Perhaps someone can help me. My grandfather, who I never met, James Regan (or O'Regan) was in the R.I.C. However, I'm having a difficult time finding anything about him. I think his family was originally from Waterford. He and his wife, the former Nora Ryan, lived in Labasheeda, County Clare. They were married in 1909 in Labasheeda, so he probably joined the R.I.C. sometime around 1900. I have not been able to find where he was stationed, but he did receive an R.I.C. medal for being on duty in Dublin during Edward VII's visit to Dublin in 1903. >From the 1911 census, I believe he was living with his sister, Delia (Regan) Quinn in the Mount Joy area of Dublin. In Tim Pat Coogan's book on the IRA, I found a reference to a Sergeant O'Regan being shot in the leg on 23 November 1930 "while on protection duty at the residence of the Ceann Comhairle (chairman of the Dail), Rathgar, Co. Dublin." Can anyone tell me more about this incident and if the newspapers made mention of Sergeant O'Regan's first name and home county? If he was on duty, I suppose it would have been with the Garda. I have never been told that he was a member of the Garda, but it is possible that he was. Thanks, Dennis O'Regan USA doregan at verizon dot net

On Mar 13, 9:27 pm, "Question Quigley" <dontsen...@nomail.com> wrote: > Perhaps someone can help me. > > My grandfather, who I never met, James Regan (or O'Regan) was in the R.I.C. > However, I'm having a difficult time finding anything about him. I think his > family was originally from Waterford. > > He and his wife, the former Nora Ryan, lived in Labasheeda, County Clare. > They were married in 1909 in Labasheeda, so he probably joined the R.I.C. > sometime around 1900.  I have not been able to find where he was stationed, > but he did receive an R.I.C. medal for being on duty in Dublin during Edward > VII's visit to Dublin in 1903. > > From the 1911 census, I believe he was living with his sister, Delia (Regan) > Quinn in the Mount Joy area of Dublin. > > In Tim Pat Coogan's book on the IRA, I found a reference to a Sergeant > O'Regan being shot in the leg on 23 November 1930 "while on protection duty > at the residence of the Ceann Comhairle (chairman of the Dail), Rathgar, Co. > Dublin." > > Can anyone tell me more about this incident and if the newspapers made > mention of Sergeant O'Regan's first name and home county? > > If he was on duty, I suppose it would have been with the Garda.  I have > never been told that he was a member of the Garda, but it is possible that > he was. > > Thanks, > > Dennis O'Regan > USA > doregan        at        verizon        dot        net http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=The_Records_of_the_Royal_Irish_Constabulary (note Jas Regan here)

On Mar 13, 9:27 pm, "Question Quigley" <dontsen...@nomail.com> wrote: > Perhaps someone can help me. > > My grandfather, who I never met, James Regan (or O'Regan) was in the R.I.C. > However, I'm having a difficult time finding anything about him. I think his > family was originally from Waterford. > > He and his wife, the former Nora Ryan, lived in Labasheeda, County Clare. > They were married in 1909 in Labasheeda, so he probably joined the R.I.C. > sometime around 1900.  I have not been able to find where he was stationed, > but he did receive an R.I.C. medal for being on duty in Dublin during Edward > VII's visit to Dublin in 1903. > > From the 1911 census, I believe he was living with his sister, Delia (Regan) > Quinn in the Mount Joy area of Dublin. > > In Tim Pat Coogan's book on the IRA, I found a reference to a Sergeant > O'Regan being shot in the leg on 23 November 1930 "while on protection duty > at the residence of the Ceann Comhairle (chairman of the Dail), Rathgar, Co. > Dublin." > > Can anyone tell me more about this incident and if the newspapers made > mention of Sergeant O'Regan's first name and home county? > > If he was on duty, I suppose it would have been with the Garda.  I have > never been told that he was a member of the Garda, but it is possible that > he was. > > Thanks, > > Dennis O'Regan > USA > doregan        at        verizon        dot        net Dennis, If I may say so, this is an example of a dreadful approach to genealogy, viz: "my name is Murphy, there was once a famous Murphy, are we related?" O'Regan is a common enough name, there will have been many in the police. More to the point, the 1911 census entry to which you refer does not seem to support your story, as it specifically says that the James O"Regan listed there was a "merchant and farmer", **not** a policeman. Indeed, the RIC were not responsible for policing Dublin (that was the job of the DMP), so few RIC men would have lived in Dublin. Further, though some members of the RIC went on to serve in the Garda Siochana, that was the exception rather than the rule, as the RIC were of course the enemy in the war of independence. Regards, The Chief