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Date2007-05-15
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MessageLisa,

This is taken from an interview with Connie Neenan ,Cork 2nd. Brigade leader (from the book Survivors). That's all there is - it may or may not be a lead.

Civil War - When our brigade in Cork heard of the attack on the Four Courts we met straightaway. We decided to reinforce Limerick. My party was stopped at Buttevant but we reached Broadford in Limerick the first night. We were caught there between two Free State posts. With me were a number that I recall, Corney Sullivan and a lad called Spillane. Next thing the shooting started and Spillane fell. We all lay prone. I could see his rifle had dropped away from him. He died in five minutes. That was the start of it for us. We went from there to Rathkeale where we met Liam Lynch. We moved on to Adare; we captured a post there. Then we arrived in Limerick. We lost a couple of great lads there. One fellow that I recall now, Paddy Naughton, he was very good in the Tan War.


NameMaurice
Date2007-05-15
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MessageLisa, Unless you have a fair amount of information yourself to go on, it can sometimes be very difficult to get any more details on specific individuals, as I have discovered.


Namelisa murphy
Date2007-05-14
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Messageis there any archives i could get to read about my relations that were killed and about my cousin buried in the republican plot in cork


NameAntaine
Date2007-05-09
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MessageJohn Jefferies, could you please email me? A relative I'm currently researching was an associate/comrade of your grand-uncle in Cork No.1. [email protected]


NameKieran O Connell
Date2007-05-07
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MessageI would like some information on Dennis Spriggs who was killed on July 8th 1921 in Blarney Street Cork ?


NameJohn Jefferies
Date2007-05-04
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MessageExcellent site, well researched. Just one correction though, the commander of the Cork No.1 was Dan O'Donovan, not Donovan, known as Sandow. He was my grand-uncle.


NameLISA MURPHY
Date2007-05-03
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Messagedo you know where i can get the history about him


Namelisa murphy
Date2007-05-01
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Messagethat i know of from his headstone but i want to find out where he was killed and is there any of his relations still alive


NameWebmaster
Date2007-05-01
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MessageLisa,

From the list of internments at the Republican plot at St. Finbarr's Cemetery ...

William Spillane (First Brigade, Second Battalion) Killed in action 30-6-1922.

This information confirms that he was killed during the early stages of the Civil War. The second battalion was based on the south side of Cork city.


Namelisa murphy
Date2007-04-30
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Messagehe was in the first battalion of the old ira


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