Custom House Burning - Part 1 / John Wilson

[seanod]

Hi, I have had a similar problem with the O'Reilly brothers. I know they came from the Jones' Road area but I can't find them in the Census at all. As they were Gaeilgeoirí I have tried Ua Raghailligh, Ua Rathaile and every permutation I can think of  but with no result. I con't know if people were prosecuted for not giving their census details? Anyway, I just had a look and Louisa Herbert was living at Fitzwilliam Place North (Arran Quay, Dublin) in the 1911 Census. She had a brother called Matthew who was 26 at that time, so he could be the man in the picture, who would then be in his mid 30s. 

The O'Reilly brothers, Patrick and Stephen, lived in 3 Wellesley Place in 1911

Hi Auntie Nellie. I am sorry not to have replied sooner. I didn't notice your post. That's great. I managed to find Patrick under the name Reilly but his brother isn't there. He must have been elsewhere at the time of the census. I was looking under various names of places but Wesley Place and Wellesley Place didn't come up because it is down as Wellsley. Computers really help things sometimes but they can make searching difficult as even one letter out of place can be enough to throw the computer completely. Thanks for your help!

[Roosterno1]

Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone had any information on my great grandfather Leo Duffy.  margnip2 mentioned earlier that she had a picture, could you please send this onto me.

Thanks everyone.

[margnip2]

Hi Roosterno1

I don't really have any information on your great grandfather.  all I know is he shared a cell in Kilmainham Goal with my granddad.  If you send me your email address I will send you the picture I have got, it's not very good as it is just a photo copy not a scan.

[shanew147]

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[Roosterno1]

Hi margnip2,

I'm only getting use to this site. Can you see pictures on this site?  My great- grandfather was also in E Company 2nd Battalion and he was captured at the burning of the custom house. I was reading on another forum that he was executed this is not true, he died an old man at home by natural causes.  I'm doing a lot of this research for my granddad and also myself as i find it fascinating.

Thanks,
Roosterno1

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[Gary Deering]

Hi Rooster your Granfather is on the arrest list his address is 9 back lane, cornmarket.John Wilson is on the list too, he has a prisoner number but no address ! there is no number for Leo .Seanod is the man you need to talk too.He is working on a book about the burning of the Custom House. I am sure if he has anything on your Granfather he will tell & would be greatfull for any information you can share with him .

Gary

[corisande]

Roosterno1

You may find  you get more information if you start a new thread on Leo Duffy, as there is a lot in this Custom House thread.

For example I would be interested to know what he was doing on Bloody Sunday, but I do not want to gunge up a Custom House thread by diverting it

[seanod]

Hi folks, and particularly to Roosterno1. I'm interested in the information you have about Leo Duffy. I found a reference to the death of Leo Duffy by shooting in 1938 in one of the papers - he was shot on Sunday the 1st of January 1938, at 20 Charleville Road, Rathmines. He was shot by his brother Christopher Duffy, who had mental health problems. According to the obit he was in C Company, 3rd Battalion of the Dublin Brigade and was Vice President of the Old Dublin Brigade Association. Duffy is not an uncommon name and it's not impossible that I have got the wrong man but I am confused by the BMH List, (list of arrested at the time of Custom House attack) which gives his address as 9 Back Lane, Cornmarket, Dublin. In the 1911 census, he was at 9 Back Lane, Merchant’s Quay (obviously the same place) and he had a brother called Christopher who was then 20, Leo was 7. Their father was a carpenter from Dublin. Are you sure that the information you have been supplied with is accurate? People sometimes change these kind of details because of the stigma associated with mental illness.

[Gary Deering]

Seanod same place, Cornmarket & Merchants Quay are a stones throw apart. BTW Sean I found a snippet on John Foy I will scan & email it to you over the next day or so.

Gary