Patrick Haverty

Died

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21 August 1920

Age

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40

Rank

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Constable

Force

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Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

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Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally shot, alongside a colleague, when their patrol was ambushed by terrorists near Greenhills, Kill, County Kildare.

Fatally shot, alongside Sergeant Patrick O’Reilly, who died 10 days later, when their four-man patrol was ambushed by a terrorist unit of thirty-four men near Greenhills, Kill, County Kildare, as they cycled from their barracks to Naas to protect the residence of an RIC Inspector.

The two Constables who survived the ambush both resigned from the RIC within a month.