Daniel Hoey

Dublin Metropolitan Police — Dublin, L

Felonious

End of Watch September 12, 1919

Age 32

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 33

Incident

Ambushed and shot dead at night, outside the Detective Office in Townsend Street, by a terrorist assassination squad.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Constable Hoey served with the Dublin Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Constable Hoey.

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

Agency

Department Dublin Metropolitan Police

Location Dublin, L

Platform Identity dmpd.ie.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 12, 1919

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Homicide - Shot

Detective Constable Daniel Hoey is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 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 24.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Dublin Metropolitan Police, 20 of 34 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58.8% of this agency's fallen.

Dublin Metropolitan Police

of 34 officers

58.8% Felonious

L — Statewide

592

of 749 officers

79% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious