John Downey

Died

29 September 1920

Age

Rank

Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

Off Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead alongside a colleague while off duty in a public house when four gunmen entered and fired at them.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead alongside a colleague while off duty in a public house when four gunmen entered and fired at them.

Circumstances

Shot dead whilst with another Constable off duty in a public house adjoining their barracks.

Shot dead alongside his colleague, Constable John Thomas Keeffe, while off duty in a public house adjoining their barracks in the village of O’Brien’s Bridge, County Clare, when four gunmen entered and fired at them with revolvers.