Medals from the Collection of R.W. Gould, MBE

Three: Constable John Scully, Royal Irish Constabulary

Visit to Ireland 1900 (C., R.I.C.) complete with Shamrock top suspension; Visit to Ireland 1903 (C., R.I.C.) complete with Shamrock top suspension; The Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type (1892-1901) silver medal (John Scully, R.I.C., Coalisland, 19th October 1909) the first two lightly polished, otherwise good very fine (3) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of R.W. Gould, MBE.

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Constable John Scully was awarded the Society’s silver medal and £3 3s for saving life at a fire in Main Street, Coalisland, on 19 October 1909 (Case No. 15,267).

‘About 3.0 a.m. on Tuesday Constables Scully and Lynch, who were going off duty, saw dense smoke issuing from the two-storey thatched house building in the Square, Coalisland, occupied by Mr Bernard Mulholland. They aroused the sleeping inmates, consisting of Mr and Mrs Mulholland and four children, who were brought out through an upper window. The fire spread rapidly, and the hotel premises adjoining, owned by Mrs Lyttle, were involved to a slight extent, but police and civilians laboured energetically, and after a time were able to check the progress of the fire. The Roan Mill Spinning Company kindly lent their pump and hose, with the aid of which the blaze was eventually extinguished.

The people of Coalisland intend to call a public meeting for the purpose of considering the question of establishing a fire brigade with the necessary appliances at an early date.’ Sold with further details including contemporary newspaper accounts of the fire.