Robert Fitzgerald

Died

14 December 1831

Rank

Sub-Constable

Force

Leinster Constabulary

Cause

Homicide

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally injured alongside his Chief Constable and eleven other Sub-Constables when a large crowd opposing the tithes stoned the officers.

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally injured alongside his Chief Constable and eleven other Sub-Constables when a large crowd opposing the tithes stoned the officers.

Circumstances

A crowd of 500 people assembled and followed the police demanding the process sever be handed over to them. The confrontation eventually turned nasty. A hail of stones rained down on the police causing fatal injuries.

A crowd of five hundred people opposing the tithes assembled and followed the police while demanding the server of the tithe processes be handed over to them. The confrontation eventually turned nasty and in a boreen, at Carrickshock Commons in South Kilkenny, a hail of stones rained down on the officers causing them fatal injuries.