Lot Archive

Lot

№ 477

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£550

Three: Inspector P. Colohan, Dublin Metropolitan Police

Visit to Ireland 1900 (P.C., D.M.P.) lacks brooch bar; Visit to Ireland 1903 (P.C., D.M.P.) lacks brooch bar; Visit to Ireland 1911, unnamed as issued, very fine and better (3) £220-260

Patrick Colohan was born on 1 September 1868. From Ballygar in Co. Galway and a Labourer by occupation, he joined the Dublin Metropolitan Police on 26 May 1893. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1908; Section Sergeant in 1916 and Inspector in 1922. He retired with a pension on 2 March 1926 and died on 18 August 1953. Sold with copied service details.