Download or read book The Policing of Belfast, 1870-1914 written by Mark P. Radford and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most barbarous of towns -- Black enamelled peelers -- Tripping up a policeman -- A peculiar disorder -- Closely akin to actual warfare -- First stand of the R.I.C. -- The dark eleventh hour -- Conclusion -- Appendix One: "The Belfast special bobbies and King Mob" -- Appendix Two: "Battle of the Brickfields" -- Appendix Three: Judicial statistics table, population of Belfast and the strength of the Belfast R.I.C -- Appendix Four: Ode to the Belfast burglar -- Appendix Five: "Ode to the man of the week--the chief".