Policing Genealogy Ireland History
Download| Name: | Henry Phelan | Reg No: | 1347 |
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Date Of Joining: | 25 May 1922 |
| Date of birth: | 25 December 1900 | Address: | Rushin, Mountrath, Laois |
| Date of Death: | 14 November 1922 | ||
| Religion: | Roman Catholic | IRA Rank: | Private |
| Rank In National Army: | - | RIC Rank: | 0 |
| Foreign Army Rank: | - | If In Cid Or Protection Corps: | - |
| Knowledge Of Irish Language: | - | Height: | 5ft 10 ½ |
| Chest: | 38,35 | Remarks: | F.S. (First Garda to be killed in the line of duty when he was shot dead in Mullinahone) |
| Keyword: | Killed in Line of Duty Callan | Acknowledgements And Sources: | Courtesy of GSRMA House |
| Garda Rank at end of service: | Garda | Where Stationed-DISTRICT(Place): | KILKENNY (Callan) |
| End of Service and Reason: | Killed (14 November 1922) | Marriage | - |
| Occupation Or Trade: | - | By Whom Recommended: | - |
| Page Numbers: | 91 and 92 | Where Buried: | View Record |
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| Further Notes: | Was the First Garda/Civic Guard to be killed in the line of duty. Henry 'Harry' Christopher Phelan was the son of Patrick Phelan and Norah Austin. On 14th November, 1922 Garda Phelan went to a shop in Mullinahone, County Tipperary to purchase hurleys for a team he, and colleagues, were starting in Callan, County Kilkenny. While he was in the shop two armed men entered and, without warning, shot Garda Phelan dead He is buried with his parents in Saint Fearghal's Cemetery, Camross, County Laois. | ||