Maurice Keough

Died

31 December 1919

Age

Rank

Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Accident

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died from the wounds he sustained a week earlier when he was accidentally shot by a colleague.

Roll of Honour Citation

Died from the wounds he sustained a week earlier when he was accidentally shot by a colleague.

Circumstances

Fatally wounded at a disturbance when shot by mistake by a colleague.

On 24th December 1919, RIC officers were called to a row between British soldiers and some civilians in Killarney where, during the encounter, Constable Keough was accidentally shot by a colleague. He died from his wounds seven days later on 31st December.