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Custom House Prisoner Profile: Thomas ‘Toosie’ O’Flanagan

Posted on 19th September, 2023

1939 photo Full Name: Thomas O’Flanagan, nicknamed Toosie. Addresses: 3 Lower Dominick Street (1901); 15 Bayview Avenue, North Strand (1911); 585 North ....

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Pat Moynihan – Collins Man of Many Talents

Posted on 6th September, 2023

Pat Moynihan in civvies surrounded by Sam Robinson, Tom Kehoe, Specky Griffin, Jim Slattery and Joe Dolan of the Squad ....

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Peter Ratcliffe – ASU Man of Many Names

Posted on 6th August, 2023

His surname may have appeared several ways, but Peter Ratcliffe was a Dubliner and member of the same IRA Company ....

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Pat McGlynn – High Cost of Custom House Attack

Posted on 18th July, 2023

An Intelligence Officer with Dublin Brigade, Patrick McGlynn’s severe wound at the Burning went unreported in the press or IRA ....

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Civil War Roll of Honour – Custom House Men

Posted on 30th May, 2023

Sadly not all the men involved in the Custom House attack survived the conflict during 1922-1923. To the best of ....

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Sam Robinson – A Sporting Squad Man

Posted on 15th May, 2023

This will be a short article as there are two excellent sources already in existence and linked to below. Jeremiah ‘Sam’ ....

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Gerry Hughes – Lost His Only Brother in the Civil War

Posted on 25th April, 2023

A Dubliner from a relatively well-to-do family, Gerald Hughes joined the Volunteers. He took part in the Burning of the ....

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Volunteer or Unlucky Civilian? Peter Leddy

Posted on 13th April, 2023

Full Name: Peter Joseph Leddy, known as Joseph. Address: 14 Upper Buckingham Street. Unit: Claimed to have been in B Coy, 2nd ....

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Paddy Moore – Soccer Player and ‘Mutineer’ Man?

Posted on 17th March, 2023

Out in 1916 as a thirteen-year-old and a fighter in the War of Independence, Paddy Moore was captured at the ....

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