Garda Roll Of Honour

eroo · 29-12-2007 12:16am #1

1922 November 14 - Gda.Henry Phelan(23)

1923 December 3 - Sgt.James Woods(23)

1924 January 29 - Gda.Patrick O'Halloran(27)

1924 May 7 - Sgt.Thomas Griffin(25)

1924 September - Gda.John Murrin(26)

1925 December 12 - Gda.Thomas Dowling(29)

1926 November 14 - Sgt.James Fitzsimmons(23)

1926 November 16 - Gda.Hugh Ward(29)

1929 June 11 - Gda.Timothy O'Sullivan(32)

1931 March 21 - Supt.John Curtin(28)

1940 January 4 - Gda.John Roche(34)

1940 August 17 - Sgt.Patrick McKeown(39)

1940 August 18 - Gda.Richard Hyland(?)

1942 September 9 - Sgt.Denis O'Brien(41)

1942 October 1 - Gda.Michael Walsh(41)

1942 October 10 - Gda.George Mordant(45)

1970 April 3 - Gda.Richard Fallon(44)

1972 June 8 - Insp.Samuel Donegan(61)

1975 September 9 - Gda.Michael Reynolds(30)

1976 October 16 - Gda.Michael Clerkin(24)

1980 July 7 - Gda.John Morley(37) , Gda.Henry Byrne(29)

1980 October 13 - Gda.James Quaid(42)

1982 February 2 - Gda.Partick Reynolds(23)

1983 April 11 - Sgt.Patrick McLoughlin(42)

1983 December 12 - Trainee Gda.Peter Garry Sheehan(23)

1984 August 10 - Gda.Francis Hand(29)

1985 June 27 - Sgt.Patrick Morrissey(48)

1995 May 18 - Sgt.Paul M Reid(39)

1996 June 7 - Gda.Jerry McCabe(52)

1998 January 26 - Gda.Eoin Fitzgerald(25)

1999 July 21 - Sgt.Andrew Callinan(36)

1999 September 26 - Gda.Ambrose Fogarty(27) , Gda.Richard Nolan(42)

2000 May 14 - Gda.Garreth Harmon(28) , Gda.Conor Griffin(25)

2001 December 7 - Sgt.John Eiffe(40)

2001 April 22 - Gda.George Rice(45) , Gda.Seamus McIntyre(23)

2007 February 25 - Gda.Brian Kelleher(46)

Seeing as we are approaching the beginning of a new year,I think we should remember the Gardai that have been killed in the line of duty since the foundation of An Garda Siochana in September 1922....85 years ago.

May they all Rest In Peace...they are true 'Guardians Of The Peace'.

BTW,if I have left out anyone or made a mistake,please correct me

timmywex · 29-12-2007 12:49pm

May they all rest in peace, they paid the ultimate sacrifice for their job and the country. Its sad to find out how all of them died, shootings and road deaths mainly, there must have been huge trauma for the family.

Also, i think we should remember all garda members who died while on duty, bu through fault of their own, i can think of one detective from dublin and one from Waterford who dies this year

RIP

Guy:Incognito · 29-12-2007 12:58pm

Was there not a couple more? The young lad on the Stillorgan Rd when they were hit by the stolen car (or were both Gards killed?)

The Black Oil · 29-12-2007 1:08pm

Both, it seems. http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2002/04/15/story26739.asp

timmywex · 29-12-2007 1:32pm

The Black Oil wrote: »

Both, it seems. http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2002/04/15/story26739.asp

yeh, and there seems to be a few more at the bottom of that article

eroo · 29-12-2007 4:42pm

Thanks for the updates.

Could mods perhaps make this a locked sticky thread?

civdef · 29-12-2007 5:58pm

I'm conscious of the need to avoid filling the forum up with stickies. Is the list available elsewhere online that it could be added to the links thread instead?

Random · 29-12-2007 6:41pm

civdef wrote: »

I'm conscious of the need to avoid filling the forum up with stickies. Is the list available elsewhere online that it could be added to the links thread instead?

Why not just add a link to this thread in the links thread?

CLADA · 29-12-2007 6:50pm

eroo the 26th is the missing date for A. Fogarty and R. Nolan.

civdef wrote: »

I'm conscious of the need to avoid filling the forum up with stickies. Is the list available elsewhere online that it could be added to the links thread instead?

Not sure about that civdef.
The official list itself has caused a lot of hurt among families of those who died on duty and were not included on the roll of honour.

C/Supt Sean Gantly was killed on New Years Day 1948 during a search but was never included because the fatal round came from a colleagues weapon.

Those killed in Patrol cars or similar accidents on duty also seem to be excluded.

Hagar · 29-12-2007 7:18pm

random wrote: »

Why not just add a link to this thread in the links thread?

Good idea. Done.

Steyr · 03-01-2008 12:35am

Rip.

kiteman · 30-11-2010 11:49am

My grandad Detective Arthur Nolan, CID + DMP was murdered in Pearse st. police station 1924, and is finally to be included in the garda roll of honour may 21st 2011, after 85 years.

Hooch · 30-11-2010 2:09pm

Think this needs abit of an update.

I see Tony Tighe and Mike Padden are missing - 14th April 2002

Robert McCallion - 26th March 2010

Gary McLoughlin - 12 December 2010

Any others missing guys??

CharlieCroker · 30-11-2010 2:44pm

Gary McLaughlin was 2009, not 2010.

I knew 2 of the men on that list personally. Both good Gardai and both gentlemen.

Biggest funeral i've ever seen but would rather have not seen it at all. I remember the mans wife hugged me and started crying a few days before i started in Templemore.

veetwin · 30-11-2010 4:37pm

Complete list here:

http://www.garda.ie/honour/Default.aspx

paddydriver · 19-07-2011 3:18pm

The Black Oil wrote: »

Both, it seems. http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2002/04/15/story26739.asp

Sorry for resurrecting this thread but I see on news today about the trial of another joyrider who killed a Garda and my mind passed back to the 2 unfortunate Garda above and how I never heard anything else on what justice was served to the scumbag's involved.

The above was close to where I live and I remember driving past over the following days and seeing the tricolour draped on a memorial and it was very sad to see.

goldie fish · 19-07-2011 4:04pm

Sadly I was in templemore with 2 gardai named in that article.
RIP Seamus, Eoin.

Bosh · 19-07-2011 5:23pm

1985 June 27 - Sgt.Patrick Morrissey(48)

Was there that day.

AlekSmart · 22-07-2011 11:15pm

paddydriver wrote: »

Sorry for resurrecting this thread but I see on news today about the trial of another joyrider who killed a Garda and my mind passed back to the 2 unfortunate Garda above and how I never heard anything else on what justice was served to the scumbag's involved.

The above was close to where I live and I remember driving past over the following days and seeing the tricolour draped on a memorial and it was very sad to see.

Perhaps I'm missing some highly important or arcane point of law but some of the reported judicial remarks to the Jury appear to be heavily loaded against the Garda's (posthumous) interests.

With the defending counsel unsurprisingly pleading..

Barrister Peter Finlay SC said there was simply not enough evidence to find a verdict of manslaughter against McDermott. The jury, he said, should not be influenced by the fact the victim was a garda. “Just because the injured person was a guard cannot influence your decision, and that is said without the slightest disrespect to the force.”

Such a tactic is only to be expected from somebody being paid to get their client off or to lessen the punishment,however I remain concerned at the reasoning behind the presiding Judge also feeling the need to weigh-in on this .......

In summing up, Judge John O’Hagan also said the fact Gary McLoughlin was a garda should not influence their verdict. “You must look at the case in the cold light of day. You are not deciding this case to keep anyone happy.”

I'm of the opinion that the Jury of adults,having heard the evidence and particularly the defence counsels elequent ari-brushing of reality (The deceased man WAS a garda and was acting in the pursuance of his Duty),should not then have the trial Judge restate this element...I find that Unfair.

Of course it all tends to come out in the wash,right at the very end...

After McDermott was found guilty of both charges, Judge O’Hagan passed sentence.He was told the accused had 91 previous convictions – many for traffic offences including drink-driving as well as burglary and forgery.

25 years old with 91 previous convictions for a wide range of offences....a year older then the man he killed....yet the judge representing us,the public,feels compelled to take away from the Garda's position in our society.

Is there anybody else who finds this practice somewhat offensive and not conducive to maintaining any form of balance in our Society's attempts to police itself ?

The Judge then ends his days work with a stern admonition...

Judge O’Hagan said he wanted to send out a message to all young drivers about the consequences of their actions.

That message,I feel,remains unclear.

johnnyskeleton · 24-07-2011 3:26pm

AlekSmart wrote: »

Perhaps I'm missing some highly important or arcane point of law but some of the reported judicial remarks to the Jury appear to be heavily loaded against the Garda's (posthumous) interests.

With the defending counsel unsurprisingly pleading..

Such a tactic is only to be expected from somebody being paid to get their client off or to lessen the punishment,however I remain concerned at the reasoning behind the presiding Judge also feeling the need to weigh-in on this .......

I'm of the opinion that the Jury of adults,having heard the evidence and particularly the defence counsels elequent ari-brushing of reality (The deceased man WAS a garda and was acting in the pursuance of his Duty),should not then have the trial Judge restate this element...I find that Unfair.

Of course it all tends to come out in the wash,right at the very end...

25 years old with 91 previous convictions for a wide range of offences....a year older then the man he killed....yet the judge representing us,the public,feels compelled to take away from the Garda's position in our society.

Is there anybody else who finds this practice somewhat offensive and not conducive to maintaining any form of balance in our Society's attempts to police itself ?

The Judge then ends his days work with a stern admonition...

That message,I feel,remains unclear.

So what are you saying - that the jury should have had regard to the fact that the deceased was a garda? How does that have any bearing on the issue that is to be tried i.e. the guilt or innocence of the person concerned? Is a person who is alleged to have killed a garda, tragic as that is, not entitled to a fair trial?

Shield · 24-07-2011 11:48pm

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

So what are you saying - that the jury should have had regard to the fact that the deceased was a garda?

To this question, I say yes. As you would be aware, there is a separate offence in law for assault on a Peace Officer (in this case, a Garda), so why should this not be taken in to account if the Peace Officer is killed in the execution of duty?

Zambia · 25-07-2011 8:29am

I have to agree for the reason that coppers are not there to act as punchbags for anyone. It is a far greater result for anyone and everyone to know that if they assault a police officer/Fire/Ambo.

1: The cops will keep coming till they are subdued
2: On being subdued they will face a far greater penalty due to the fact they assaulted the ES.

Hopefully this prevents some assaults on members.

In the case of a member of the public being assaulted it is rare but by nature a police officer will face assaults everyday. So if you can lessen the chances of them being injured via legislation and sentencing why not?

Reloc8 · 25-07-2011 9:27am

First, I want to pay my respects to the members of an Garda Siochana referred to in the first post and afterwards.

Second, and I'm being as careful as I can to comment as precisely as I can only about this limited aspect of the discussion.

Shield wrote: »

To this question, I say yes. As you would be aware, there is a separate offence in law for assault on a Peace Officer (in this case, a Garda), so why should this not be taken in to account if the Peace Officer is killed in the execution of duty?

Yes there is a separate offence. And if tried for that offence, it is a necessary proof that the victim of the assault was a Peace Officer acting in the course of their duties.

Once that is established, the fact of them being a Peace Officer so acting has nothing to do with whether or not they were in fact assaulted.

For instance, in a charge of possessing a firearm, it must be shown that the item in question is a firearm. That being established, there is no relevance to the question of whether the person charged in fact possessed it.

They are simply two distinct component parts of the crime. Someone's status as a garda rarely has anything to do with whether they were in fact the victim of a given crime, in this most recent case manslaughter. It would be wrong to convict someone of a crime which is not specific to status as a peace officer just because the victim of the crime is in fact a peace officer.

In the charge mentioned (assault on a peace officer) the sentence on indictment is 5 years (that's the penalty for assault causing harm on anyone else) and even in summary trial its 12 months (that's as opposed to 6 months for common assault on a civilian).

So, quite appropriately, assaulting a peace officer in the course of their duties is seen as a worse thing to do than assaulting a civilian, with higher sentences provided for. And that's where status as a Garda or member of the emergency services on duty should certainly, in my opinion, be recognised as a highly aggravating factor in the sentencing of a person convicted of a crime against that officer.

I am not saying that in this most recent case the sentence imposed was appropriate or appropriate reflected the thoughts expressed in the above paragraph.

EireGun · 28-05-2014 4:52pm

List of members of the Garda Síochána killed in the line of duty... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_police_officers_killed_in_the_line_of_duty

Sponge25 · 31-05-2014 9:05pm

Did they catch the waisters that shot the guy escorting cash?

Sponge25 · 31-05-2014 9:07pm

Hooch wrote: »

Think this needs abit of an update.

I see Tony Tighe and Mike Padden are missing - 14th April 2002

Robert McCallion - 26th March 2010

Gary McLoughlin - 12 December 2010

Any others missing guys??

Is it just me or is there alot more Guards dying lately? (In the last 10-15 years)

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