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Dublin / Re: 5th battalion north dublin
« on: Thursday 31 March 16 10:52 BST (UK) »Hi, Did you mean Dan Brophy? If so, Dan Brophy was my grandfather
Was this Colonel Dan Brophy per chance some of whose family emigrated to the US ?
Yes his youngest daughter Aideen also emigrated to US
Hello
I was talking of Paddy who was his son by Jane, his first wife who died young, Paddy emigrated to the US and passed away a couple of years ago.
Paddy was married to a Hanratty who are related to me on my Dad's side and Jane his first wife was a sister of Paddy Doyle who was out with him in 1916 and is a distant relative on my mums side.
Dan of course was one of the 20 men that Tomas Ashe sent to the GPO on Easter Tuesday.
Dan married a Golden who may be a sister of another of the 1916 men from Lusk.
I was speaking with some members of Black Raven Pipe Band who remember Dan Brophy as he was a distant relative.
Hi, yes my mother has photos of her with Brandon, paddy and Josie when she was a child. My Grandfather was John, Dan's son born 1930.
Would be interested to know if you have traced back further than Dans parents Patrick and Sarah?
Yes Dan was sworn into the IRB by Ashe in 1908 after Ashe and Lawless had taken interest in him for intelligence work. He managed to record his memories of events of his life in writing before he died. There was also an account from Kevin Golden circulating too at one time. Kevin was Florence's brother.