Thomas Gerald. GRIFFIN

1899 - 1924  (25 years)

• Name	Thomas Gerald. GRIFFIN
  Birth	12 Apr 1899	Cork City. Ireland
  		Birth Certificate. Thomas's Birth Cert.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	10 Oct 1918	Passage Docks Shipyard Cork
  	Thomas served his time as a Fitter Turner in Passage West Dock Shipyard. From 20th Nov 1918 until 4th Jun 1921, and was released there due to a Depression in Work in the yard.
  Occupation	26 Apr 1922	2 St Patrick's Terrace, Greenmount. Cork City
  	Thomas signed up to become a Guard on 26 April 1922. He was given his Number 814 which he kept until his untimely death in 1924
  Death	7 May 1924	Shot Dead In Carrick-On-Suir, Clonmel, Co Tipperary.
  	Cause: Shot to Death, In the Line of Duty
  		Death Record Thomas Griffin was shot to death by Sonny Dwyer in Clonmel, Co Tipperary in 1924.
  Burial	9 May 1924	Full Garda Honour, In St Josephs, Cemetery Cork.
  		Garda Thomas Griffin. Killed in the line of Duty.
  		Cork City Remembers Guard of Honour awaiting the Train with Thomas Griffin Body at Cork Train Station. Guard of Honour at the playing of The Last Post at St Josephs Cemetery, Cork
  Notes	Shot dead by Mr Sonny O'Dwyer.in May 1924.
  Person ID	I356	Long Family
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Denis Francis. GRIFFIN,   b. 26 Nov 1865, Bandon Road, Cork, Ireland d. 24 Jul 1933, St Marys Terrace, Greenmount, Cork City, Ireland (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Catherine DENNEHY,   b. 3 Mar 1868, Cork City. Ireland d. 3 Jun 1948, Bon Secour Hospital, Cork City, (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	2 Nov 1892	Chelsea, Massachutes, USA
  		Marriage Record Denis Griffin and Catherine Dennehy Marry in the USA
  Family ID	F142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		The Funeral of Thomas Griffin. Thomas body been brought to St. Josephs Cemetery, Tory Top. Cork from the Train Station.
  		Thomas Griffin My First Cousin, Twice removed.
  		Memorial Medal of Honour. Received by Myself Alan Long.
  		Newspaper Headlines Front page Irish Examiner 1924.
  		Newspaper Cutting The Graveside of Sergeant Thomas Griffin. St Josephs Cemetery Tory Top Road,Cork City. 1924
  		Thomas Gerald. GRIFFIN On Friday 24th of Oct in the Walter Scott house in Dublin I received on behalf of Thomas Griffin The Gold Scott Medal Posthumously, It is the highest Honour of Valor that can be awarded to a Garda.
  		Thomas Gerald. GRIFFIN Chief Police Commissioner Justin Kelly Minister of Justice Jim Callaghan and lastly myself
  		Thomas Gerald. GRIFFIN With the Flags of the Garda and Ireland
  		Thomas Gerald. GRIFFIN Myself and My cousin Eileen Mullins.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Inscription Carved out in stone at the entrace to Garda Headquarters.Dublin
  		Sonny Dwyer Sonny Dwyer, found guilty of Thomas's Death.
  		Thomas Gerald. GRIFFIN Mary Griffin is awarded ?100.00 for the shootig Dead of her brother Thomas.

  
  

  Census		1901 Cork Census Griffin Family are living at 13 St Mary's Terrace, Cork City.
  		1911 Cork Census. Griffin Household.

  
  

  Residence

  Family Home 2 St Patricks Terrace, Greenmount, Cork. The Griffin Family are Living here in the 1911 Cork Census.