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Comhairle na Míre Gaile, or the Deeds of Bravery Council, established 22 April 1947.[1]

Year + link No. meetings (running total) G S B C Posth Drown Fire Others Notes
1947 4 (4) 1 28 2 (drowning) 23 3 3: 1 "extrication from machinery"; 2 "miscellaneous". Die made by British Mint. Decided that awards would be gold medal, bronze medal, and certificate. Three cases where Commission recommended compensation for losses but no award; Minister implemented all 3. Only the names of recipients in report, no details of acts.
1948 4[fn 1] (8) 1 28 22 1 6: 2 wells; 1 gas; 1 runaway horse; 2 miscellaneous Bronze medals not presented as die not delivered. Garda assistance in reports of rescues. Minister acceded to compensation recommendations. Report gives summary of acts recognised.
1949 4 (12) 3 50[fn 2] 42[fn 2] 5[fn 3] 6: 4 coal mine, 1 cliff, 1 runaway horse
1950 2 y (14) 1 36 4 34 1 2: 1 well, 1 bull Note Minister compensation acceded. The 1950 report seems to have incorrect 1949 figures: looks like a copy-paste error.
1951 2 y (16) 1 55 50 2 4: 2 cattle, 1 runaway horse, 1 falling wall
1952 1 y (17) 35 4 27 4 4: 3 gas, 1 caught in machinery
1953 1 y (18) 62 57 5: 2 runaway horse; 2 cliff; 1 well Irish Ambassador to Sweden among presenters
1954 2 y (20) 6 69 2 75 1 1: bull attack
1955 1 y (21) 5 39 3 37 1 1: runaway horse
1956 1 y (22) 1 9 47 3 55 1 1: cliff rescue First Gold medal
1957 1 y (23) 5 35 2 38 2: cliff rescue
1958 1 (24) 2 46 2 42 3 3: 1 mountain rescue; 1 runaway horse; 1 gas
1959 1 y (25) 5 55 1 47 6 7: 3 cliffs; 2 mine explosion; 2 runaway horse
1960 1 (26) 3 30 2 18 3[fn 4] 2: 1 stopping runawaycar, 1 stopping runaway horse
1961 1 y (27) 41 1 37 4: 2 cliff; 1 insane man on rooftop; 1 runaway horse Bray Urban District Council Chairman among presenters
1962 1 (or more?) (28) 39 32 5 2: 1 fall through ice; 1 bull attack Scan has only appendix of cases, not main report.
1963 1 (29) 1 28 27 2: capture of armed man
1964 1 y (30) 2 44 1 31 10 5: 2 pit cave, 1 electricity pylon, 1 runaway horse, 1 runaway lorry
1965 1 y (31) 15 12 1 2: runaway horses
1966 0 (31) Same report as 1967
1967 1 (32) 8 1 4 4 Same report as 1966. "Chairman, Dun Laoghaire Urban District Council [sic]" among presenters
1968 0 (32) Same report as 1969
1969 2 (34) 25 20 4 1:gas Same report as 1968
1970 1 (35) 15 2 15
1971 0 (35) Same report as 1972
1972 1 (36) 22 18 2 2: gas Same report as 1971. Chairman of Nenagh Urban District Council among presenters
1973 1 (37) 1 21 2 14 5 3: gas Chairman of Cork County Council among presenters (and of Dublin City Commissioners, the Council having been dissolved)
1974 1 (38) 1 30 1 (gas poisoning) 18 1 12: 10 gas poisoning at Guinness Brewery; 1 fall at Tearaght lighthouse cable railway; 1 aircraft emergency evacuation Three CC Chairmen among presenters
1975 1 (39) 1 27 23 4 1: aircraft emergency evacuation
1976 1 (40) 4 12 11 5
1977 0 (40) Same report as 1978
1978 1 (41) 4 22 17 7 2: cliff Same report as 1977
1979 1 (42) 10 28 24 11 3: gas
1980 1 (43) 4 9 8 1 1: fall off scaffolding
1981 1 (44) 7 26 28 2 3: 1 ship-to-ship aid; 1 sand-pit; 1 hostage negotiation Presented by district justices and Lieutenant Commander P. McElhinney of the Aisling
1993 1 (50) 4 28 20 1 41 13 1: protect pedestrian from car "50th meeting 1993". Acts occurred between 1986 and 17 November 1991. Four people received letters of commendation.
1995 1 (51) 1 8 20 19 44 8 1: disarming a disturbed man "51st meeting" was after 22 May 1994, not sure when. 5 people received letters of commendation.
1996 1 (52) 5 7 1 8 1 4: 2 preventing a self-immolation; 1 assisting stabbed man; 1 disarming man "52nd meeting" was after 23 May 1995, not sure when
1998 1 (53) 4 14 22 37 3 "53rd meeting" was after 1997, not sure when
2001 1 (54) 21 19 30 1 54 16: 3 disarming man; 7 preventing suicide; 6 overturned truck rescue "54th meeting" was after 2000, not sure when. One act was as long ago as 1970.
2006 1 (55) 2 8 26 34 1 54 6 10: crashed car rescue; 4 tending to assault victim; 3 preventing suicide "55th meeting"
2007 2 4 9 7 2 16 4 2: septic tank rescue "56th meeting 2007"
2010 1 2 5 9 7 [fn 5] 16 7 "57th meeting 2010"
2011 4 8[fn 6] 3 [fn 7] 13[fn 6] 1 1: intervention in assault
2012 5 5 5 9 4 2: intervention in assault
2013 3 8 10 15 3 3: 1 assist stabbing victim; 1 assist shooting victim; 1 assist suicidal person
2014 2 13 6 17 3 1: infant in traffic [2] For acts between 15 August 2002 and 22 October 2013
2015 3 10/16 13+13*/22+G+19* 1 12/20 8/12+G 6: 2 farm animal, 1 dangerous driver, 1 ledge rescue, 1 railway track rescue *all medallists also received certificates; a/b figures are incidents/recipients as some incidents had more than one recipient. "G" denotes a group award (to the Killybegs Fire Brigade).
2016
  1. ^ one adjourned inquorate
  2. ^ a b The 1949 figure includes 3 certificates for drowning rescues awarded in relation to incidents reviewed after having been denied awards in 1948.
  3. ^ 2 building fire; 3 fire after plane crash
  4. ^ 2 rescue from burning building, 1 extinguishing flames on tanker.
  5. ^ Excluding 2 awardees who died of unrelated causes before conferral.
  6. ^ a b One of three bronze medals for a 2004 drowning rescue is counted in the 2007 figures though not bestowed until 2011.
  7. ^ Two recipients died before receiving their awards, but not as a result of the acts being recognised.
  1. ^ Hardiman, Niamh; MacCarthaigh, Muiris; Scott, Colin. "Comhairle na Míre Gaile". Irish State Administration Database. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Ceann Comhairle presents National Bravery Awards for 21 outstanding feats of courage" (Press release). Oireachtas. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2015.