James McKenna

Died

20 March 1921

Age

Rank

Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died soon after being shot near the barracks at Falcarragh, County Donegal, by gunmen occupying an empty house.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died soon after being shot near the barracks at Falcarragh, County Donegal, by gunmen occupying an empty house.

Circumstances

Shot dead outside the barracks at Falcarragh having finished his patrols. He was shot by an unknown assailant hidden in a disused house nearby.

Shot at 9:50pm, about fifty yards from the barracks at Falcarragh, County Donegal, by gunmen occupying an empty house. Several Constables rushed out from the barracks, fired on the attackers and took the officer, who had sustained a wound to the chin, back to the barracks but he died about twenty minutes later.