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He resided at Drumshanfrick, Rosslea, County Sergeant Devoy was nineteen years old when Fermanagh. he died and he resided at Cappagh, Clondalkin, Devoy, John: Sergeant, Service No: 11673 (also County Dublin. 21149), 2nd Eastern Division, died in Saint Vin- He was interred in Esker Cemetery, Lucan, cent’s Hospital on 22/11/1922 from a gunshot Co. Dublin. wound to the abdomen which he received on Dillon: Service No: C290, was shot on 14/8/1922. Main Street, Clondalkin, County Dublin on 19/11/1922. (Date of death is recorded on his No forename, rank, place of death or where this death certificate as 20/11/1922 and 18/11/1922 soldier resided were recorded in the ‘Deceased in other documents within his pension file). Members of the Defence Forces’ listings, other than that he had been shot by anti-Treaty forces. The shooting of Sergeant Devoy occurred when both he and Captain Dowling, with a Diviney, Stephen: Private, Service No: 10576 (also number of comrades, including some civilians, 1178), 1st Western Division, was shot dead on were standing talking and playing a mouth organ the night of 1/10/1922 in the streets of Athenry in the village of Clondalkin after they had been town, County Galway. to Hartes Public House for a few drinks. Earlier that night a raiding party had fired As they departed for home, several shots rang into the home of Sean Broderick T. D. and, after out from the direction of New Road, causing doing so, they had walked towards the square in everyone to run for cover. Athenry, where they shot Private Diviney dead as he stood talking to some civilians.126 In quick response Captain Dowling began firing his Webley revolver in the direction of the Private Diviney had joined the National attackers and, when the firing ceased, Sergeant Army on 18/4/1922 and was also ranked as Devoy was found lying on the ground. Private Corporal or acting NCO in Athenry Barracks T. Coates asked him if he had been shot and he where he was stationed. responded by confirming he had been shot in the He resided at Ballinacloughy, Oranmore, stomach. A priest and doctor were then sent for County Galway. and he was removed into Harte’s pub. He was Dockery, Michael: Brigadier-General, North Roscomm- later taken to Saint Vincent’s Hospital in an on Brigade, was killed in action on 7/7/1922 ambulance by Red Cross men who had been during an attack on Boyle Barracks, County Ros- dispatched from Baldonnell. common. Sergeant Devoy had been previously em- ployed as a ‘Mill Hand’ at Clondalkin Paper Date of death is also variously recorded as Mills and he had been a member of Na Fianna 1/7/1922 and 2/7/1922. Éireann from 1917-1921, attached to I Company, The following account by a Private named 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade.125 He joined the Igoe, who was with Brigadier-General Dockery National Army on 23/3/1922 and held the ranks when he was killed, tells us that he was on of Corporal and Acting-Sergeant. sentry duty on the night in question at the rear of Prior to his killing he had been living with his. Boyle workhouse which had been occupied by aunt who, upon learning of his death, died from National troops at the time: shock two days later. At about 3 a.m. he heard rifle shots at the . 1 –––National Army soldiers killed in the line of duty 11922922922----3333 999999 However, he resided at Ballycorkery, Bally- was attacked by anti-Treaty forces and, during the nacargy, County Westmeath. fighting, he was shot dead while defending it.192 Private Bernard Kiely from Limerick, who was According to his pension file he was not an seriously wounded in the same attack, travelled attested member of the National Army, but was on the same boat.189 Both men were members of under the control of the Minister of Defence at the 1st Western Division. the time of his death. However, in the ‘Deceased Prior to joining the National Army, Private/ Members of the Defence Forces’ listings, he is Corporal Gilchrist had worked as a labourer and clearly ranked as Private T. Gillanders, Service was an ex-British soldier. His brother Daniel also No: 57182 as above. He had previously served as had served in the National Army.190 a Company Adjutant in the Monaghan Company, Gill, William Joseph: Lieutenant, A Coy, 2nd Battal- Monaghan Battalion, Irish Republican Army ion, was killed in action on 16/9/1922 at Glena- during the War of Independence and had been moy, County Mayo, having suffered a bullet active in the Monaghan and Belfast areas. He wound in the head. (See entry for Sergeant-Major had also been interned for a period in Ballykinlar Edward Crabbe who was killed in the same Camp until his release in December 1921. incident – JL). Private Gillanders was twenty-six years old Lieutenant Gill had joined the National Army when he died and resided in Old Cross Square, on 27/2/1922, having previously served in the IRA County Monaghan. as a Volunteer for two years with F Company 1st Gillespie, Frederick: Sergeant, Service No: 56569, Battalion, Inny Brigade. He was attested in the was killed in action on 3/8/ National Army on 27/2/1922, and went on the 1922 at Tralee, County Kerry, first detachment from the Inny Brigade to while serving as a member of Beggars’ Bush Barracks on 2/3/1922. Later he B Company, 2nd Battalion, was transferred to Athlone at the beginning of Dublin Guard. hostilities and then to the West – where he lost He was one of three Nat- his life.191 ional soldiers killed by Lewis Lieutenant Gill resided in Ruthall Street, gunfire at the junction of County Westmeath. Rock Street and Pembroke Street in Tralee, County Gillanders, Thomas Patrick: Private, Service No: Kerry. This action was part 57182, died from gunshot wounds on 18/8/1922 of the Fenit landings in in County Monaghan. (Above) Sgt. Fred Gillespie which nine soldiers in all Two locations are given as to where his death (Courtesy Seán Ó Murchadha) lost their lives. took place in the town, namely the Monaghan Their bodies were later taken from Kerry to Courthouse and Monaghan Military Barracks. Portobello Barracks, where Lieutenant John The first account suggests that he was killed (Jack) Tierney, himself a former member of B when the Courthouse garrison in which he was a Coy, 2nd Battalion, Dublin Brigade, described in member was fired upon by anti-Treaty forces a letter dated 4/5/1955 that he was present when who were in the process of robbing a bank. Michael Collins viewed the remains of the de- The second account of his death places him at ceased soldiers, after which the General knelt a Military Barracks in Monaghan town when it down and cried. 1 –––National Army soldiers killed in the line of duty 11922922922----3333 147 McCarthy, Denis: Private, Service No: 64703, 1st at 36 Ailesbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin when Cork Reserve, was shot dead on the night of a party of National soldiers drove up in a Crossley 29/8/1922 at Barrack Street, Cork. tender to the home of Mrs. Humphreys, a sister Private McCarthy had been stationed in the of the O’Rahilly (who was killed while leading jail there after being transferred from Blarney a an assault from the General Post Office during few days earlier and was home visiting his wife the Easter week insurrection of 1916 – JL). and child then residing in Barrack Street. When the soldiers arrived, they surrounded When he was returning to duty, they the house and some of them proceeded towards accompanied him a short distance before parting it to gain admittance and carry out a search. and shortly after doing so his wife heard shots However, as soon as they opened the outer and subsequently learned that her husband had garden gate, they came under fire from a bed- been killed.305 He had been fired at from a door- room window over the front door. way and was hit three times. The soldiers returned fire and a fierce battle A jury returned a verdict of wilful murder at ensued in which Private McCartney was struck an Inquest into his death.306 His death is not by a bullet in the chest and fell, mort-ally recorded in the ‘Deceased Members of the wounded, onto the lawn. Defence Forces’ listings. Although quickly removed to Baggot Street Private McCarthy had previously served in Hospital, he died shortly after admission. the British Army with the Royal Irish Regiment The soldiers rushed the house, calling on (Service No: 10676). those inside to surrender. They managed to force Denis McCarthy resided at 86 Barrack Street, entry into the hallway and into some of the rooms Cork, Co. Cork. on the ground floor. McCarthy, Maurice: Private, Service No: VR1061, However, the occupants continued to fire at was killed in action on 4/8/1922 at a window in the soldiers and there was an exchange of shots Bruff Barracks, County Limerick while defending inside the house. the barracks from an anti-Treaty IRA attack. A man, later identified as Ernest (Ernie) Private McCarthy’s date of death is also O’Malley, put up a stubborn fight from a recorded as 7/7/1923. landing commanding the hall and stairways. He resided at Ballyedmond, Middleton, County The soldiers fired back and he was hit several Cork. times and eventually fell, seriously wounded.
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