James Joseph Malynn

Died

30 November 1920

Age

Rank

Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died from the gunshot wounds he sustained ten months earlier in a terrorist attack on Baltinglass Barracks in County Wicklow.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died from the gunshot wounds he sustained ten months earlier in a terrorist attack on Baltinglass Barracks in County Wicklow.

Circumstances

Died of gun-shot wounds received in an IRA attack on his barracks in January 1920.

Died in Mercer’s Hospital, Dublin, from the gunshot wounds he sustained ten months earlier, on 24th January, when terrorists knocked on the door at Baltinglass Barracks in County Wicklow and, when it was opened, fired into the barracks, hitting Constable Malynn and two other Constables, both of whom survived.