Jim Herlihy's RIC books

[edinjam]

Hello there.

I am trying to get hold of my Great Grandfather PETER DUNNE's service records for the RIC.  Am having a hard time trying to find a copy of Jim Herlihy's book on the RIC that gives the full alphabetical listing of serving RIC officers and men from 1816-1922.

The Mitchell Library in Glasgow only had his "RIC - A Short History and Genealogical Guide".  They inform me that the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh has the following book:

Title: Royal Irish Constabulary Officers: a biographical dictionary and genealogical guide,  1816-1822/Jim Herlihy; with a foreward by W E Vaughan
Date: 2005 Publisher: Dublin: Four Corners Press
ISBN: 1851828265
 
Can anyone confirm whether this is the book I need?  I am a little suspicious because of the year of publishing and also the mention of RIC Constabulary "Officers" and not "men".

I am going to make a special trip to Edinburgh and will be joining the National Library of Scotland in order to look at this book so as you can imagine, I want to make sure that it's the one I want!

JBhall ( who has been a mine of information!) gave me Jim Herlihy's website address and I sent him an email yesterday to ask him directly.  I can only get to Edinburgh next Tuesday (my only child-free day in months!!) so I don't know whether he'll get back to me in time.

So in a belt and braces fashion I am posting here!

On another related note - I have an LDS centre just round the corner from my house.  When I get Peter Dunne's service number would I be able to order up his service records to view on microfiche? 

Thanks!

[eadaoin]

have a look at this thread - it answers some questions e.g. re LDS etc

what are Peter's rough dates?

regards eadaoin

[edinjam]

Hello there - will follow up that thread you pasted but thought I would get this off to you first. 

My Great Grandfather was PETER DUNNE
I don't have a year of birth yet but he was married 09/05/1894 at Long Tower RC church Londonderry (to a Bridget A Devenny)
I have the marriage certificate on order so don't know whether he was a serving constable at the time.  But having said that, reading Jim's other book I learned that you had to be in the RIC for 7 years before marriage and had to be 19 to join so I am kind of assuming he was already serving?

I know for sure that he was serving in 1897 and 1900 when my Grandfather and his brother were baptised - this was at St Patrick's in Belfast.  It says as such on the church records.

Any help you can give me with this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Mary

[edinjam]

Hang on a  minute Eadaoin -what thread?!  Unless I am going completely bonkers I can't see a link to another thread 

[sio59]

edinjam
Have sent you a PM.

Sio

[eadaoin]

oops - sorry, yet another senior moment!

it's further down this forum

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,342226.0.html

eadaoin

[edinjam]

Well I can confirm that that is NOT the book you want if you are looking for the full alphabetical listing of officers AND men of the RIC!

Thought the title didn't quite add up.

Ah well, he's a busy man that Jim Herlihy writing all these books on the RIC!

Least I am now a member of the National Library of Scotland.  Had lunch with a friend so it wasn't a complete waste of time.

[thady]

Here is a link I found to request RIC Service records 1822-1922 from the Police Museum  NI.

http://www.psni.police.uk/index/pg_police_museum/pg_geneology_information.htm

Angela

[edinjam]

Thats a very useful site Angela - I think I may have stumbled across that a while ago but couldn't afford it at the time.  I also thought it would be more interesting to try and carry out at least some of the research myself - the thrill of the chase as it were!  Having drawn a blank in my efforts thus far I am thinking that I might just have to bite the bullet and cough up £15.

Thanks for your help and for everyone else that has replied to this thread.