About John Roche

John Roche was a Garda Síochána Detective who was assassinated in 1940 during the Irish Emergency, becoming the first and most highly publicised Garda casualty of the period and resulting in widespread opposition to the Anti-Treaty IRA.

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Born: June 11, 1905
Died: January 4, 1940

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John Roche

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