Joseph H Bourke

Joseph H Bourke

Died

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30 June 1921

Age

:

21

Rank

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Constable

Force

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Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

:

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

:

On Duty

Shot dead by another RIC Constable as he stood at the front door of Templemore Barracks, County Tipperary. The second constable was later deemed to be mentally unfit and suffering from melancholia.