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Peter Doyle: Life and Death after Kilmainham?

Posted on 15th October, 2021

The dragons of Kilmainham Gaol The only arrested Custom House man whose ultimate fate we haven’t traced is Peter Doyle. Here ....

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Custom House Prisoner Profile: Patrick Fleming

Posted on 15th October, 2021

Full Name: Patrick Joseph Fleming Address: 11 St. Joseph’s Parade (off Nelson Street) Unit: E Coy, 2nd Battalion. Born: 20 March 1900 at ....

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Custom House Prisoner Profile: Michael Fleming

Posted on 15th October, 2021

Full Name: Michael Fleming Physical Description (1920): Age 24, height 5 foot 6¼ inches, weight 144 lbs, fair hair, blue eyes, ....

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Dr John O’Flanagan – The Forgotten Escape from the Custom House

Posted on 14th October, 2021

By Mel MacGiobúin, grandson of ASU man Jimmy Gibbons who took part in the Burning on 25 May 1921. It is ....

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Cecil Malley – Not Just a Shadow of His Big Brother

Posted on 9th October, 2021

It’s no surprise that the siblings of the famous uncompromising Republican Ernie O’Malley have been overshadowed by his remarkable revolutionary ....

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Custom House Prisoner Profiles: Myles Doody

Posted on 7th October, 2021

Full Name: Myles Doody (Maol Muire Ó Dubhta) Address: 1 Addison Road, Fairview Unit: 5th Battalion (Engineers), No. 2 Section. Born: 20 January ....

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Custom House Prisoner Profile: Leo Waldron

Posted on 26th September, 2021

In Kilmainham autograph book (Kilmainham Gaol Museum) Full Name: Francis Leo Waldron, known as Leo Address: 542 North Circular Road Unit: C Coy, ....

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Custom House Prisoner Profile: Ned Fogarty

Posted on 17th September, 2021

In Kilmainham Gaol (Kilmainham Gaol Museum) Full Name: Nicholas Edward ‘Ned’ Fogarty Address: 15 Findlater Place, Sackville (now O’Connell) Street Unit: F ....

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