Patrick Farrell, Garda Síochána

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, more commonly referred to as the Gardaí , is the police force of Ireland. The service is headed by the Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are located in the Phoenix Park in Dublin.- Terminology :...

 8232 and recipient of the Scott Medal

Scott Medal

The Walter Scott Medal is a medal awarded annually for bravery to Garda Síochána police officers and firemen. It is not a state award, being at the gift of the commissioner, but the medals are awarded by the Minister for Justice. FDNY recipients are also awarded $500, donated by the Fire Foundation...

, born 6 June 1909.

Background

Farrell was born at Doon, Loughrea

Loughrea

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, County Galway

County Galway

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. He had been a farmer prior to joining the Gardaí on 8 March 1932.

Incident at Kilsheelan

Farrell was awarded the Scott Bronze Medal by Minister for Justice

Minister for Justice

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, Brian Lenihan

Brian Lenihan

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, in November 1966. It was in recognition of his valour during a violent incident lasting over an hour, at Kilsheelan, County Tipperary

County Tipperary

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, on 12 June 1965, when he subdued a mentally-ill man brandishing a shotgun.

Farrell retired on 5 June 1972.

See also

• Brian Connaughton
  Brian Connaughton
  Brian Connaughton, Garda Síochána and recipient of the Scott Medal, 8 October 1899-26 March 1983.-Background:Connaughton was a native of Ballinglas, Mountbellew, County Galway...
  
  
• Joseph Scott
  Joseph Scott (garda)
  Joseph Scott, Garda Síochána and recipient of the Scott Medal, 4 March 1901-20 August 1962.-Background:Scott was born at Leavhive, Creggs, County Galway, and was a farmer before joining An Garda Síochána 1 April 1922, making him one of the very first members of the force...
  
  
• Deaths of Garda officers (1980)
  Deaths of Garda officers (1980)
  Two officers of the Garda Síochána, the police force of the Ireland, were shot and killed on July 7 1980 by alleged members of the Irish National Liberation Army during a pursuit in the aftermath of a bank robbery. Occurring near Loughglynn, County Roscommon, the officers' deaths provoked a...
  
  
• Jerry McCabe
  Jerry McCabe
  Detective Garda Jerry McCabe was a member of the Garda Síochána, the police force of the Republic of Ireland. McCabe was murdered in Adare, County Limerick on 7 June 1996, by members of the paramilitary group, the Provisional IRA, during the attempted robbery of a post office van.-Early...
  
  
• Yvonne Burke (Garda)
  Yvonne Burke (Garda)
  Yvonne Burke, Garda Síochána and first female recipient of the Scott Medal, born 20 April 1970.-Incident at Cabra:Burke and her colleague, Garda Brady, were on mobile patrol on the Navan Road, Cabra, on 13 November 1993 when an alarm was raised at a local supermarket...
  
  

Reference

• An Garda Síochána and the Scott Medal, Gerard O'Brien, Four Courts Press
  Four Courts Press
  Four Courts Press is an Irish academic publishing house.It was founded in 1970 by Michael Adams, a managing director at the Irish Academic Press and a member of Opus Dei. Its early publications were primarily theological, notably the English translation of the Navarre Bible...
  
  , 2008. ISBN 978 1 84682 124 0