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496 Royal Irish Constabulary Stock Photos & High-Res Pictures

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Antique photo: City of Belfast Royal Irish Constabulary Tug-of-war team

Officers and men of The Royal Irish Constabulary in the 19th century, the armed police force of the United Kingdom in Ireland until 1922. From The...

Officers and men of The Royal Irish Constabulary in the 19th century, the armed police force of the United Kingdom in Ireland until 1922

Stone and rocks litter the street as a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary retaliates after trouble flared following the annual Apprentice Boys...

Apprentice Boys Parade Riot

Suspected member of the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein is searched at gunpoint by temporary constables of the British Black and Tans, during the...

Searched At Gunpoint

Men, possibly of the Royal Irish Constabulary resting in the hills of Tipperary, Ireland, during the Irish War of Independence, 1921. From the A. E....

A Rest In The Hills

Members of the Black and Tans, an armed auxiliary force of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and British Army privates watching fighting during the siege...

Battle Of Dublin

Convoy of Black and Tans, an armed auxiliary force of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and British soldiers arrives at the junction of Middle Abbey...

Demonstrators in Dungiven, Northern Ireland, march past British troops on February 6 to lay crosses on the steps of the local Royal Ulster...

Soldiers and Demonstrators a Week After Bloody Sunday

Men of the Royal Irish Constabulary under inspection at Derry city during the by-election.

Derry By-Election

Auxiliaries wearing Tam o' Shanter bonnets talk to a postman with a GPO mail cart in Dublin. The Auxiliaries are further reinforcements for the Royal...

Auxiliary Checkpoint

The ruins of Cork city centre after the Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force, better known as the Black and Tans, started fires in retaliation for...

Unrest In Ireland

British Army troops dismantle a barricade in the wake of conflict that arose after the Battle of the Bogside, North Ireland, late summer 1969. The...

Northern Ireland Troubles

Police officers from the Royal Ulster Constabulary face off with Bogside residents atop the Rossville Flats tower block during the Battle of the...

Northern Ireland Troubles

Protestors petrol bomb an armoured Royal Ulster Constabulary patrol in the streets of Derry during the Battle of the Bogside.

Street Fighting

Damaged cars and debris following a mortar attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army on the Royal Ulster Constabulary base at Corry Square in...

1985 Newry Mortar Attack

Number of British Customs Huts on the Northern Ireland - Eire Border, were blown up on Sunday by the I.R.A. Photograph shows Customs Officer L....

BRITISH CUSTOMS HUTS BLOWN UP BY THE I.R.A. ON THE NORTHERN IRELAND - EIRE BORDER

The five surviving Royal Irish Constabulary members after their barracks at Kilmallock, County Limerick, Ireland, was attacked by the IRA on 28th May...

Kilmallock Survivors

British Army troops dismantle a barricade on Lucknow Street in the wake of conflict that arose after the Battle of the Bogside, Belfast, Northern...

Northern Ireland Troubles

As buildings burn, British Army troops patrol the streets after being deployed to end the Battle of the Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, August 15,...

Northern Ireland Troubles

Members of the British Black and Tans, an armed auxiliary force of the Royal Irish Constabulary, carrying a chest away from Mountjoy prison in...

Members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary guarding a polling station in Derry during a by-election.

At Polling Station

Refugees leaving Balbriggan, County Dublin, the scene of violent reprisals by Black and Tans following the murder of Head Constable Burke of the...

Leaving Balbriggan

British soldiers watch a member of the Black and Tans, an armed auxiliary force of the Royal Irish Constabulary, reload his .45 revolver, after the...

The bodies of dead Sinn Fein supporters lie in the foreground, and in the background, a group of men are arrested by the Royal Irish Constabulary,...

The conflict at Ballinhassig - sketched by Mr. Mahony, Cork, 1845. On 30 June 1845, 11 people were reportedly killed by the Royal Irish Constabulary...

The Conflict At Ballinhassig - Sketched By Mr. Mahony

McGuire, a police officer of the R.I.C. In Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the Belfast Strikes, 1907.

RIC Officer In Belfast

Ammunition for the Buckinghamshire Regiment, during the dockers and RIC strike in Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 1907.

Belfast Strikes

British Army troops patrol the streets after being deployed to end the Battle of the Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, mid to late August 1969. The...

Northern Ireland Troubles

As buildings burn, British Army troops patrol the streets after being deployed to end the Battle of the Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, August 15,...

Northern Ireland Troubles

Group of men in Dublin. The photograph claims to depict the Cairo Gang, a group of British Intelligence operatives active in Dublin. Several of them...

Possible Cairo Gang

Recruits to the Royal Ulster Constabulary at revolver practice at the RUC Training Barracks at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland....

Members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary training with pistols in Northern Ireland.

Members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary on rifle drill in Northern Ireland.

Edward J Cornan from the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Newry with S W Kennedy from RUC Derry, John Johnston from RUC Mountpottinger in Belfast, James...

Soldier of the Black and Tans, an armed auxiliary force of the Royal Irish Constabulary, raises his rifle on a vehicle piled with commandeered...

Liberty Hall Raid

Security tightens in Dublin with the increased activity of the Republican movement and the armed struggle against British troops, the police and the...

Refugees leaving with their belongings, following the Sack of Balbriggan in north County Dublin, by the Black and Tans on 20th September 1920. The...

Sack Of Balbriggan

Bricks and rocks litter the streets as members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary take shelter behind their shields and an armoured van as trouble...

Apprentice Boys Parade Riot

Young girl braves the stone-throwing and runs in front of a hastily-erected barricade as violence flared between local residents, organised under the...

Battle Of The Bogside

Children in the street during the strike by dockers and the mutiny of the Royal Irish Constabulary in Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 1907.

Belfast Strikes

Inspection of Royal Irish Constabulary by Sir Hamar Greenwood - Sinn Feiners behind wires.

Members of Sinn Fein Behind Wire Fence

As buildings burn, British Army troops patrol the streets after being deployed to end the Battle of the Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, August 15,...

Northern Ireland Troubles

View of people, many with signs, as they stand on a tower block staircase in the Bogside neighborhood during a visit by the British Home Secretary in...

Northern Ireland Troubles

View of civilians as they stand behind a razor wire barricade placed by the British Army in the wake of the Battle of the Bogside, Derry, Northern...

Northern Ireland Troubles

British Home Secretary James Callaghan holds a bullhorn as he leans out a window to address a crowd on the street below about events in the wake of...

Northern Ireland Troubles

View of civilians behind a razor wire barricade placed by the British Army in the wake of the Battle of the Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, late...

Northern Ireland Troubles

British Army troops patrol the streets in vehicles after being deployed to end the Battle of the Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, mid to late August...

Northern Ireland Troubles

Dublin, Ireland- During a recent inspection of the Royal Irish Constabulary at the R.I.C. Depot, Phonnix Park, Dublin, Sir Hamer Greenwood, Chief...

Sir Hamer Greenwood Presents Widow Medal

Dublin, Ireland- During a recent inspection of the Royal Irish Constabulary at the R.I.C. Depot, Phonnix Park, Dublin, Sir Hamer Greenwood, Chief...

Sir Hamer Greenwood Inspecting Guns

Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army hold a banner reading "Elizabeth Regina, Queen of Death, 69-77-1,800 dead" march 10 August 1977 in...

Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (

Marshall, Bluch and Osmond, members of the Auxiliary Division , of the RIC , at Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland, 1921. From the A. E. Bell...

Black And Tans In Ireland

Hamar, a member of the Auxiliary Division , of the RIC on sentry duty, Ireland, 1921. From the A. E. Bell Collection.

Black And Tans In Ireland

Royal Ulster Constabulary men, equipped with Sten Guns, prepare to start a patrol in their wireless equipped Land Rover. They are outside the damaged...

Members of the Black and Tans on a countryside patrol in Tipperary, Ireland, circa 1921. From the A. E. Bell Collection.

Security forces fire water cannons as they battled a crowd of about 200 Irish Catholic Nationalists who were protesting Orange Order marches July 12,...

Republicans Battle Security Forces in Belfast on 12th

Security forces battled a crowd of about 200 Irish Catholic Nationalists who were protesting Orange Order marches July 12, 2001 in north Belfast,...

Republicans Battle Security Forces in Belfast on 12th

Petrol bomb explodes at the feet of a Royal Ulster Constabulary police officer June 21, 2001 in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. Almost 40 officers...

Fighting Breaks Out in Northern Ireland

Members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary look on as a building goes up in flames as violence flared between local residents, organised under the...

Battle Of The Bogside

Royal Ulster Constabulary officer escorts catholic families leaving Holy Cross Primary Girls School on the Ardoyne Road in North Belfast 06 September...

NORTHERN IRELAND-HOLY CROSS SCHOOL

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