Philip St John Kelleher MC

Died

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31 October 1920

Age

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23

Rank

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District Inspector

Force

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Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

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Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

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Off Duty

Shot twice in the chest and killed, about 9:30pm, while off duty, unarmed and in plain clothes, in Kiernan’s Hotel in Granard, County Longford, where he resided at the time, when two gunmen entered the bar and fired at him while he was drinking with three friends.