Royal Irish Constabulary
The minimum age on entry was 19 and the minimum height was 5' 9", but these were lowered to 18 and 5' 8" for
sons of policemen. There was also a minimum chest measurement of 36", which was increased to 37" if the
applicant was 5' 11" or taller.
Members could not serve in their native counties and had to have at least 7 years service before getting married.
The intended wife had to be vetted by the superior officers before getting married. If permission to marry was
obtained, the couple were transferred to a county where neither had relatives.
The highest ranks down to and including District Inspector constituted the officers. Head Constables and Sergeants
were non-commissioned officers (NCOs). Those of Constable rank were below this and were known as "the men".
The ranks for the men and NCOs changed slightly in 1883. Prior to 1883, the starting rank was Sub Constable
Second Class. The first promotion was to Sub Constable First Class, then Acting Constable, then Constable, then
Head Constable, and then Sub Inspector Third Class. After 1883, the starting rank was changed to Constable, progressing
to Acting Sergeant, Sergeant, Head Constable, and then Sub Inspector Third Class.
The salient points of the service records have been transcribed to aid genealogical research. Information relating
to rewards and punishments has not been copied.
Index (alphabetical by first name)
Bartholemew Flannery; service #13637
Denis Flannery; service #26301
Hugh Flannery; service #12674
James Flannery; service #37459
James Flannery; service #38263
John Flannery; service #9942
John Flannery; service #14353
John Flannelly; service #43036
John Flannery; service #44691
John Flannery; service #55923
John Flannery; service #58380
John Flannery; service #76208
Keeran Flannery; service #30649
Martin Flanary; service #34498
Matthew Flannery; service #15501
Michael Flannery; service #11881
Michael Flannery; service #19606
Michael Flannery; service #48406
Michael Flannery; service #68099
Patrick Flannery; service #51039
Patrick Flannery; service #57438
Patrick Flannery; service #67104
Thomas Flannery; service #768
Thomas Flannery; service #59024
William Flannery; service #64603
Transcripts (chronological by service number)
Thomas Flannery; service #768
Native of County Galway; height 5' 7" 1/2
Appointed on 1st Jan 1831 aged 22 and allocated to County Clare
Promoted to 1st Sub Constable on 1st Mar 1837
Catholic; single
Served for 19 years and 10 months; pensioned on 1st Oct 1850 with £17 - 0s - 0d
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 1 Page 61; NAI microfilm MFA 24/1]
John Flannery; service #9942
Native of County Sligo; height 5' 7" 1/2
Appointed on 15th Nov 1847 aged 19 and allocated to County Meath; then transferred to County Roscommon on 1st Nov 1856
Promoted to 1st Sub Constable in Nov 1848; then promoted to Acting Constable on 1st Jul 1871; then promoted to Constable on 1st Apr 1872
Catholic; married on 16th Nov 1872; wife from County Roscommon
Served for 30 years and 3 months; pensioned on 10th Mar 1878 with £71 - 0s - 0d
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 5 Page 195; NAI microfilm MFA 24/2]
Michael Flannery; service #11881
Native of County Clare; formerly labourer; height 5' 9" 3/8
Appointed on 16th Dec 1848 aged 23 and allocated to the Reserves
Promoted to 1st Sub Constable on 31st May 1851
Catholic; single
Service and pension unrecorded
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 6 Page 189; NAI microfilm MFA 24/3]
Hugh Flannery; service #12674
Native of Counties Clare and Galway; formerly labourer; height 5' 7" 3/4
Appointed on 12th Mar 1849 aged 20 and allocated to the Depôt (Phoenix Park)
Discharged 17th Mar 1849 (by Surgeon)
Catholic; single
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 7 Page 69; NAI microfilm MFA 24/3]
Bartholemew Flannery; service #13637
Native of County Tipperary North; formerly labourer; height 5' 8"
Appointed on 13th Dec 1849 aged 22 and allocated to County Wexford on 1st May 1850; then transferred to County Wicklow on 1st Oct 1858; then transferred to County Clare on 1st Jun 1861
Promoted to 1st Sub Constable on 1st Dec 1850
Catholic; married on 13th Aug 1858; wife from County Wexford
Served for 30 years and 4 months; pensioned on 10th May 1880 with £61 - 0s - 0d
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 7 Page 159; NAI microfilm MFA 24/3]
John Flannery; service #14353
Native of Ceylon; formerly clerk; height 5' 8"
Appointed on 19th Oct 1850 aged 19 and allocated to County Galway West; then transferred to County Galway South-West; then transferred to County Galway West; then transferred to County Mayo on 1st Nov 1862
Promoted to 1st Sub Constable on 1st Oct 1851; then promoted to Acting Constable on 1st Feb 1870; promoted to Constable on 1st Jan 1872
Catholic; married on 9th Sep 1862; wife from County Galway West
Served for 30 years and 3 months; pensioned on 1st Feb 1881 with £72 - 0s - 0d
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 8 Page 38; NAI microfilm MFA 24/3]
Matthew Flannery; service #15501
Native of County Tipperary North; formerly labourer; height 5' 9" 3/8
Appointed on 15th Dec 1851 aged 20 and allocated to County Cavan on 10th Apr 1852; then transferred to County Leitrim on 1st Jul 1855; then transferred to County Laois on 1st Feb 1860
Catholic; single
Served for 25 years and 10 months; pensioned on 1st Nov 1877 with £52 - 0s - 0d
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 8 Page 153; NAI microfilm MFA 24/3]
Michael Flannery; service #19606
Native of County Sligo; formerly labourer; height 5' 7" 1/4
Appointed on 20th Mar 1855 aged 21 and allocated to County Roscommon on 11th Jul 1855
Promoted to 1st Sub Constable on 1st Oct 1855
Resigned on 30th Aug 1861 "to emigrate to Australia"
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 10 Page 186; NAI microfilm MFA 24/4]
Denis Flannery; service #26301
Native of County Tipperary South; height 5' 11" 1/2
Appointed on 12th Oct 1860 aged 22 and allocated to County Cork East on 6th Feb 1861
Catholic; single
Served for 2 years, 0 months and 29 days; resigned on 10th Nov 1862 "to emigrate to Queensland"
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 14 Page 102; NAI microfilm MFA 24/5]
Keeran Flannery; service #30649
Native of County Offaly; formerly labourer; height 5' 8" 3/4
Appointed on 16th Sep 1865 aged 18 and allocated to County Cork West on 14th Feb 1866
Catholic; single
Service and pension unrecorded
Connected in Westmeath
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 16 Page 165; NAI microfilm MFA 24/6]
Martin Flanary; service #34498
Native of County Mayo; formerly labourer; height 5' 8" 3/4
Appointed on 11th Jun 1868 aged 21 and allocated to County Roscommon on 13th Oct 1868
Catholic; single
Resigned on 1st May 1872 "to emigrate"
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 18 Page 148; NAI microfilm MFA 24/6]
James Flannery; service #37459
Native of County Sligo; formerly teacher; height 6' 0" 1/4
Appointed on 6th Mar 1871 aged 19 and allocated to County Tipperary North on 10th Aug 1871; then transferred to the Reserves on 19th Jun 1879; then transferred to County Mayo on 1st Mar 1898; then transferred to County Roscommon on 15th Jul 1899
Promoted to Acting Constable on 1st Apr 1881 (delayed); then again promoted to Acting Constable on 1st Nov 1881; ; then promoted to Sergeant on 1st Jul 1884; then promoted to Head Constable on 1st Feb 1898
Catholic; married (1st) on 1st Dec 1884; wife from County Sligo; then married (2nd) on 25th Apr 1894; wife from County Leitrim; then married (3rd) on 1st Aug 1904; wife from County Tipperary (connected in Westmeath and Roscommon)
Pensioned on 15th Feb 1907
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 20 Page 47; NAI microfilm MFA 24/6]
James Flannery; service #38263
Native of County Sligo; formerly labourer; height 5' 9" 1/4
Appointed on 5th Dec 1871 aged 21 and allocated to County Meath on 29th Jun 1872
Catholic; single
Served for 3 years and 10 months; dismissed on 16th Oct 1875
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 20 Page 127; NAI microfilm MFA 24/7]
John Flannelly; service #43036
Native of County Sligo; formerly farmer; height 6' 0"
Appointed on 11th Jun 1877 aged 21 3/4 and allocated to County Westmeath on 28th Feb 1878
Catholic; single
Resigned on 2nd Apr 1890 "to emigrate"
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 23 Page 5; NAI microfilm MFA 24/7]
John Flannery; service #44691
Native of County Clare; formerly farmer; height 6' 0"
Appointed on 6th Aug 1879 aged 23 and allocated to County Dublin on 27th Feb 1880; then transferred to the Reserves on 22nd Mar 1892; then transferred to County Waterford on 6th Jun 1893
Promoted to Acting Sergeant on 1st May 189?; then promoted to Sergeant on 1st Sep 189?
Catholic; married on 16th Apr 1894; wife from County Dublin
Pensioned on 16th Jun 1910
Connected in Limerick
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 23 Page 170; NAI microfilm MFA 24/8]
Michael Flannery; service #48406
Native of County Mayo; formerly baker; height 6' 1"
Appointed on 20th Jan 1882 aged 20 1/6 and allocated to County Fermanagh on 27th May 1882; then transferred to County Sligo on 4th Apr 1889; then transferred to County Leitrim on 1st Jan 1893; then transferred to County Donegal on 24th Mar 1894; then transferred to County Antrim on 7th Mar 1899
Catholic; married on 13th Dec 1893; wife from County Sligo (connected in Leitrim)
Pensioned on 1st Jul 1900; widow's pension noted
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 25 Page 144; NAI microfilm MFA 24/8]
Patrick Flannery; service #51039
Native of County Clare; formerly farmer; height 5' 9" 1/2
Appointed on 22nd Oct 1883 aged 21 1/12
Discharged 24th Oct 1883 (by Surgeon)
Catholic; single
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 27 Page 5; NAI microfilm MFA 24/9]
John Flannery; service #55923
Native of County Clare; formerly labourer; height 5' 10"
Appointed on 24th Jun 1893 aged 20 and allocated to County Mayo on 23rd Feb 1894; then transferred to County Sligo on 1st Jan 1906; then transferred to County Londonderry on 1st Jun 1912
Promoted to Acting Sergeant on 1st May 1912; then promoted to Sergeant on 1st Jan 1914
Received a bullet wound in left arm on 28th Jul 1913
Catholic; married on 28th Sep 1905 in Dublin city; wife from County Mayo
Pensioned on 10th Nov 1918 with £92 - 0s - 0d
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 29 Page 94; NAI microfilm MFA 24/11]
Patrick Flannery; service #57438
Native of County Sligo; formerly labourer; height 5' 9" 3/4
Appointed on 9th Jan 1896 aged 20 9/12 and allocated to County Galway West on 12th Aug 1896; then transferred to County Leitrim on 5th Sep 1902; then transferred to County Fermanagh on 1st Sep 1904
Promoted to Sergeant on 20th May 1919
Catholic; married on 3rd Jul 1904; wife from County Leitrim (connected in Cavan and Armagh)
Disbanded on 30th May 1922 (Treasury Sheet Fermanagh No. 5)
Pensioned with £195 - 0s - 0d
Connected in Mayo
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 30 Page 43; NAI microfilm MFA 24/11]
John Flannery; service #58380
Native of County Roscommon; formerly farmer; height 5' 11" 3/4
Appointed on 15th Aug 1898 aged 22 7/12 and allocated to County Kilkenny on 15th Feb 1899; then transferred to Belfast on 19th Apr 1902
Catholic; married on 1st Sep 1910; wife from County Roscommon
Disbanded on 31st May 1922 (Treasury Sheet Belfast No. 26)
Pensioned with £164 - 13s - 4d
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 30 Page 136; NAI microfilm MFA 24/11]
Thomas Flannery; service #59024
Native of County Sligo; formerly farmer; ; height 6' 0" 1/2
Appointed on 15th Jul 1899 aged 21 2/12 and discharged on 19th Jul 1899 (under chest measurement)
Re-appointed on 1st May 1900 and allocated to County Clare on 14th Aug 1900; then transferred to Belfast on 19th Sep 1903; then transferred to County Tipperary West on 6th Aug 1907; then transferred to Cas. C. C. on 1st Apr 1922
Promoted to Sergeant on 1st June 1919
Catholic; single
Disbanded on 20th Jul 1922 (Treasury Sheet Clerical C. No. 16)
Pensioned with £195 - 0s - 0d
Connected in Roscommon
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 31 Page 3; NAI microfilm MFA 24/11]
William Flannery; service #64603
Native of County Tipperary North; height 5' 10" 1/8
Born on 6th Dec 1885
Appointed on 22nd Feb 1909 and allocated to County Kerry on 21st Aug 1909; then transferred to County Cork East on 4th Jul 1913
Catholic; single
Resigned on 31st Jul 1920 "to better his position"
Connected in Tipperary
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 33 Page 162; NAI microfilm MFA 24/10]
Patrick Flannery; service #67104
Native of County Mayo; formerly farmer; height 5' 9" 1/2
Born on 3rd May 1892
Appointed on 17th Feb 1913 and allocated to County Tyrone on 28th Aug 1913; then transferred to County Westmeath on 1st Apr 1915; then transferred to County Longford on 16th Jul 1918; (proposed transfer to County Down on 9th Nov 1920 was cancelled)
Catholic; married on 11th Mar 1920; wife from County Westmeath
Disbanded on 11th Apr 1922 (Treasury Sheet Longford No. 8)
Pensioned with £91 - 7s - 9d
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 35 Page 11; NAI microfilm MFA 24/12]
Michael Flannery; service #68099
Native of County Mayo; formerly farmer; height 5' 11" 1/4
Born on 10th Jul 1894
Appointed on 22nd Sep 1914 and allocated to County Donegal on 30th Mar 1915; then transferred to County Galway East on 1st Mar 1918; then transferred to Gormanston (County Meath) on 1st Apr 1922
Catholic; single
Disbanded on 21st Aug 1922 (Treasury Sheet Gormanston No. 78)
Pensioned with £86 - 11s - 7d
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 35 Page 110; NAI microfilm MFA 24/12]
John Flannery; service #76208
Native of Counties Mayo, Galway and Longford; formerly farmer; height 5' 6" 1/2
Born on 18th Jan 1896
Appointed on 7th Dec 1920 and allocated to County Wicklow on 10th Mar 1920 (presume typo, should read 10th Mar 1921)
Catholic; single
Disbanded on 5th Apr 1922 (Treasury Sheet Wexford No. 10)
Pensioned with £50 - 14s - 0d
[P.R.O. HO 184: Volume 39 Page 121; NAI microfilm MFA 24/12]
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