The Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary Force, 1881-3: A short history and complete alphabetical list of the "Magpies"

To augment the Royal Irish Constabulary during the Land War, 1879– 82, a new auxiliary police force was raised, entitled the Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary Force (RICAF). In Dec. 1881 it began recruiting candidates from Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. Its 440 members, after a short period of training in the Curragh Military Camp in Co. Kildare, were armed and deployed to remote areas of the country, occupying specially adapted steel-clad and concrete-covered timber huts, with the ...