Organisation: Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary

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People’s power movement takes on the beef industry

Diarmuid Cohalan joined the Beef Plan Movement protest and found no airs and graces, but plenty humour

Thu, 22 Aug, 2019

The New Zealander who became front page news during the War of Independence

New Zealander Hori Morse served as an Auxiliary in Tralee, Co Kerry, during the War of Independence, when the town was international news. In 1921, he began an affair with a married woman and would himself become a front-page story, says Ryle Dwyer

Wed, 21 Jun, 2017

Culprit who led burning of Cork finally identified

THE son of a German man who fought against his father’s own country during WWI and who later joined the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC), has been identified as the man who organised the burning of Cork 90 years ago today.

Sat, 11 Dec, 2010

Instigator of a city’s torching identified

PAINSTAKING work collecting all the records of the 2,265 men who fought with the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC) finally helped identify the man who instigated the burning of Cork city 90 years ago today.

Sat, 11 Dec, 2010