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Leo Fitzgerald, killed in action.

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Fitzgerald Leo. Volunteer, B Company, 3rd Battalion, Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers. He was Killed in Action on the 14th of March 1921 aged 31 during the War of Independence, he was part of an IRA unit keeping guard over a meeting attended by Sean McBride at Saint Andrews Club, 144 Brunswick Street, the meeting was raided by Police and he was killed in the ensuing gun battle. Fought at Boland’s Mills Boland’s Bakery during the Rising. from Irish Medals.

    Most of his family were also involved in the War of Independence, according to Irish Medals. He’s here with his family in Great Brunswick St. (now Pearse St.) 1901. By 1911, most of them at Gaelicised their name.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    More background story to the "Pearse Street Ambush" - www.theirishstory.com/2015/01/26/the-pearse-street-ambush...

    There is a commemorative plaque there now - streetview - goo.gl/maps/DQcyT8ukDbXKfixo8

    The house is now part of Dublin City Library & Archive - via Dublin City Libraries
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Via Trove only one article describing military and auxiliary forces searching mourners and the church vaults at a special Mass for Leo Fitzgerald and David Kelly - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212397212
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing! Is this block of flats in Hogan Place Dublin named after Leo Fitzgerald? via picturesbyJOE
  • Augusta Godenot said:
    rarely do you see the phrase "killed in action on *** street", so specific and so personal. Love the Irish!

Yeh boy's we're the Men of the West!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Scarily easy using Google Lens -

    "Saturday, January 22, 1916
    Officers training camp began at Volunteers Hall, Sheares St, Cork, instructed by JJ O'Connell.
    The course was to cover field work, elementary drill, physical drill, and lectures, according to the notice placed in the Irish Volunteer newspaper.
    Most of the companies in the county mainly formed in the previous six months thanks to organisers like Terence MacSwiney, Sean Nolan and Daithi Barry were represented."

    From - www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20375606.html
  • Rory Sherlock said:
    Text on the back of the photo reads:

    MEN OF THE WEST (SHEARES ST. CORK - 1915)

    INCLUDED IN THIS GROUP :-
    1. Seán Sullivan (R.I.P)
    2. C Ó Gormáin (Bailitheóir Cánach)
    3. Seán Hales (Shot Dead - Dublin)
    4. T. Hales (New F.F. T.D.)
    5. Tadg Barry (Shot Dead - Ballykindlar Camp)
    6. Comdt. O'Connell (Army)
  • beachcomber australia said:
    All the names here - freepages.rootsweb.com/~bwickham/genealogy/uniforms.htm

    "Officers Training Camp at Volunteers Hall, Sheares Street, Cork commenced Jan 22, 1916.

    Front Row seated: Cornelius J. Meany, Cornelius Mahoney, Patrick J. Twomey, Martin O'Keefe, Michael Leahy, William Kelliher, James Murphy, Chris McSweeney.

    Second Row: Sean O'Sullivan, Christopher O'Gorman, Michael Lynch, Sean Lynch, John Manning, Charles Wall, James Walsh, Sean Carroll, Riobard Langford, Maurice Ahern, Tom Hales, Tadgh Barry, Captain J. J. "Ginger" O'Connell.

    Back Row: Paud O'Donoghue, Cornelius Ahern, Sean O'Driscoll, Eugene Walsh, Denis O'Brien, Sean Collins, Seamus Courtney, Jeremiah Mullane, Michael Hyde, Liam O'Brien, Michael McCarthy.
    (Click here for Larger 160k photo)

    (Identifications from "Rebel Cork's Fighting Story") "
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Is this the place? I'm not 100% sure - maps.app.goo.gl/8h9KvhECqNi7JZXS6
  • beachcomber australia said:
    More convinced it is the right streetview, "St Francis Hall, 20 Sheares Street" - www.corkcity.ie/en/cork-rocks-for-rory/rory-gallagher-sto... (relevant history)

Joseph McGuiness

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