On 27 August, 2016, a ceremony to remember members of the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Dublin Metropolitan Police held at St.Paul’s of the Cross Church, Mount Argus Dublin.
The Harp Society representing retired members of the Garda Siochana and the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland remembered fallen colleagues who lost their lives during the period 1914 – 1922.
The Irish Government was represented by Minister of State Eoghan Murphy T.D. Also in attendance was the President of the Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland Major-General David O’Morchoe.
The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) was the armed police force of the island of Ireland under British rule from 1814 until 1922 and incorporated the Peace Preservation Force from 1814 to 1922, the County Constabulary from 1822 to 1836, and the Irish Constabulary from 1836 until 1867, when it was granted the prefix ‘Royal’ in 1867 for the successful suppression of the Fenian Rising.
A separate unarmed civic police force, the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) controlled the capital and its environs Belfast and Derry originally had their own police forces which were incorporated into the RIC.
Between 1836 and 1925, a total of 21 members of the DMP were killed on duty, three of whom were killed during the Easter Rising. During the War of Independence, 535 members of the RIC and 10 members of the DMP were killed on duty.
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