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Dublin / Re: Micheal Collins and 'The Squad'.
« on: Thursday 10 March 16 06:34 GMT (UK) »
Hi David
My great Uncle Owen Slowey from Drogheda was at Ballykinlar with Haydn Corri. I think he is referred to as "Aiden Corri" in the military history written and signed by Patrick Colgan in 1953 and in the book "Prisoners of War-Ballykinlar Interment Camp 1920-1921" written by Liam O Duibhir. According to that book and the Military History booklet I found online, after Patrick Colgan handed over Mr. Whelan and he was hung in Feb 1921, when the authorities came for your relative, Aiden Corri he was ready with an imposter who would assume Aiden's identity. The person who agreed to assume the name Aiden Corri was my great Uncle Owen Slowey. My great uncle was sent to Mountjoy, where he was "half-hung", beaten and suffered from some form of water torture. After that, a RIC recognized him as Owen Slowey from Drogheda, and they sent him back to Ballykinlar. A year later, after he was released, his 22 year old sister Alice Slowey was shot and killed in Drogheda. The officers shot through the door of her fiancé's family wire factory as she was coming to open the door and she was killed. Their pub was right across the street and she was waked there. Their oldest sister was my grandmother, Rose Slowey, who married Ned McDonnell from Slane and they moved to the Bronx in 1928. Owen Slowey from the camp came to NY in 1929 and had a hard time with the depression. He lost contact with my grandmother, the last we heard he was working for the railroad in New Haven in 1940. Well, we just found out he died of TB in 1952 in Rochester. WE never knew all this until the last few months. I saw that your relative Haydn also assumed the identity of Owen Slowey. So interesting. My father, Rose's son (86) in Cape Cod Mass and his brother Owen (76) in Ct, would love to learn more about Hayden Corri and communicate with you, if possible. Would love to hear from you! Xavier McDonnell, San Diego CA
My great Uncle Owen Slowey from Drogheda was at Ballykinlar with Haydn Corri. I think he is referred to as "Aiden Corri" in the military history written and signed by Patrick Colgan in 1953 and in the book "Prisoners of War-Ballykinlar Interment Camp 1920-1921" written by Liam O Duibhir. According to that book and the Military History booklet I found online, after Patrick Colgan handed over Mr. Whelan and he was hung in Feb 1921, when the authorities came for your relative, Aiden Corri he was ready with an imposter who would assume Aiden's identity. The person who agreed to assume the name Aiden Corri was my great Uncle Owen Slowey. My great uncle was sent to Mountjoy, where he was "half-hung", beaten and suffered from some form of water torture. After that, a RIC recognized him as Owen Slowey from Drogheda, and they sent him back to Ballykinlar. A year later, after he was released, his 22 year old sister Alice Slowey was shot and killed in Drogheda. The officers shot through the door of her fiancé's family wire factory as she was coming to open the door and she was killed. Their pub was right across the street and she was waked there. Their oldest sister was my grandmother, Rose Slowey, who married Ned McDonnell from Slane and they moved to the Bronx in 1928. Owen Slowey from the camp came to NY in 1929 and had a hard time with the depression. He lost contact with my grandmother, the last we heard he was working for the railroad in New Haven in 1940. Well, we just found out he died of TB in 1952 in Rochester. WE never knew all this until the last few months. I saw that your relative Haydn also assumed the identity of Owen Slowey. So interesting. My father, Rose's son (86) in Cape Cod Mass and his brother Owen (76) in Ct, would love to learn more about Hayden Corri and communicate with you, if possible. Would love to hear from you! Xavier McDonnell, San Diego CA