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Limerick / Re: O'Brien Ballybeg Glin Limerick 1900's
« on: Saturday 04 April 15 11:54 BST (UK)  »
 Willy Sheahan was from another  family . Both of Willy's parents were Sheahans unrelated  apart  from marriage  and to complicate things his uncle Sheahan  married  Willy's  aunt Sheahan , a  double  match  was  made, 2 brother Sheahans  married  2 sister Sheahans. Morty  Sheahan   brother of  Willy lived next to Ballyguiltenane School where I went to school.
I knew all about Patrick Sheahan as he was a distant relative , his  great grandmother was Wallace but I have never been able to prove it. Both Paddy and Jack Sheahan  used to call to our house  whenever they were on  holidays from Dublin  as they were aware that they were cousins

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Limerick / Re: O'Brien Ballybeg Glin Limerick 1900's
« on: Saturday 04 April 15 10:50 BST (UK)  »
next year we are celebrating  the 1916 rebellion and already preparing for it. I knew that someone  from Glin was shot at Dublin Castle but didn't know for sure that it was James O'Brien who was  shot. There was  another casualty  from Glin  in WW1 from named Willy Sheahan  and I got these mixed up.
 The Civil War that followed the War of Independence left bad memories so the whole  thing was  rarely discussed so I never heard the detail about O'Brien. I'm curious to know now where the rest of the family went and I probably knew some of them  growing up.

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Limerick / Re: O'Brien Ballybeg Glin Limerick 1900's
« on: Friday 03 April 15 16:04 BST (UK)  »
Sean Wallace. Amendment to previous  entry. The  rebel's name  was Sean Connolly   not  Casey
  It  would  appear  that  James O'Brien  was unmarried  here is the inscription  from his   tombstone

 Graveyard:  Kilfergus  Cemetery








Exact wording of epitaph:



Sacred
To The Memory Of
Constable
JAMES O'BRIEN
Who Died On 24TH April 1916 From Wounds
Received Whilst Gallantly Doing
His Duty As A Member Of
The Dublin Metropolitian Police
Erected By His Sorrowing
Brothers And Sisters
And By The Subscriblers Of The Irish Police
And Constabulary Reconition Fund.

People commemorated
First person
 
Title:


Constable



 Name:  James



 Surname:  O'Brien



 Date of death - day:  24



 Date of death - month:  April



 Date of death - year:  1916



 Age:  48 years



 Address:  Kilfergus, Glin



 Number of people commemorated:  1


Notes:



Information Passed on :-
Killed During Easter Raising
By Sean Connolly
Whilst "Unarmed"



 Memorial Type:  Celtic Cross




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Limerick / Re: O'Brien Ballybeg Glin Limerick 1900's
« on: Friday 03 April 15 13:39 BST (UK)  »
Hello
My name is Sean Wallace and I am  from Glin Co. Limerick.  I am also a genealogist   (website ROOTSLINKED.com.)
 Your query is most interesting as I was  only yesterday asked  about the  whereabouts of Ballybeg . I  had never heard of a place  called Ballybeg in Glin despite growing up there.I thought it might be a local name for a townland called  something else  nowadays. We have a couple  already  like "Scart "  which is Glenagragra or Clogough  which is Ballyguiltenane  Lower.

 Ballybeg is now called Kilfergus  townland since about 1840 and in Census 1901 and 1911 it is in the D E D of Glin.
 Glin is the R.C parish and Kilfergus Parish is the  equivalent Civil Parish   on  which  all official  records  are  based.
 Kilfergus  townland once called  Ballybeg however  is actually in the Civil Parish of Loughill or Loghill (Old  spelling )

 James O' Brien  an unarmed  constable in the DMP  police force was on duty in Dublin Castlein April 29 1916 and  was shot  dead  by a rebel  called O'Casey.
 James  parents  were Cornelius O'Brien  and Mary Ahearn. His grandfather  was James O'Brien.  In 1911 his brother William is in the home  place  married but  no  mention of  children. I will enquire further in to this  to  see who did the  farm pass on to. email me  anytime


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