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Irish Constabulary Records
Catalogue reference: HO 184
What's it about?
HO 184
Most of these records consist of registers of service and disbandment of the Irish Constabulary (Royal Irish Constabulary after 1867), including the auxiliary forces recruited 1881-1882 and 1920-1921. There are printed Constabulary lists for the...
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HO 184
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Title (The name of the record)
- Irish Constabulary Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1816-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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Most of these records consist of registers of service and disbandment of the Irish Constabulary (Royal Irish Constabulary after 1867), including the auxiliary forces recruited 1881-1882 and 1920-1921. There are printed Constabulary lists for the Irish Constabulary, Dublin Metropolitan Police, Irish revenue police and Irish Coastguard; printed circulars and standing orders of the Irish Constabulary and miscellaneous records, including legal opinions and one divisional journal of the Dublin Metropolitan Police for the period 1920-1921.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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246 files, papers and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in microform only
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- Topics
- Ireland
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Irish Constabulary was first established as a national armed police force in 1822, supplemented by the Dublin Metropolitan Police, formed in 1786, and the Peace Preservation Police, created in 1814 for service in disturbed areas. In 1836 the Irish Constabulary Act abolished the Peace Preservation Police, which was absorbed into the Irish Constabulary and the force was re-organised to bring it wholly under central government control and under the command of an Inspector-General, based at Dublin Castle. The Dublin Police Act of 1836 transferred control of the Dublin Metropolitan Police from Dublin Corporation to the government.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9048/
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