Garda Jim Herlihy details the extraordinary life and times of Patrick Joseph ‘PJ’ Kerrigan, an ex-RIC member, soldier in two armies, and bigamist, who became the first Civic Guard of the Irish Free State

It’s enough to make the toes of every serving garda curl. The first member of the force has been exposed as a bigamist, forger and debtor, and was sacked for beating a prisoner.