Thomas Gallivan

Died

15 May 1921

Age

Rank

Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead after being captured by terrorists while on duty near Nenagh, County Tipperary.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot dead after being captured by terrorists while on duty near Nenagh, County Tipperary.

Circumstances

Reported missing along with a colleague in Co. Tipperary and presumed to have been killed.

Shot dead along with his colleague, Constable Joseph Daly, after being captured by terrorists while on duty near Nenagh, County Tipperary. Their bodies were then thrown into a bog in Clooneen, in the parish of Cloughjordan, but were recovered four years later. Constable Gallivan was subsequently buried in an unmarked grave in Ardcroney cemetery and in 2019 the Cloughjordan Heritage Group placed a headstone on the officer’s grave.