Temporary Cadet

Samuel Green

Felonious
End of Watch February 3, 1921
Age 22
Gender Male

Incident

Shot and fatally wounded, about 9:00pm, while off duty in Fagan’s public house in Balbriggan, County Dublin. He was assisted to the nearby RIC barracks and then taken to Steevens’s Hospital in Kilmainham, Dublin, where he died the following day.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Temporary Cadet Green served with the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Temporary Cadet Green.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

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Service Record

End of Watch February 3, 1921
Age 22
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Shot

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Samuel is one of 605 officers killed feloniously in Ireland, 79.1% of the 765 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1921, 250 officers in Ireland were killed feloniously, more than in any other year.

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Who

Samuel was 22. Of the 543 killed feloniously in Ireland whose age is recorded, half were between 24 and 41; the middle age was 31.

Age at death
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When

February holds 7.9% of these deaths in Ireland; May holds the most, 14.9%. Thursdays: 14.9%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 79.1% of all 765 deaths in Ireland, the most common cause.

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His people

Royal Irish Constabulary has at least 120 officers remembered here, Samuel among them.

Across the years

Temporary Cadet Samuel Green

Royal Irish Constabulary · End of Watch February 3, 1921

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