John Maher

Died

13 December 1921

Age

Rank

Sergeant

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead, a week after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, as he stood on the Castle Green in Ballybunion, County Kerry.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead, a week after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, as he stood on the Castle Green in Ballybunion, County Kerry.

Circumstances

Fatally shot when attacked by four armed men.

Shot dead, a week after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, when he was hit in the head and chest by large calibre bullets as he stood, with a colleague, on the Castle Green in Ballybunion, County Kerry.