Funeral of Chief Superintendent Seán Gantly, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Dublin
- IE CA CP/1/1/4/10/2
- Parte
- 23 Jan. 1948
Parte deIrish Capuchin Archives
The funeral of Chief Superintendent Seán Gantly, head of the Garda Special Branch, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Merchants' Quay in Dublin on 23 January 1948. Gantly was leading a party of Gardai from the Detective Branch at Dublin Castle in a search for escaped prisoners at the Hammond Lane Foundry when he was accidentally shot.