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RIC Police athletics / sports

  • 21-10-2014 1:09pm
    #1
    John P. Mac
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭


    Trying to trace a relative who was a member of the RIC from about 1875. Family story is that he was a "good athlete". I assume that was in police sports competitions which would probably have been held annually. Does anybody know if such sports were held, where and in which month so I could search relevant newspapers.
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  • #2
    montgo
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭montgo


    I would think that he would have been competing at county & provincial meetings if he were a good athlete and the results were usually posted on local newspapers. When I was researching a RIC ancestor, I was surprised to find his name appearing in the sports section of newspapers and only then had I realised that he had been competing at various meetings around the country.


  • #3
    rhapsody
    Registered Users Posts: 450 ✭✭rhapsody


    You should look up The Constabulary Gazette, they have it on microfilm in the National Library: http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000112546

    It's interesting to read through the issues, even just to get a feel for how things were for RIC men. I haven't looked at it in quite a while but I'm sure there were a fair few sporting reports in it. Lots of requests for transfers too as I recall! Hopefully you could find your relative in there somewhere :)


  • #4
    John P. Mac
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭John P. Mac


    Thanks for two good leads. I must plan a trip to Dublin. I was not aware of the Constabulary Gazette.


  • #5
    p15574
    Registered Users Posts: 753 ✭✭✭p15574


    rhapsody wrote: »
    You should look up The Constabulary Gazette, they have it on microfilm in the National Library: http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000112546

    It's interesting to read through the issues, even just to get a feel for how things were for RIC men. I haven't looked at it in quite a while but I'm sure there were a fair few sporting reports in it. Lots of requests for transfers too as I recall! Hopefully you could find your relative in there somewhere :)

    Pity it's not online, it would be a very painstaking process manually looking through microfilm on the off-chance of a mention. I've found there's very little information available on RIC personnel, aside from the basic details in the register.


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