Cornelius Crean

Died

25 April 1920

Age

Rank

Sergeant

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and killed alongside a colleague when their three-man patrol, based in Innishannon, was ambushed by terrorists in Ballinspittal, County Cork.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and killed alongside a colleague when their three-man patrol, based in Innishannon, was ambushed by terrorists in Ballinspittal, County Cork.

Circumstances

He was part of a three man RIC party based at Innishannon, who were ambushed while on patrol at Ballinspittal, a village mid-way between Kinsale and Bandon, by members of the IRA. He was shot and killed outright.

His colleague, Constable Patrick McGoldrick, was also killed in the ambush at Upton Industrial School in Ballinspittal, a village mid-way between Kinsale and Bandon, County Cork.