John O’Hanlon

Died

21 August 1920

Age

Rank

Detective Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead by a terrorist volunteer in Walsh's Public House on Moore Street, Kilrush, County Clare.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead by a terrorist volunteer in Walsh's Public House on Moore Street, Kilrush, County Clare.

Circumstances

Having go into a house with another man whom he was to speak with the man shot him in the head.

Following a raid on a terrorist training camp in Tullycrine, which resulted in the temporary disbandment of their local group, the terrorists were unable to identify the informer and decided to shoot DC O’Hanlon as a known RIC Intelligence Officer. After several failed attempts, it was by chance that a volunteer saw him on the street and then followed him into the public house.