`."System- "SystemtglUF-"System--@Times New Roman---  2 q`c   #2 `cThe Killings of    2 cRIC  R2 /cConstables Jones and Mugan in Ballinamore, Co.             2 `cLeitrim   2 c    2 `c  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- y2 `IcAn RIC man (Constable Wilfred Jones) is shot dead when he is out walking                     V2 `2cwith a woman friend in Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim.              2 c   >2 `"cLater, Constable Thomas Mugan is s      I2 t)chot in Ballinamore RIC barracks and dies              [2 *`5ctwo days later in King George V Hospital in Dublin.               +2 *cVarious accounts are        2 @` cgiven of th      %2 @cese two killings     2 @2 cespecially     2 @c  2 @cthe   42 @ckilling of Constable Mugan.        2 @|c  ---  2 \`c  --- 2 q` cIntroduction     2 qc  --- v2 `GcConstable Wilfred Jones was from Acton in London. According to his RIC                 @Times New Roman--------------- J2 `*cservice record, he enlisted in the RIC on             2  cNovember 9   --- 2 cth---  2 c  .2 c1920 and was posted to       --------- n2 `BcCo Leitrim. His service record also states that he died on April 8               --- 2 [cth---  2 dc  2 ic1921   2 `Ncmurdered by armed men. However, the date of death on his service record is                       q2 `Dcincorrect. According to the civil record of his death, Constable Wi                  2 e clfred Jones    --------- #2 `cdied on April 15     --- 2 cth---  2 c  d2 ;c1921 in Ballinamore. He was aged 35 years of age, he was a                  }2 `Lcbachelor and his cause of death was given as Foully murdered. Certificate                       --------- a2 `9cwas received from Military Court of Inquiry held April 16              --- 2 )cth---  2 2c  #2 7c1921. The civil      2 2`crecord of Cons     F2 2'ctable Jones death is available here:           2 H`Pchttps://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/death                     @Times New Roman---- @ !ZJ`- ---@Times New Roman--------- "2 ]`cs_1921/05095/43    2 ] c99367.pdf    2 ]<c ---  2 ]Ac - @ !_`- --- q2 s`DcConstable Joness killing led to the death of another RIC constable                    2 s`c-  2 sfc  2 sk cConstable   --------- ^2 `7cThomas Mugan. According to Abbott, he died on April 18              --- 2 &cth---  2 /c  #2 4c1921 and he was      ^2 `7cAccidently shot by his own rifle in Ballinamore Barrac               %2 cks, Co. Leitrim     2 `Nc(Abbott (2019), pg 410). According to his RIC service record, Constable Mugan                     2 `Pcwas from Castlebar, Co. Mayo. After an earlier short stint in the RIC in 1916,                  ------------ 2 `che re   2 c- 52 cenlisted in the RIC on May 1         --- 2 ecst---  2 mc  L2 q+c1917 and was posted to Co. Leitrim. Also,          ---------  2 `ca  F2 i'cccording to his RIC record, he died on               2 cApril 18  --- 2 cth---  2 c  12 c1921 from "bullet wounds      2 `Scaccidental discharge of comrade's rifle". Again, the date of death on the service                       82 `crecord is incorrect. According         2 Ic  O2 N-cto the civil record, Constable Mugan died on              ,2 4`cApril 17th 1921 in Kin       _2 4 8cg George V Hospital in Dublin. He was aged 23 years of                 t2 I`Fcage, he was a bachelor and the cause of death was given as Shock and                        z2 _`Jchaemorrhage following gunshot wounds. Manslaughter. Certificate received                --------- M2 t`,cfrom Military Court of Inquiry held April 19           --- 2 octh---  2 tc  2 t c921. The   #2 tccivil record of       M2 `,cConstable Mugans death is available here:           z2 `Jchttps://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns                    2 c/death  - @ !Z`- ------ /2 `cs_1921/05096/4400167.pdf      2 <c ---  2 Ac - @ !`- ---  2 `c   h2 `>cSo according to his service record, Constable Mugan died from                 "2 >c"bullet wounds     2 c-  2 c   }2 `Lcaccidental discharge of comrade's rifle" whereas, according to the Military                     "Arial--ccbbaa