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Feb 4 16 10:11 PM
Jillianvt wrote:According to my family history my Great Grandfather Thomas Hassett (1861 to 1929) did his training for the RIC here in 1882. Indeed my Grand Aunt's memoirs says "Thomas (16.4.1861) also joined the RIC and claimed that when he was in training at the Depot, he was one of the first arrivals on the scene of the Burke and Cavendish murders." With thanks to Garda historian Jim Herlihy, I know Thomas Hassett joined on 9 January 1882 and was stationed in Dublin from 10 May 1882 and so he would have been in the Depot in Phoenix Park on 6 May 1882. Does anyone know if there is any proof to this family tale?
According to my family history my Great Grandfather Thomas Hassett (1861 to 1929) did his training for the RIC here in 1882. Indeed my Grand Aunt's memoirs says "Thomas (16.4.1861) also joined the RIC and claimed that when he was in training at the Depot, he was one of the first arrivals on the scene of the Burke and Cavendish murders."
With thanks to Garda historian Jim Herlihy, I know Thomas Hassett joined on 9 January 1882 and was stationed in Dublin from 10 May 1882 and so he would have been in the Depot in Phoenix Park on 6 May 1882. Does anyone know if there is any proof to this family tale?
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