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Timothy Lyons
Timothy Lyons (4th December1895 -16th April 1923), a.k.a. Aero or Aeroplane, was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) soldier who fought with the Anti-Treaty side during the Irish Civil War. After a three-day siege by Free State forces at Clashmealcon, County Kerry, he died after falling from a cliff onto rocks and then being shot. Biography Lyons was born in Garrynagore, County Kerry to Margaret (formerly Sullivan) and Timothy Lyons senior, who was listed on his birth certificate as a cottier. Lyons was the oldest of six siblings. Prior to the Civil War, he had worked as a labourer. He fought with the IRA's Kilflynn Company during the War of Independence. He was described as being slight, "adventurous" as a column leader and a marksman who shot at small birds. He shot a British officer in an ambush led by captain George O'Shea at Shannow Bridge where the Kilflynn road joins the R557, forcing a retreat. Lyons gained the nickname "Aeroplane" or "Aero" because of the way he would s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilflynn
Kilflynn () is a village and a civil parish in north County Kerry, Ireland. It is 11 km north-east of Tralee just off the N69 road from Tralee to Listowel. Etymology The origin of the place name Cill Flainn is unknown. Two suggestions are commonly circulated. ‘Cill’ in Irish can mean 'cell' or 'churchyard' so in context might mean 'church of Flainn.' A popularised tale is that it was named after a Roman Catholic hermit monk, Flainn, said to have lived by the River Shannow (which runs through Kilflynn). Crippled and blind, he was visited by the Virgin Mary, who offered to restore his ailing sight. Flainn declined, asking for the miraculous power to be transferred to others via a local well (now Tobar Flainn, well or spring of Flainn). Some refer to this person as ‘St Flainn,’ but no such person was canonised. There is possible confusion with St Flannan, originally from Killaloe in County Clare. The alternative suggestion is that the name derives from the 'O’Flannan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athea
Athea ( or ''Áth Té'') is a village in west County Limerick, Ireland. Athea has a Roman Catholic church, and is the centre for the parish of Athea, which encompasses several nearby townlands. History The community was dependent on agriculture and a creamery was built near the river which acted as the centrepoint for local trade. A primary school was built near the creamery to cope with the rising younger population. Over time, cottages and workshops lined the main road to create the village of Athea. New local roads were built to neighbouring Moyvane and off the main Listowel-Limerick and Glin-Abbeyfeale roads. The river was the primary water source as well as its use for drainage. The Catholic population were forbidden to practise their faith under Penal Laws, and the first church wasn't built in Athea until the early 19th century. Prior to this locals congregated each Sunday at a Mass rock to the east of the village. Geography Topography Athea is situated on the river Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) Members
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various paramilitary organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to irredentism through Irish republicanism, the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic free from British rule. The original Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), often now referred to as the "old IRA", was raised in 1917 from members of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army later reinforced by Irishmen formerly in the British Army in World War I, who returned to Ireland to fight against Britain in the Irish War of Independence. In Irish law, this IRA was the army of the revolutionary Irish Republic as declared by its parliament, Dáil Éireann, in 1919. In the century that followed, the original IRA was reorganised, changed and split on multiple occasions, to such a degree that many subsequent paramilitary organisations have been known by that title – most notably ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Deaths
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1895 Births
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Executions During The Irish Civil War
The executions during the Irish Civil War took place during the guerrilla phase of the Irish Civil War (June 1922 – May 1923). This phase of the war was bitter, and both sides, the government forces of the Irish Free State and the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army (IRA) insurgents, used executions and terror in what developed into a cycle of atrocities. From November 1922, the Free State government embarked on a policy of executing Republican prisoners in order to bring the war to an end. Many of those killed had previously been allies, and in some cases close friends (during the Irish War of Independence 1919–1921), of those who ordered their deaths in the civil war. In addition, government troops summarily executed prisoners in the field on several occasions. The executions of prisoners left a lasting legacy of bitterness in Irish politics. The use of execution by the Irish Free State in the Civil War was relatively harsh compared to the recent British record. In contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Stephen Hathaway
Reginald Walter Stenning (aliases Reginald Stephen Hathaway, Walter Stephens and Richard Stenning) (26 February 1903 - 25 April 1923) was a British Army deserter who joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA), fighting on the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War. After being captured by Free State forces he was beaten and executed. Biography He was born at 96 Oldfield Road, Willesden, to Edith Annie (née Holton) and Walter Stevens Stenning, a librarian's assistant. In his early years he also lived at 52 Sherrard Road, Forest Gate. Career It is unclear why he joined the IRA and exactly when - as he had no known connexion with Ireland - or which British Army regiment he was originally with, although contemporary newspaper reports state he'd been with the East Lancashire Regiment. Michael P. Sullivan, who signed off for and collected his body after his execution, told the authorities that Stenning deserted his unit in Tralee in 1922 he RIC was disbanded in early 1922 stayed at Sulliv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McEnery
James McEnery (28 April 1892 – 25 April 1923) was a farmer and IRA soldier who fought on the anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War in north Kerry. He surrendered during a three-day siege by Free State forces, in the last significant action of the War, and was executed seven days later. Early life and family He was born to Margaret (née Stack) and Henry McEnery at 4 Slieveawaddra lso Slieveadra/Slievadra Drommartin, County Kerry (Irish: ''Sliabh an Mhadra, Drom Máirtín, Contae Chiarraí''). His mother and father were national teachers and his father was also a farmer. Some of his older siblings became teachers and his brother was a Catholic priest.District: Ballyduff, Union: Listowel, County: Kerry, entry no.458, 3 July 1892 He married Johannah (Hannah) Donnelly at Causeway, County Kerry, Causeway on 13 April 1918. Their only child, Henry, known as 'Sunny', was born on 11 June 1920. Irish Civil War He joined the Irish Volunteers and was a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Greaney
Edmond Greaney lso 'Edward', 'Eamonn/Eamon' and 'Greany' on historical documents(c.1893 – 25 April 1923) was a farm labourer and IRA soldier who fought on the anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War in north Kerry. He was captured by Free State forces and executed after the last major action of the War. Greaney grew up with the Quinlan family at Ballinbrahig, Ballyduff, County Kerry. Details provided after his death by Elizabeth Quinlan give the address as Beenduff, Ballyduff; in her application for an allowance, Greaney was described as a Quinlan's 'cousin' - actually the son of her husband Michael's first cousin woman who'd left for Australia– and her 'adopted son'. He is on the 1901 census, aged 8, at 1 Ballinbrahig as a 'cousin' and the 1911 census at 5 Ballinbrahig, aged 19, as a 'farm servant', both at the Quinlan household. Greaney joined the Irish Volunteers and fought in the IRA's No.1 Kerry Brigade as part of 'Aeroplane' Lyons's column, which had been involved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Shea
Patrick O'Shea (c.1900 - 18 April 1923) was a farm labourer and IRA soldier who fought on the anti-Treaty side during the Irish Civil War in north Kerry. He died after falling from a cliff trying to escape from Irish Free State forces in a siege at Clashmealcon (Irish: ''Clais Maolchon'') in the last major military action of the civil war. Life He was the eldest son of Patrick O'Shea, a farmer. He lived at Ballinbranig, Ballyduff. He served with the IRA in the 3rd Battalion, 1st Kerry Brigade, under the command of Michael Laid and John McElligott. Post-Treaty, he was part of "Aero" Lyons's flying column that operated around Ballyduff (on different historical documentation he is recorded as having commenced IRA activities either from 1917, 1920 or 1921). Amongst other actions, the column had robbed the post office at Ballyduff and attacked the Civic Guard station at Ballyheigue. On 15th April 1923, they attacked a National Army party which was involved in a raid. The National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas McGrath (Irish Republican)
Thomas McGrath (9 January 1903 - 18 April 1923) was an IRA soldier who fought on the anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War in north Kerry. He drowned after trying to escape a siege by Irish Free State forces at Clashmealcon during what was the last major military action of the War. He was born at home to Mary (née Walsh) and Peter McGrath and lived at 13 Clashmealcon (Irish: ''Clais Maolchon''), County Kerry.Census 1911; Kerry; Ardagh; Clashmelcon: Residents of a house 13 in Clashmelcon (Ardagh, Kerry)Birth entry on 9 January 1903; Entry no.:13; District: Ballyduff; Union: Listowel; County:Kerry; Before the Anglo-Irish Treaty, he served as a Fianna Scout from 1919 to 1921. Post-Treaty, he was a member of the IRA until his death in the 3rd Battalion, Kerry No.1 Brigade. He fought in "Aeroplane" Lyons's flying column, which was based around Causeway and was involved in the robbery of the Ballyduff post office and the burning of a Civic Guard station at Ballyheigue. On 15 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyduff, County Kerry
Ballyduff () is a village near Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. Located on the R551 road between Ballyheigue and Ballybunion on hills above Cashen Bay where the River Feale flows to the sea at the mouth of the River Shannon. History Near Ballyduff at Rattoo, a round tower reaches a height of 29.56m, with a base circumference of 15m. This is the only complete round tower in Kerry, and has been dated to the late 11th century. In the mid-19th century, the tower sat on a raised earth causeway in what was then a swamp. The swamp was drained and the causeway removed in the late 19th century so the fields could be cultivated. On 1 November 1920, in reprisals for the killings and shootings of various RIC constables in the area, the Black and Tans shot a local man (John Houlihan) dead, burned the local creamery to the ground, and then burned seven homes in the Abbeydorney area. Of the area's three great houses, only two are still standing, Rattoo Great House and Bushmount House. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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