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| Date | 2014-04-15 |
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| Message | Eugene Vaughan refused to apply for a pension. He went to Detroit and never returned. I note Pa Vaughan did not have a pension either. Not sure if Sean Healy got one but I do know his stomach never recovered from hunger strike. |
| Date | 2014-02-18 |
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| Message | great site - excellent content. Anyone got any details on volunteers who declined medals and pensions and refused to engage with the Free State govt subsequent to 1922 ? My grand father and his brother, Peter & Tim O'Connell, G Cpy, 1st Cork Brigade were such men, jailed in 1920 and sent over to Wormwood Scrubbs - seem to have air-brushed themselves from Irish official history. I understand that many similar minded men existed and a lot emigrated to the US. |
Private Message added 2013-12-21 |
| Date | 2013-12-11 |
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| Message | Thanks Jack for the the information. Will correct the street name. |
| Date | 2013-12-07 |
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| Message |  My late father was a 10 year on his way to school at Sullivans's Quay when he encountered the aftermath of the Barrack Street ambush in October 1920. He saw the finger of the dead soldier stuck to the wall. The foot of Barrack Street was much narrower up to some years ago. May I make a small point about the location from whence the lorry came? It is Cove Street not Cobh Street. The latter is a modern name from about 1920 for the town formerly called Queenstown. It was known as the Cove of Cork prior to Queen Victoria's visit in 1849. I have read a suggestion that Cove Strret got its name from a little harbour in the vacinity. Bear in mind that much of the land around the south bank of the River Lee was reclaimed from the river, mostly in the 17th and 18th century. This is why some of the streets flood in spring tides. |
| Date | 2013-12-07 |
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| Message | My late father was a 10 year on his way to school at Sullivans's Quay when he encountered the aftermath of the Barrack Street ambush in October 1920. He saw the finger of the dead soldier stuck to the wall. The foot of Barrack Street was much narrower up to some years ago. May I make a small point about the location from whence the lorry came? It is Cove Street not Cobh Street. The latter is a modern name from about 1920 for the town formerly called Queenstown. It was known as the Cove of Cork prior to Queen Victoria's visit in 1849. I have read a suggestion that Cove Strret got its name from a little harbour in the vacinity. Bear in mind that much of the land around the south bank of the River Lee was reclaimed from the river, mostly in the 17th and 18th century. This is why some of the streets flood in spring tides. |
| Date | 2013-11-02 |
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| Message | Very interesting link.. great storys of brave men and women, in their fight for Irelands Freedom.. |
Private Message added 2013-06-18 |
| Date | 2013-05-24 |
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| Message | I am a grand-nephew of Ted, Jack, and Con Buckley of Kanturk, who according to these accounts were part of the Kanturk Men. Any information of their activities is of interest to their family in the USA. Thank you for the documentation and history. |
Private Message added 2013-05-05 |
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