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Sheriff of Dublin Armed?

  • 12-06-2013 1:30pm
    #1
    madmax9t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi guys i am wondering if the Sheriff of Dublin is armed, as in the guy who evicts who from your house during a repossession. Does he carry or is he entitled to carry a firearm?


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  • #2
    valleyoftheunos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭valleyoftheunos


    madmax9t wrote: »
    Hi guys i am wondering if the Sheriff of Dublin is armed, as in the guy who evicts who from your house during a repossession. Does he carry or is he entitled to carry a firearm?

    no, he's not that kind of Sherrif.


  • #3
    LowKeyReturn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 934 ✭✭✭LowKeyReturn


    I shot him... but I didn't shoot the deputy. I may avail of the defence of self defence.


  • #4
    Cody Pomeray
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,648 ✭✭✭Cody Pomeray


    The sheriff is not armed, s/he is not included in the category of persons entitled to the unlicensed possession or carriage of a firearm. The good news is that while the Sheriff might take a lot of your stuff, he can't remove your firearms !


  • #5
    nuac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,769 ✭✭✭nuac


    The sheriff may ask Gardai to accompany his/her posse comitatus


  • #6
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    nuac wrote: »
    The sheriff may ask Gardai to accompany his/her posse comitatus

    Heh. Posse.


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  • #7
    nuac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,769 ✭✭✭nuac


    MadsL wrote: »
    Heh. Posse.

    Yes indeed-. Sheriffs go way back to at least 13th century long before police forces.

    I think "posse comitatus" is medieval latin. Posse comes from potere - to have power, be able to do. Comitatus = companion, escort, or in the modern idiom backup. I recall some dictionaries rendered "comitatus" as "county" but I am not sure if that is correct.

    However the sheriff would have to get a team together for the job in hand, unless the local baron obliged.

    eviction procedures can be complex as there was much litigation especially during the land wars. Many evictions were carried out under provisions of Deasys Act 1860. The posse comitatus in recent times consisted of the Co Registrar ( or a member of CR staff ) a representative of the landlord to take charge of the place on eviction, a HSE welfare official ( in place of the former "relieving officer") and Garda(i).

    The posse comitatus would gather at the local garda station and set out for the house. Very often last minute deals were struck. In one such case I got instructions to cancel the eviction as the posse was approaching the house. Only time I had the pleasure of sending out a message to head the posse off at the pass.

    So the posse we see in Western films has ancient tradition behind it, but as far as I know modern county registrars do not swear in deputies. I know one CR who rode a motor bike down Route 66 but havent seen any of them on horses.


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