Martin Mullen

Died

29 December 1920

Rank

Special Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed in a terrorist ambush near the village of Ballyrichard, County Cork, after he and other officers were sent, as reinforcements, following an earlier attack in Midleton.

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed in a terrorist ambush near the village of Ballyrichard, County Cork, after he and other officers were sent, as reinforcements, following an earlier attack in Midleton.

Circumstances

Having retired as a Sergeant in 1910 he rejoined and with other officers was attacked and fatally wounded in Midleton, Co. Cork on the 23rd December 1920 dying of his wounds on the 29th December 1920.

Killed in a terrorist ambush near the village of Ballyrichard, County Cork, after he and other officers were sent, as reinforcements, following an earlier attack on an RIC patrol in Midleton. He had re-joined the Constabulary after having retired as a Sergeant in 1910.

Constables Arthur W. Thorp and Ernest Cecil Dray were both fatally wounded in the original attack and died from their wounds on 30th and 31st December, respectively.