Roll of Honor
Incident
Collapsed and died of heart failure during a melee in Wexford when escorting prisoners with another officer they came under attack by a crowd with stones being thrown.
Collapsed and died of heart failure during a melee in Wexford when he and another officer came under attack by a crowd throwing stones, as they were escorting prisoners.
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139 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable O’Reilly served with the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Constable James O’Reilly is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In L, 49 of 749 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.5% of this state's fallen. That is 2.6 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Royal Irish Constabulary, 32 of 642 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James O’Reilly's cause is highlighted.
How James O’Reilly Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. James O’Reilly is highlighted in Jul.
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