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Killruddery,
Bray,
Ireland Sept 16. 1916 My dear Clonbrock, You who know Ireland so well, will I think agree with me, that
the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Dublin Metropolitan Police, by their
loyal and gallant services, during the recent Rising, have saved not only
loyal Irishmen and women from untold sufferings and terrors, but indirectly
the whole Empire from very serious trouble and possibly disaster. In view
of the above, I have urged the Government both publicly in the House, and
also by private interviews with the members of the Executive in Dublin, to
adopt a generous and sympathetic attitude towards the Irish Police and
Constabulary, by rewarding those who distinguished themselves and by giving
generous compensation to the widows and dependent relatives of those who
were killed or seriously injured during the Rebellion. The Government will have to be pressed to do its duty, but
experience has shown that they are not likely to do more than public opinion
will demand as a minimum. Anything beyond that minimum will I fear have to be raised by
those who believe that the security of life and property in Ireland, in
view of the stormy days which lie ahead of us, will mainly rest on the
spirit and content, of the Irish Constabulary. I have been asked to start such a Fund, and Brigadier
General Byrne, Commanding the Royal Irish Constabulary, informs me that he
has received a cheque for £100 — collected voluntarily by the Special
Constables of London for this purpose. As 2 Irish Police &Constabulary Recognition Fund
Letters asking for subscription
to "Police & Constabulary Recognition Fund"
and subscriptions received. Sep. Oct. 1916
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Bellew. - unanswered
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Sir Gerald Burke -
Martin McDonagh unanswered
4 1916
Irish Police and
Constabulary Recognition
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