Dublin Metropolitan Police
Dublin Metropolitan Police Póilíní Chathair Átha Cliath | |
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Police force | |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Operations jurisdiction | Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Map of Dublin city, 1891 | |
Size | 114.99 km2 (44.40 sq mi) |
Population | 233,726 (1841) 304,802 (1911) |
General nature |
The Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) was the police force of Dublin in British-controlled Ireland from 1836 to 1925, when it was amalgamated into the new state's Garda Síochána.
History
19th century
The Dublin city police had been subject to major reforms in 1786 and 1808.[1] Organised rural policing in Ireland began when Robert Peel, then Chief Secretary for Ireland, created the Peace Preservation Force in 1814.[2] This rudimentary paramilitary police force was designed to provide policing in rural Ireland, replacing the 18th century system of watchmen, baronial constables, revenue officers and British military forces. Peel went on to found the London Metropolitan Police.
In 1822, a new act[
1836: reform
Dublin Police Act 1836 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 4 July 1836 |
Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 |
Status: Repealed |
In 1836, the county constabularies were merged into a new centralised
The 1836 Act authorised the "chief governor of Ireland" to establish a police office in Dublin, supported by two salaried justices, to administer the police force which would be under the direction of the Chief Secretary for Ireland.[3] It also provided for the recruitment and appointment of policemen and the regulation of their conduct.[3] It also created powers of arrest and made arrangements for the financial affairs of the new force, including new taxation.[3]
The DMP was modelled closely on London's
1880s: Land War
The force came under considerable pressure in the 1880s during the Land War, in which 500 policemen were injured. A series of protest meetings were held and strikes were threatened in 1882.[3]
20th century
1913–14: Dublin Lock-out
Two men died and several hundred people were injured over the course of the five-month
1916 onwards
As an unarmed urban force, the Dublin Metropolitan Police did not participate as actively in the
In the 1996 film Michael Collins, Broy is discovered and subsequently tortured and killed by the British. In reality, he was not caught and went on to become the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána in the 1930s. His fate in the film is based on that of Dick McKee, who, with Peadar Clancy and the civilian Conor Clune, was murdered after torture in Dublin Castle on "Bloody Sunday", 21 November 1920.[6]
After the creation of the
Unlike the RIC, but in common with police forces in Great Britain, the DMP was an unarmed force. In contrast to the green uniformed RIC, the DMP wore dark blue with silver insignia.
Ranks
Ranks[7] circa 1893-1901 | |||||||||||
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Chief Commissioner | Commissioner | Chief superintendent |
Superintendent | Inspector | Sub-Inspector | Station Sergeant |
Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Constable | Supernumerary Constable | |
Ranks[8][9][10][11][12] circa 1918-1924 | |||||||||||
Commissioner | Divisional commissioner |
Assistant divisional commissioner |
Chief superintendent |
Superintendent | Inspector | Station Sergeant |
Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Constable | Supernumerary Constable | |
References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8039-9928-2.
- ^ Law Commission. Archived(PDF) from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ Murphy, David. "O'Ferrall, John Lewis More". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ISBN 978-0717140145.
- ISBN 978-0717140145.
- ^ "Dublin Metropolitan Police 1836-1922". Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "53". Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1918 (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Dublin Metropolitan Police general register 1837-07 – 1925-01". Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "R.I.C and D.M.P. Uniform, Badges and Buttons". Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925". Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "War of Independence R.I.C. and D.M.P. Killed". Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
External links
- DMP Roll of Honour in the British National Police Officers Roll of Honour (since this only covers UK forces, the DMP pages only cover up to 1922)
- Article about DMP on occasion of centenary of 1913 Lockout
- A History of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and Its Colonial Legacy
- Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Prisoners Books 1905-1918. A UCD Digital Library Collection.
- DMP Annual Reports 1875 to 1912 Garda Síochána website