 years

This man is depraved. He was in Donegal when my sister's murder was carried out in April 1984. She never got to celebrate any further Christmases and it was never the same for us. Just like thousands of other families Anybody who thinks this is funny lacks emotional intelligence

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To all my new followers - great to have you on board. I am neither unionist nor nationalist, catholic nor protestant. I am here for the history and to reset the balance. A 'polyphony of narratives' as @PresidentIRL said, of which mine is a minor voice. Enjoy my occasional tweets.

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IMPORTANT - Event - R.I.C. Commemoration Service of Remembrance – A Commemoration Service of Remembrance in the Crypt of St Paul’s Cathedral, London, Friday 29.4.2022, by the Police National Roll of Honour Trust. Details: #Machnamh100 #Decadeofcentenaries

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Once a Special Constable in the Tyrone USC, then the UDR, later the Rhodesian bush war. Another warrior. Rollie Robinson - Zororai Murugare - Rest in Peace

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Following the laying of the Memorial Wreath, at the Chapel of St Patrick and of The Saints Of Ireland, Westminster Cathedral.

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My grandfathers RIC medals. Soon to be repaired and remounted. Funny to think, in the old 'order of precedence', as a personal gift of the Sovereign these ranked higher than campaign medals.

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The Brits. A term of endearment? Or perjorative, antagonistic hate speech?

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Peelers in The Micks. The RIC and the Irish Guards had a close and long lasting relationship - evidenced in their recent participation at the RIC Memorial Service.

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Going to take a short-ish break from the stories of killings. Much more to the history of the RIC than 30 months of tragedy on all sides. Other stuff to reveal, to intrigue, to share, to those with open minds.

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Some descendants of the R.I.Constabulary, at the U.S. Embassy in London. Stories shared and memories spurred for the first time in generations. #Machnamh100

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Gave a 45 minute presentation to the PSNI Historical Society this evening. Went well, I think. Been a while since I addressed a room - even a virtual one. Adrenaline come-down now.

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The Queen is dead. Long live the King.

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Cigarette case, silver, 1901

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PSNI senior officers take note - this is how to turn out when on parade.

Sgt Maj Norman French

@SgtMajFrench

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Gripped and inspected by the Academy Sergeant Major. Felt like a first day Lance Corporal on show parade. Heart pounding, trying not to hyper-ventilate. ‘Not bad’ apparently. I’ll take that all day long. Flippin’ ‘eck. @AcSgtMaj_RMAS #WednesdayMotivation #belonging

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Currently sitting in a bar in Woking, contemplating a course tomorrow on Civilian Service Rifle positional technique at Bisley. Nervous, as it involves course of fire with movement, sitting, squatting, prone and barricade. At my age, that’s challenging. Pray for me!

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@TheOldRIC

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Visited today. The grave of Captain Philip Noel Graham, Auxiliary Division R.I.C. “Killed near Macroom in Ireland, while on duty with the R.I.C.” #NorthumberlandFusiliers #Ox &Bucks

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Detective Sergeant John Barton DMP Shot by Sean Treacy and the 'Squad' near College Green station on the 29th November 1919. The only member of the DMP to be twice awarded the Kings Police Medal.

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@TheOldRIC

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Why am I getting a lot of 'You might like' suggestions coming up on my feed - all for Sinn Fein-related accounts? Some manipulation of an algorithm? I'm getting tired of pro-actively blocking them all. Its like whack-a-mole.

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@TheOldRIC

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Donaghadee, 2005. My father, an Irish R.C. & son of an RIC Sgt, was billeted (slept) in the Orange Hall here during the war, when in the A.E.C. On Sunday he served Mass, in uniform, in the R.C. Church nearby. He caused confusion to all parties. The Hall was burned down in 2006.

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@TheOldRIC

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Is this the only marker to a dead RIC man on a village cross in the UK? I've not seen this elsewhere. Leonard Douglas Bradshaw, joined the R.F.A. at 16, commissioned officer at 18, gassed and wounded in France. Killed in the Macroom Ambush 1920 #WW1

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Sgt Butler was shot through the spine, his wife lay on top of him trying to shield him from further bullets. The infant daughter of H.C. Storey died 2 days later, he had 8 more children. Butler died 2 months later. Threats were still being made to Storeys family years later.

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The Harp and Shamrock. #Think32

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"May the soil of Afric’s arid plains rest lightly on his grave." Dodoma, Tanzania - the last resting place of C.S.M. James Rourke, S.A.I., late constable R.I.C. Belfast and Johannesburg Police, son of Sgt Thomas Rourke (R.I.C. New Ross), brother of ex-Constable George Philip

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9 Feb 1921 - William Fitzell Blennerhasset Johnston (22) was shot in Kilbrittain, W. Cork, as a suspected spy. He was the son of the late Const. Edward Johnston (RIC Kilbrittain), and a Church of Ireland man. #DecadeofCentenaries #Kilbrittain

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@TheOldRIC

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Seen a lot on Twitter lately about the correct term for 'Ireland' - ROI, Southern Ireland etc. Seemingly Irish are upset at the British use of Éire as a name - but that is the name on stamp they see when they receive Easter cards from the relations. Confusing.

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My grandmother was born 138 years ago today. Her mother could recall the Famine years. My father was born in 1916, 107 years ago tomorrow. I learned a lot about what is now called ‘lived experience’ through talking to them. History can be fascinating at a personal level.

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Anyone of my followers . I support, absolutely, Ukraine. Don’t agree with me, unfollow me. Some things are just ….right.

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1/ - 2 Feb 1901 - The floral offering in the form of Irish harp from the officers and men of the Royal Irish Constabulary was despatched to Windsor Castle yesterday for the funeral of the Queen.

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A very moving and poignant event.

Senator G Craughwell

@GCraughwell

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Some may not like it but today we had a truly wonderful ceremony of rememberance for the Officers & men of the Royal Irish Constabulary at the Guards Chapel in London. These were the ordinary police almost all Irish men. Many families travelled from all over the world.

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Policing the #HolyLand . One or two have brought up the subject of the RIC in Palestine. @swgannon is the expert here but at my count, the 1st batch of recruits to ship out as the #PalestineGendarmerie in 1922 included 556 ex-RIC, 162 ex-ADRIC & 37 ex-Army.

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Was it really 37 years ago? My last jump of the day; dusk, September 1986, Headcorn.

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Daniel Anthony Murphy, ex-Irish Guards and RIC, kidnapped and shot c.9 Mar 1921 near Broadford, aged 23.

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Constable Alexander Clarke - killed on the morning of the Truce, 11 July 1921. Photo given to me by his granddaughter

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On this day, 1979. Narrow Water, Warrenpoint. Here, 2 Para slip away into the half-light, having just honoured their fallen comrades.

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RIC commemoration to be held in London army barracks - The Irish Times - #GoogleAlerts

RIC commemoration to be held in London army barracks

Event to mark centenary of disbandment two years after Dublin cancellation

www.irishtimes.com

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A policeman’s ‘rattle’ of the Constabulary of Ireland.

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Detail, from the full dress uniform of an Assistant Inspector-General of the R.I.C.

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Spare a thought tonight for Const. Michael Malone and civilian John Somerville, killed 1 Jan 1921 in Ballybay, Co Monaghan. No Happy New Year for them. A town with a very personal connection. #Machnamh #IrishWarofIndependence

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Faded glory. Myself with my sister at the gates of Ballymacadam House, Castleisland, Co. Kerry. My grandparents once owned it. Just came across it again tonight.

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In case you’re wondering why I’ve been posting pics of cycle club badges. The history of the RIC is so much more than 1919-21 or Land War era - a very rich social and sporting history too which such clubs represented.

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The Regulation Box. You may have one of these in the garage, and not know its origins. Typical of a late 19th/early 20th C pattern box issued to recruits in the RIC, and often continued or reused in the RUC/Garda. Initials and surname would be on the front.

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21. Still a lad.

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A merry - and I hope healthy Christmas to all of you, and your families. See you in 2022.

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plus ça change....Les Troubles En Palestine August 1929 saw the massacre of some 67 Jews in Hebron and fierce anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem. It is asserted that it was in this period that the narratives of the Arab and Jewish people - who had previously lived in comparative

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Please note the following very important announcement. Dr Sean Gannon is a highly respected researcher and published author in this field. I encourage those of you with RIC ancestry to make contact. Call for Participants The ‘Oral History of the Royal Irish Constabulary’

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I’d typed out a response arguing SF’s close and continuing links with PIRA/OCG’s; but it would fall on deaf ears. And my mind won’t change re SF. So never sent it. Life’s too short for arguments. Got to be ruthless sometimes.

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Over the Whitsun period of 1921 (13-15 May) the IRA waged a particularly bloody and brutal orgy of killing no doubt designed to put further pressure on the ongoing Truce negotiations. #Machnamh100 This from 12 years ago-