At least 23 serving Gardaí have been killed by individuals or groups associated with the Republican paramilitary groups,[3] this being the most common cause of death apart from accidents.
The most recent death was that of Garda Tony Golden, who was murdered in October 2015, becoming the 88th member of the force to die on duty.[4]
Name | Rank | Reg. No. | Age | Date of death | Circumstances | Location | Golden|Tony Golden}} | Garda | 29909L | 36 | {{dts|format=dmy|2015|10|11}} | Murdered while attending a domestic dispute by dissident republican Adrian Crevan Mackin, who also shot and critically injured his partner before taking his own life | Omeath, County Louth |
Donohoe|Adrian Donohoe}} | Detective | 26222F | 41 | {{dts|format=dmy|2013|1|25}} | Murdered by a criminal gang with links to dissident republicans during a credit union robbery | Jenkinstown, County Louth |
Jones|Ciaran Jones}} | Garda | 34104E | 25 | {{dts|format=dmy|2011|10|24}} | Accidentally swept away and drowned during floods while trying to warn motorists of the danger | Kilbride, County Wicklow |
McLoughlin|Gary McLoughlin}} | Garda | 31917A | 24 | {{dts|format=dmy|2009|12|12}} | Unlawfully killed after the vehicle he was pursuing rammed his vehicle intentionally | Bridgend, County Donegal |
McCallion|Robbie McCallion}} | Garda | 31285A | 29 | {{dts|format=dmy|2009|4|7}} | Killed after being hit by a vehicle driven by fleeing suspect he and colleagues were attempting to apprehend while stealing another vehicle | Letterkenny, County Donegal |
Kelleher|Brian Kelleher}} | Garda | 23037E | 46 | {{dts|format=dmy|2007|2|25}} | Accidentally killed by a vehicle while directing traffic away from the scene of an accident, fireman Michael Liston also died | Foynes, County Limerick |
Colleran|Paul Colleran}} | Garda | 26973E | 27 | {{dts|format=dmy|2003|3|5}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision travelling from court to Garda station | Kinnegad, County Westmeath |
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Padden|Michael John Padden}} | Garda | 27477A | 27 | {{dts|format=dmy|2002|2|14}} | Killed in a vehicle collision attempting to intercept the vehicle of a robbery suspect | Stillorgan, County Dublin |
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Tighe|Tony Tighe}} | Garda | 17644C | 53 | {{dts|format=dmy|2002|2|14}} | Killed in a vehicle collision attempting to intercept the vehicle of a robbery suspect | Stillorgan, County Dublin |
Eiffe|John Nicholas Eiffe}} | Detective Sergeant | 22294A | 40 | {{dts|format=dmy|2001|12|7}} | Shot dead in a friendly fire incident during an arrest operation for the Garda National Surveillance Unit | Abbeyleix, County Laois |
Dixon|Desmond John Dixon}} | Detective | 23363C | 40 | {{dts|format=dmy|2001|11|15}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while on duty for the Garda National Surveillance Unit | Dundalk, County Louth |
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McIntyre|James Brendan McIntyre}} | Garda | 26361C | 29 | {{dts|format=dmy|2001|4|22}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while on mobile patrol | Ballyvolane, County Cork |
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Rice|George Brendan Rice}} | Garda | 22336M | 44 | {{dts|format=dmy|2001|4|22}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while on mobile patrol | Ballyvolane, County Cork |
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Griffin|Conor Oliver Griffin}} | Garda | 27489E | 25 | {{dts|format=dmy|2000|5|15}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while responding to a callout | Finglas, County Dublin |
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Harmon|Garreth Noel Harmon}} | Garda | 26650G | 28 | {{dts|format=dmy|2000|5|15}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while responding to a callout | Finglas, County Dublin |
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Fogarty|Ambrose Fogarty}} | Garda | 26178E | 27 | {{dts|format=dmy|1999|9|26}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while responding to Gardaí in distress | Enniscorthy, County Wexford |
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Nolan|Richard Joseph Nolan}} | Garda | 21244L | 42 | {{dts|format=dmy|1999|9|26}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while responding to Gardaí in distress | Enniscorthy, County Wexford |
Callanan|Andrew John Callanan}} | Sergeant | 22477D | 36 | {{dts|format=dmy|1999|7|21}} | Set alight with petrol by deranged man who entered a Garda station, suffering fatal wounds | Tallaght, County Dublin |
Fitzgerald|Eoin Peter Fitzgerald}} | Garda | 26158M | 25 | {{dts|format=dmy|1998|1|26}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while on patrol | Blackrock, County Dublin |
McCabe|Jeremiah Desmond McCabe}} | Detective | 15860G | 53 | {{dts|format=dmy|1996|6|7}} | Vehicle rammed, shot dead by Provisional IRA members during a cash-in-transit robbery | Adare, County Limerick |
Reid|Paul Michael Reid}} | Detective Sergeant | 20655E | 39 | {{dts|format=dmy|1995|5|18}} | Suffered fatal injuries after being shot at by a sniper, causing him to crash the vehicle he was driving (on duty with the United Nations Protection Force) | Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
Lawless|Michael Joseph Lawless}} | Garda | 17751B | 41 | {{dts|format=dmy|1993|1|20}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while en route to a union meeting | Cliffoney, County Sligo |
Roche|William Anthony Roche}} | Garda | 21738G | 33 | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|8|1}} | Accidentally killed by a vehicle while investigating a road traffic collision | Newbridge, County Kildare |
Roe|Declan Roe}} | Garda | 23595D | 29 | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|7|13}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while on road patrol | New Ross, County Wexford |
Linehan|John Edward Linehan}} | Garda | 24015L | 29 | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|6|9}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while on official motorcycle training | Tullamore, County Offaly |
Wilkinson|Joseph F.X. Wilkinson}} | Garda | 13716B | 52 | {{dts|format=dmy|1990|2|14}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic incident while transferring a prisoner | Cashel, County Tipperary |
McMahon|John McMahon}} | Garda | 15062B | 47 | {{dts|format=dmy|1990|1|27}} | Accidentally run over while on foot investigating criminal damage | Carlow, County Carlow |
Dowd|David Brian Dowd}} | Garda | 22762E | 26 | {{dts|format=dmy|1989|2|18}} | Accidentally killed when hit by a train while pursuing thieves on foot | Sutton Park, County Dublin |
Hickey|Cyril Patrick Hickey}} | Garda | 24131H | 25 | {{dts|format=dmy|1988|12|8}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while riding a motorcycle for the Garda Traffic Corps | South Quays, County Dublin |
Conroy|Noel Martin Conroy}} | Garda | 19207D | 36 | {{dts|format=dmy|1988|10|28}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while on official motorcycle training with the Garda Traffic Corps | Birr, County Offaly |
Morrissey|Patrick Joseph Morrissey}} | Sergeant | 14545K | 49 | {{dts|format=dmy|1985|6|27}} | Murdered by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) following a bank robbery | Ardee, County Louth |
Hand|Frank Hand}} | Detective | 20594L | 26 | {{dts|format=dmy|1984|8|10}} | Ambushed and murdered by the Provisional IRA while on cash escort duty for the Garda Special Branch | Drumree, County Meath |
Sheehan|Gary Sheehan}} | Recruit | 23589L | 23 | {{dts|format=dmy|1983|11|23}} | Fatally shot during the Don Tidey kidnapping by the Provisional IRA, Private Patrick Kelly (Irish Army) also murdered | Ballinamore, County Leitrim |
Connolly|Denis Alphonsus Connolly}} | Garda | 20676H | 25 | {{dts|format=dmy|1983|7|11}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while on duty with the Garda Traffic Corps | Lemybrien, County Waterford |
O'Connor|Declan Francis O'Connor}} | Garda | 21517A | 24 | {{dts|format=dmy|1983|5|17}} | Accidentally died after a road traffic incident on his motorcycle escorting a motorcade | Ballygall, County Dublin |
Lawn|Thomas J.A. Lawn}} | Detective | 21096L | 27 | {{dts|format=dmy|1983|4|27}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while on duty for the Garda Special Task Force | Clontarf, County Dublin |
McLoughlin|Patrick Noel McLoughlin}} | Sergeant | 14679L | 41 | {{dts|format=dmy|1983|4|11}} | Murdered at his home during the night by an assailant who fired from outside | Dunboyne, County Meath |
Brennan|John Joseph Brennan}} | Sergeant | 16595F | 37 | {{dts|format=dmy|1982|8|4}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision on patrol | Naas, County Kildare |
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Cawley|Nathy Cawley}} | Garda | 16262M | 37 | {{dts|format=dmy|1982|2|24}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while in a military explosives convoy | Broomfield, County Monaghan |
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Ruttledge|Patrick Ruttledge}} | Garda | 17003H | 34 | {{dts|format=dmy|1982|2|24}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while in a military explosives convoy | Broomfield, County Monaghan |
Reynolds|Patrick Gerald Reynolds}} | Garda | 21281D | 23 | {{dts|format=dmy|1982|2|20}} | Fatally shot by an Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) gunman after investigating a report of suspicious activity | Tallaght, County Dublin |
Downey|James Gerard Downey}} | Garda | 20018B | 26 | {{dts|format=dmy|1982|2|12}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while en route to specialist training | Blackrock, County Dublin |
Quaid|Seamus Quaid}} | Detective | 13497G | 21 | {{dts|format=dmy|1980|10|13}} | Shot dead by a member of the Provisional IRA during an exchange of gunfire after stopping a vehicle containing explosives | Cleariestown, County Wexford |
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Byrne|Henry Gerard Byrne}} | Garda | 18300H | 28 | {{dts|format=dmy|1980|7|7}} | Shot dead by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) following a bank robbery | Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon |
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Morley|John F. Morley}} | Detective | 15543H | 37 | {{dts|format=dmy|1980|7|7}} | Shot dead by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) following a bank robbery | Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon |
Clerkin|Michael Augustine Clerkin}} | Garda | 18189G | 24 | {{dts|format=dmy|1976|10|16}} | Killed after entering a premises booby trapped (IED) by the Provisional IRA, other colleagues seriously injured | Portarlington, County Laois |
Reynolds|Michael Joseph Reynolds}} | Garda | 17673G | 30 | {{dts|format=dmy|1975|9|11}} | Shot in the head (off-duty) after following an armed gang who had robbed a bank | Killester, County Dublin |
Hennelly|Walter James Hennelly}} | Garda | 18137D | 22 | {{dts|format=dmy|1974|5|13}} | Accidentally stuck down and killed by a vehicle at a road checkpoint | Limerick, County Limerick |
Lally|John Martin Lally}} | Garda | 17992B | 21 | {{dts|format=dmy|1973|5|5}} | Knocked down and killed while on foot at a checkpoint | Dundalk, County Louth |
Doody|James Doody}} | Garda | 16116M | 28 | {{dts|format=dmy|1973|1|7}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while responding to an emergency | Cork, County Cork |
MacNeill|Brian A. MacNeill}} | Garda | 12689F | 42 | {{dts|format=dmy|1972|10|23}} | Accidentally killed after being hit by a vehicle while conducting a roadside checkpoint | Charlestown, County Mayo |
Donegan|Samuel Donegan}} | Inspector | 8586 | 60 | {{dts|format=dmy|1972|6|8}} | Killed by an IED laid by the Provisional IRA during a Garda/Defence Forces cross border search | Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) |
Waters|Patrick Waters}} | Sergeant | 10114 | 45 | {{dts|format=dmy|1971|11|18}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while responding to an emergency call | Sligo, County Sligo |
Fallon|Richard Christopher Fallon}} | Garda | 9936 | 43 | {{dts|format=dmy|1970|4|3}} | Shot dead by members of Saor Éire during a bank robbery | Arran Quay, County Dublin |
Masterson|Seán Masterson}} | Garda | 14676E | 28 | {{dts|format=dmy|1970|1|26}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision on a motorcycle while on traffic duty | Naas Road, County Dublin |
Joyce|Michael Joyce}} | Sergeant | 6587 | 62 | {{dts|format=dmy|1967|12|21}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while en route to apprehend a fugitive | Balbriggan, County Dublin |
Fitzsimons|John Michael Fitzsimons}} | Sergeant | 10543M | 33 | {{dts|format=dmy|1963|3|15}} | Accidentally stuck down and killed by a vehicle while investigating a road traffic collision | Monasterevin, County Kildare |
Flynn|John Flynn}} | Detective | 10445M | 32 | {{dts|format=dmy|1961|11|16}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while escorting a prisoner | Daingean, County Offaly |
O'Driscoll|Thomas Michael O'Driscoll}} | Garda | 10698 | 26 | {{dts|format=dmy|1958|1|22}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while on counter-IRA patrol | Redhills, County Cavan |
Ryan|Vincent Ryan}} | Garda | 10094 | 29 | {{dts|format=dmy|1954|9|18}} | Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while on motorcycle traffic duty | Killiney, County Dublin |
Foley|Patrick Foley}} | Garda | 8786 | 56 | {{dts|format=dmy|1953|11|11}} | Accidentally killed by a vehicle while on foot patrol | Ardnacrusha, County Clare |
Cody|Richard Cody}} | Sergeant | 1315 | 55 | {{dts|format=dmy|1952|4|8}} | Accidentally killed by a vehicle while on pedestrian duty | Tullow, County Carlow |
Gantly|Seán Gantly}} | Chief Superintendent | 4804 | 49 | {{dts|format=dmy|1948|1|21}} | Shot dead accidentally during a search by detectives for escaped prisoners, was head of Garda Special Branch | Dublin Docklands, County Dublin |
Byrne|James Byrne}} | Garda | 7779 | 38 | {{dts|format=dmy|1946|9|25}} | Shot dead while on plainclothes protection duty by a fellow officer, who was convicted of murder | Pallasgreen, County Limerick |
Harrington|Denis Harrington}} | Garda | 4034 | 44 | {{dts|format=dmy|1944|4|17}} | Shot dead by a fellow officer in his Garda station, who then killed himself (murder-suicide) | Nenagh, County Tipperary |
Mordaunt|George Mordaunt}} | Detective | 6712 | 45 | {{dts|format=dmy|1942|10|24}} | Shot dead by criminals during a raid on a premises conducted by the Garda Special Branch | Donnycarney, County Dublin |
Walsh|Michael Walsh}} | Detective | 6658 | 41 | {{dts|format=dmy|1942|10|1}} | Shot dead attempting to apprehend a wanted criminal in a house raid | Kilnaleck, County Cavan |
O'Brien|Denis O'Brien}} | Detective Sergeant | 8288 | 43 | {{dts|format=dmy|1942|9|9}} | Ambushed and assassinated by the Anti-Treaty IRA at home because of his work for the Garda Special Branch | Ballyboden, County Dublin |
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Hyland|Richard Hyland}} | Detective | 8333 | 36 | {{dts|format=dmy|1940|8|16}} | Shot dead by members of the Anti-Treaty IRA during a Garda Special Branch raid | Rathgar, County Dublin |
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McKeown|Patrick McKeown}} | Detective Sergeant | 11919 (DMP) | 39 | {{dts|format=dmy|1940|8|16}} | Shot dead by members of the Anti-Treaty IRA during a Garda Special Branch raid | Rathgar, County Dublin |
O'Donnell|John Gerald O'Donnell}} | Garda | 6481 | 35 | {{dts|format=dmy|1940|7|19}} | Accidentally drowned after saving two girls from drowning at sea | Ballybunion, County Kerry |
Roche|John Roche}} | Detective | 4905 | 34 | {{dts|format=dmy|1940|1|3}} | Shot dead after stopping and attempting to question a member of the Anti-Treaty IRA on the street | St. Patrick's Street, Cork |
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Forde|Patrick Forde}} | Sergeant | 5802 | 30 | {{dts|format=dmy|1934|1|18}} | Accidentally drowned after the vehicle left the road following a patient transfer | Connemara, County Galway |
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Kennelly|Michael Joseph Kennelly}} | Garda | 1408 | 38 | {{dts|format=dmy|1934|1|18}} | Accidentally drowned after the vehicle left the road following a patient transfer | Connemara, County Galway |
McCarthy|Eugene McCarthy}} | Garda | 7912 | 25 | {{dts|format=dmy|1933|1|8}} | Accidentally drowned after rescuing a person from a river | George's Quay, County Cork |
McGeehan|Patrick McGeehan}} | Detective | 7794 | 28 | {{dts|format=dmy|1932|2|14}} | Fatally wounded after attempting to shield Patrick Reynolds from assassination while on close protection duty | Ballinamore, County Leitrim |
Curtin|John David Curtin}} | Superintendent | 783 | 28 | {{dts|format=dmy|1931|3|21}} | Ambushed and assassinated by members of the Anti-Treaty IRA for his work combatting them | Tipperary, County Tipperary |
O'Sullivan|Timothy O'Sullivan}} | Detective | 6670 | 32 | {{dts|format=dmy|1929|6|11}} | Suffered fatal injuries following an IED explosion, which was set as a targeted trap | Knock, County Clare |
Nolan|William Nolan}} | Garda | 11369 (DMP) | 33 | {{dts|format=dmy|1928|8|19}} | Accidentally killed by a vehicle while directing traffic on foot | Stillorgan, County Dublin |
Fitzsimons|James Fitzsimons}} | Sergeant | 2566 | 23 | {{dts|format=dmy|1926|11|14}} | Murdered in his Garda station by members of the Anti-Treaty IRA | Cork, County Cork |
Ward|Hugh Ward}} | Garda | 5663 | 29 | {{dts|format=dmy|1926|11|14}} | Murdered in his Garda station by members of the Anti-Treaty IRA | Hollyford, County Tipperary |
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Murrin|John Alphonsus Murrin}} | Garda | 3919 | 26 | {{dts|format=dmy|1924|10|19}} | Fatally shot by an individual while entering a premises to investigate a shooting incident (died some months later) | Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary |
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Griffin|Thomas Griffin}} | Sergeant | 814 | 25 | {{dts|format=dmy|1924|5|6}} | Fatally shot by an individual while entering a premises to investigate a shooting incident (died soon after) | Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary |
Nolan|Arthur Nolan}} | Detective | 11993 (DMP) | 39 | {{dts|format=dmy|1924|2|29}} | Struck over the head with a hatchet in his Garda station by an intruder and died, worked for the Criminal Investigation Department | Pearse Street, County Dublin |
O'Halloran|Patrick O'Halloran}} | Garda | 651 | 27 | {{dts|format=dmy|1924|1|29}} | Shot dead at point-blank range pursuing armed criminal bank raiders | Baltinglass, County Wicklow |
Woods|James Woods}} | Sergeant | 2358 | 23 | {{dts|format=dmy|1923|12|3}} | Murdered in his Garda station after resisting an armed raid by insurgents | Scartaglen, County Kerry |
Phelan|Henry Phelan}} | Garda | 1347 | 21 | {{dts|format=dmy|1922|11|14}} | Murdered in a sports shop by armed Anti-Treaty IRA intruders | Mullinahone, County Tipperary |
Eastwood|Charles Eastwood}} | Civic Guard | 1017 | 19 | {{dts|format=dmy|1922|9|20}} | Accidentally shot dead by a colleague | Ship Street Barracks, Dublin |
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1. ^{{cite web|title=An Garda Síochána Roll of Honour List |url=http://www.garda.ie/Documents/User/media%20roll%20of%20honour.pdf |work=2010 |publisher=An Garda Síochána |accessdate=28 May 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010615/http://www.garda.ie/Documents/User/media%20roll%20of%20honour.pdf |archivedate=28 May 2014 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Garda Siochana Roll of Honour |url=http://www.policehistory.utvinternet.com/honour.html |work=2013 |publisher=Police History |accessdate=28 May 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627081200/http://www.policehistory.utvinternet.com/honour.html |archivedate=27 June 2014 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Terrorism|url=http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/terrorism|publisher=Dept of Justice and Equality|accessdate=13 February 2017}}
4. ^{{cite news|last=Lally|first=Conor|title=Garda among two dead in Louth shooting|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/garda-among-two-dead-in-louth-shooting-1.2387868|accessdate=12 October 2015|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=12 October 2015}}