Fatal Attack on Constable Fredrick Sterland

Constable Frederick Sterland was shot dead at Cook Street, off St. Patrick Street, on the evening of May 8th., 1921.

As he walked along Cook Street in Cork city, a member of the Black and Tans was attacked by four men and shot dead. Fredrick Sterland had earlier been drinking with the same party of men in a nearby hotel and was followed by them after he left the premises.
After the shooting he was brought to the South Infirmary but died shortly afterwards. Birmingham born Constable Sterland, a twenty-three-year-old married man with just four months service in Ireland, was a member of the transport section.  He was a draughtsman and a soldier before joining the RIC.