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Samuel Donegan (20 November 1911 – 8 June 1972) was a member of the Garda Síochána who was killed by an IRA bomb in 1972 after 37 years of police service.

Early life

Samuel Donegan was a native of Ballintampen, County Longford in Eire.

Police career

Donegan joined the Garda Siochana on 4 September 1934, being issued with the Service No.8586. He received a promotion to the rank of Sergeant in 1952. He had served attached to Garda stations in County Mayo and County Sligo in the early part of his career, until being promoted to the rank of Inspector in 1967, when he was transferred to the County Cavan district.^[1]

Death on duty

On 8 June 1972 Donegan was leading joint forces team of Garda and Irish Defence Force in a patrol along the Eire-Ulster border between County Cavan and County Fermanagh. He had crossed into the border into Ulster in a country lane at Drumboghanagh when he was struck and killed by the blast of a Provisional IRA booby-trap bomb left on the roadside by the Provisional Irish Republican Army for the British security forces.

Personal life

He left a family of a wife and 6 children.

Subsequent events

In January 2013, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams issued a statement on the killing of Garda Adrian Donohoe during which he apologised on behalf of the IRA to the families of Gardaí Jerry McCabe, Ben O'Sullivan, and the families of all members of state forces injured or killed by the IRA.

References

^ Garda Siochana Roll of Honour, Garda Siochana website, entry for Samuel Donegan. https://www.garda.ie/en/About-Us/Our-History/Roll-Of-Honour/Roll-Of-Honour-description/Donegan-Samuel.html

External links

[1] Garda Siochana Roll of Honour, Garda Siochana website, entry for Samuel Donegan. https://www.garda.ie/en/About-Us/Our-History/Roll-Of-Honour/Roll-Of-Honour-description/Donegan-Samuel.html

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-'''Samuel Donegan''' (20 November 1911 – 8 June 1972) was a member of the [[Garda Síochána]] who was killed by an IRA bomb.
+'''Samuel Donegan''' (20 November 1911 – 8 June 1972) was a member of the [[Garda Síochána]] who was killed by an IRA bomb in 1972 after 37 years of police service.
+==Early life==
-Garda Donegan was a native of [[County Longford]]. He was killed by a [[Provisional IRA]] [[booby-trap]] [[bomb]] left by the roadside, at either Legakelly or Drumboghanagh, near [[Newtownbutler]] in [[County Fermanagh]]. Garda Donegan had crossed the border into [[Northern Ireland]] moments before his death.
+Samuel Donegan was a native of [[Ballintampen]], [[County Longford]] in [[Eire]].
+==Police career==
+Donegan joined the Garda Siochana on 4 September 1934, being issued with the Service No.8586. He received a promotion to the rank of Sergeant in 1952. He had served attached to Garda stations in [[County Mayo]] and [[County Sligo]] in the early part of his career, until being promoted to the rank of Inspector in 1967, when he was transferred to the [[County Cavan]] district.<ref>Garda Siochana Roll of Honour, Garda Siochana website, entry for Samuel Donegan. https://www.garda.ie/en/About-Us/Our-History/Roll-Of-Honour/Roll-Of-Honour-description/Donegan-Samuel.html</ref>
+==Death on duty==
+On 8 June 1972 Donegan was leading joint forces team of Garda and [[Irish Defence Force]] in a patrol along the [[Eire]]-[[Northern Ireland|Ulster]] border between [[County Cavan]] and [[County Fermanagh]]. He had crossed into the border into [[Northern Ireland|Ulster]] in a country lane at [[Drumboghanagh]] when he was struck and killed by the blast of a [[Provisional IRA]] [[booby-trap]] [[bomb]] left on the roadside by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] for the British security forces.
+==Personal life==
+He left a family of a wife and 6 children.
+==Subsequent events==
 In January 2013, [[Sinn Féin]] President [[Gerry Adams]] issued a statement on the killing of [[Death of Adrian Donohoe|Garda Adrian Donohoe]] during which he apologised on behalf of the IRA to the families of Gardaí Jerry McCabe,  Ben O'Sullivan, and the families of all members of state forces injured or killed by the IRA.