Who was the policeman murdered in Castlebellingham?

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Request for Question Clarification by answerfinder-ga on 15 Jan 2005 10:22 PST

Dear gorsleite-ga,
I am finding information on the murder of a number of policeman during
the troubles, but none for Castlebellingham. Have you anymore
information which could assist? A specific date? Are there any other
place names which could allow to identify which murder it was?
answerfinder-ga

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Clarification of Question by gorsleite-ga on 15 Jan 2005 14:49 PST

I have an artice entitled "Here be Monsters" from a September 1962
edition of the Irish Times.  In the second part of the article he
says, amd I quote, "Easter Week was uneventful for the Royal Irish
Constabulary ............loss of only six lives; three were killed in
attempting to carry out arrests; ONE WAS MURDERED AFTER HIS SURRENDER
IN CASTLEBELLINGHAM, CO LOUTH, and two fell in the actual fighting." 
Who was he?  I presume we are talking about the Easter rising in 1916.
 Thanks for trying!

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Clarification of Question by gorsleite-ga on 15 Jan 2005 14:50 PST

Article written by A. P. L. Roberts, sorry, left that out.

Dear gorsleite-ga,

I believe the officer?s name was Constable David or Charles McGee,
Royal Irish Constabulary. Unfortunately, the two sources I have found
contradict each other. It is, however, a starting point for further
off-line research - perhaps the Irish Times (which I do not have
access to).

In my library I have accessed a copy of the Times newspaper (UK) dated
15 June 1916. It has an article with the headline ?Death Sentences
Commuted?. It is a little short on the facts of the murder. The
article states that following a trial in which four men were convicted
of murder, three of them were sentenced to death for the murder of
Constable David McGee R.I.C. at Castle Bellingham (sic), Co.Lough on
April 24 while engaged in armed rebellion. They were also charged with
the attempted murder of Lieutenant Robert Dunville.

Their sentences were then commuted. They were John McEntee ? life,
Francis Martin ? 10 years, Denis Leahy 10 years, and James Sally ? 10
years.

If you live in the UK you can access a copy of the Times article
through a good university or central library (possibly in Eire as
well).


A search of the Roll of Honour of the Police Memorial web site
produces the following entry:

1916	Const	Charles McGee	Co.Louth  Political Violence

http://www.policememorial.org.uk/Forces/RIC/RIC_Roll.htm


I hope this answers your question sufficiently. If it does not, or the
answer is unclear, then please ask for clarification of this research
before rating the answer. I shall respond to the clarification request
as soon as I receive it.
Thank you
answerfinder

Very thorough and has given me a place to move on from.