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Lesson 3

Lesson 3. History of Police forces on the Island of Ireland. 1700s. 1786 Dublin Police established 1787 Baronial police formed to police the remainder of Ireland (outside Dublin). 1800s. 1814 Peace Preservation Force created by Sir Robert Peel

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Lesson 3

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  1. Lesson 3 History of Police forces on the Island of Ireland

  2. 1700s 1786 • Dublin Police established 1787 • Baronial police formed to police the remainder of Ireland (outside Dublin)

  3. 1800s 1814 Peace Preservation Force created by Sir Robert Peel 1822 Establishment of the County Constabulary 1832 Revenue Police formed to enforce excise laws 1835 3 Police forces created in Dublin, Belfast and Londonderry/Derry

  4. 1800s contd 1836 The County Constabulary forces were merged into a new centralised Constabulary of Ireland 1857 Revenue Police and Irish Constabulary merged 1867 Queen Victoria prefixes Irish Constabulary with ‘Royal’

  5. 1867 – Royal Irish Constabulary Queen Victoria granted the right to use the insignia of the “The Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick”: the harp, crown and shamrock.

  6. RIC Mounted Troop, Dublin, 1897

  7. RIC, Mountpottinger, Belfast, 1892

  8. Early 1900s 1900 RIC has approx 11,000 men (70% Catholic) 1920 Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force created (“Black & Tans”) 1920 Ulster Special Constabulary formed (“B-Specials”)

  9. circa 1914

  10. 1922 Anglo Irish Treaty results in partition of Ireland and the RIC is disbanded Irish Free State • The Civic Guard (later renamed An Garda Síochána) Northern Ireland • Royal Ulster Constabulary

  11. Crests of the new forces

  12. Ranks of the PSNI & Garda Síochána PSNI An Garda Síochána • Commissioner • Deputy Commissioner • Assistant Commissioner • Chief Superintendent • Superintendent • Inspector • Sergeant • Garda • Student

  13. PSNI Headquarters Belfast Garda Headquarters Phoenix Park, Dublin

  14. An Garda Síochána 1925 Dublin Metropolitan Police merged with An Garda Síochána 1939 An Taca Síochána created (auxillary Garda force to support during the war years) 1959 Women allowed to join 1963 Garda College established at Templemore, Co. Tipperary 2006 Garda Reserve established

  15. Poiteen seizure, Co. Mayo, late 1920’s

  16. Commissioner O’ Duffy and Senior Officers, 1925

  17. One of the first Garda Patrol Cars, Dublin, 1938

  18. Kanturk, Co. Cork Station Party, 1948

  19. Royal Ulster Constabulary 1930 Traffic Branch formed 1943 Women allowed to join 1969 British Army deployed to Northern Ireland 1969 Hunt enquiry brings change in the RUC. B-Specials are abolished 1969 1st Police Officer shot in “The Troubles”

  20. What years were these photos taken? Very little change in the uniform during this period Royal Ulster Constabulary, 1955 Royal Irish Constabulary, circa 1914

  21. RUC women recruits drilling at former depot in Enniskillen, 1965

  22. 1999 - The Patten Report • 175 recommendations about policing in Northern Ireland • Evokes a provision that 50% of all new recruits to the RUC must be Catholic • A target is set that by 2010/11 30% of full-time Police Officers will be from the Catholic community (in 1998 just 8.3% of full-time Police Officers were Catholic)

  23. 2001 On 4th Nov 2001 RUC ceases to exist. The Police Service of Northern Ireland is formed.

  24. PSNI 2007 From 1st August the British army's military operation finished when responsibility for security passed to the PSNI 2008 23.71% of full-time PSNI Officers are Catholic

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