A Policeman's Ireland: Recollections of Samuel Waters, R.I.C.

by Samuel Waters and Stephen Ball

Samuel Waters followed his father and grandfather into the Irish Constabulary, rising from district inspector in 1866 to assistant inspector general. His colorful and unembittered recollections encompass the Fenian Rising, The Land War and the 1916 Insurrection, after which he retired to Skerries in Co. Dublin. These memoirs illuminate the intelligence work of the R.I.C., as well as the social and sporting compensations of a policeman's life in all...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859181899
• ISBN13: 9781859181898
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.8"