Patrick O’Reilly

Died

31 August 1920

Age

Rank

Sergeant

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

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

Roll of Honour Citation

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

Circumstances

Fatally shot with Constable Haverty, who died on August 21, when their police patrol was ambushed leaving barracks

Died in Dr. Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, after being fatally shot, alongside Constable Patrick Haverty, who died 10 days earlier, 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.