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Dublin / Re: 3rd Battalion, Fingal Brigade & Leixlip Flying Column
« on: Monday 15 February 10 21:57 GMT (UK)  »
Hello ourmorris,

I'll send you any and all information I have including some transcripts, news clippings as soon as I figure out how to. I'm a bit of a luddite where computers are concerned.

Kristof, sorry I only have a small amount on the 3rd battalion. Apparently 3 members escaped the British breakthrough at Phibsboro and literally stumbled upon the Ashbourne battle. With regards your Grandfather, Francis Brennan, if you dont already know the 1911 census is online and there is one listed for Finglas, aged 11. Would that be him? In addition to usual census info it shows the building and is a very interesting resource.

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Dublin / Re: 3rd Battalion, Fingal Brigade & Leixlip Flying Column
« on: Sunday 14 February 10 21:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Kristof
Im presenting a paper on the Fingal Battalion at a History conference so I might have some useful info. Unfortunately theres very little if any useful archival material relevant to the battalion online. There's several good books on 1916 that deals with the battalion's actions including most famously the Battle at Ashbourne. The best and most recent is Charles Townshend's 'Easter 1916 The Irish Rebellion'. There is also a paper entitled 'Alexander “Baby” Gray (1858-1916) and the Battle at Ashbourne' by Terence Dooley which is free to download if you google it. In terms of primary source material there is a substantial amount of witness statements relating to the battalion in the National Archives of Ireland. Heres a list of their reference numbers if you ever get a chance of visiting Ireland. BMH WS 97 (Richard Hayes)--BMH WS 142 (James O’Connor)--BMH WS 147 (Bernard McAllister)--BMH WS 148 (James Crenegan)--BMH WS 149 (Charles Weston)--BMH WS 177 (Jerry Golden)--BMH WS278 (Francis Daly)--BMH WS 467 (Eugene Bratton)--BMH WS 521 (Jerry Golden)--BMH WS 645 (Nora Aghas)--BMH WS 904 (John Austin)--BMH WS 1043 (Joseph V. Lawless)--BMH WS 1399  Thomas Peppard)--BMH WS 1494 (Mick McAllister). If you want I could email you transcripts and info in my possesion, just remember to set up a spare email account so your own email doesnt get spammed.

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