Charles Carroll
Sub-Constable

Charles Carroll

Felonious
End of Watch December 14, 1831
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Gender Male

Incident

A crowd of five hundred people opposing the tithes assembled and followed the police while demanding the server of the tithe processes be handed over to them. The confrontation eventually turned nasty and in a boreen, at Carrickshock Commons in South Kilkenny, a hail of stones rained down on the officers causing them fatal injuries.

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195 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sub-Constable Carroll served with the Leinster Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location L
Platform Identity lco.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 14, 1831
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide

Sub-Constable Charles Carroll is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In L, 592 of 749 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 79% of this state's fallen. That is 79 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Leinster Constabulary, 22 of 23 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 95.7% of this agency's fallen.

Leinster Constabulary
22
of 23 officers
95.7% Felonious
L — Statewide
592
of 749 officers
79% Felonious
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles Carroll's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Charles Carroll Compares

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Charles Carroll is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
1,392
Feb
1,295
Mar
1,373
Apr
1,516
May
1,504
Jun
1,442
Jul
1,587
Aug
1,517
Sep
1,491
Oct
1,371
Nov
1,447
Dec
1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.

Handgun
3,684
Gun
3,592
Gun; Unknown type
1,492
Shotgun
1,109
Rifle
935
Officer's handgun
909