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admin | May 30, 2011
I am currently researching the role my family played between the Easter Rising and the end of the Civil War. My great-grandfather was William Oman, Irish Citizen Army. He played ‘The Last Post’ after Pearse’s speech at the funeral of O’Donovan Rossa and sounded the ‘Fall-In’ at Liberty Hall on Easter Monday Morning 1916. He [...]
admin | May 25, 2011
Irish War of Independence General Service Medal (aka the “Black & Tan Medal” ). The numbers below refer to those with the comrac bar and those without the comrac bar. The Black and Tan Comrac Bar medal : The Black and Tan Comrac Bar medal , the comrac bar medal was for combatants only Numbers [...]
admin | May 25, 2011
Thomas Kent Irish: Tomás Ceannt 1865 – 9 May 1916 Place of birth Castlelyons, County Cork, Ireland Place of death Collins Barracks, Cork, Ireland Allegiance Irish Volunteers Years of service 1913 – 1916 Battles/wars Easter Rising Thomas Kent (Irish: Tomás Ceannt; 1865 – 9 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist court-martialled and executed following a [...]
admin | May 25, 2011
Seán Treacy (Irish: Seán Ó Treasaigh; 14 February 1895 – 14 October 1920) was one of the leaders of the Third Tipperary Brigade of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence. He helped to start the conflict in 1919 and was killed in a shootout with British troops in Talbot Street, Dublin [...]
admin | May 25, 2011
Daniel “Dan” Breen (Irish: Dónall Ó Braoin) (11 August 1894 – 27 December 1969) was a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. In later years, he was a Fianna Fáil politician. Dan Breen was born in Grange, Donohill parish, South Tipperary. His father died [...]
admin | May 23, 2011
Brugha was born in Dublin of mixed Irish Catholic and Irish Protestant parentage. His father, Thomas, was a cabinet maker and antique dealer who had been disinherited by his family for marrying a Catholic. He was the tenth of fourteen children and was educated at the Jesuit Belvedere College, but was forced to leave at [...]
admin | May 22, 2011
(TD) for Cork South in the First Dáil of 1919, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. Subsequently, he was both Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-chief of the National Army. Throughout this time, at least as of 1919, he was also President of [...]
admin | May 17, 2011
Sent in by séamus ó murthaile Croke Park Massacre Kevin Myers It’s more than possible that Queen Elizabeth will make an apology for what happened in Croke Park in November 1920, as desired by many people. But before one is entitled to have strong opinions on historical matters, one must at least go to some [...]
admin | May 17, 2011
In reference to : http://irishvolunteers.org/2011/03/ira-tipperary-mullinahone/ Thanks. I have named my son, Daniel Brett McNally, since Sean Brett is a relative. Do you have any more details about these three individuals memorilised there in Mullinahone? I hope to visit Poulecapple and Mullinahone next year with my daughters. My grandparents are from Poulecapple. I look forward to [...]
admin | May 17, 2011
We have received a message from Gerard kenny,the details are below, “Hello, I met your group at the Cork Militaria fair a while back and just wanted to say it is an excellent site you have. I particularly liked the photos of Belfast and Cork display. You might be interested that I just put online [...]