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The burning of Bridget Cleary: How superstition led to a violent murder, a husband on trial and a family conspiracy
Sergeant Paddy Rogers, a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), found the body of 26-year-old Bridget Cleary in a ...
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17 August 1922: The Disbandment of the Royal Irish Constabulary
Three were in Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) uniform, with two standing among the discarded jackets and trousers of their colleagues. Less dramatic, perhaps, than men marching in formation ...
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The Royal Irish Constabulary and Colonial Policing: Lessons and Legacies
The police forces of the fledgling Irish Free State certainly provided ... With the exception of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, which recruited over 1,300 ex-RIC between June and October 1922, ...
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Lord mayor of cork Tomás Mac Curtain was murdered by Black and Tans – historian
Lord mayor of Cork Tomás Mac Curtain was not murdered by regular members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) but by a group of Black and Tans, according to police historian Jim Herlihy.