Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about a Frank Brennan who was in Kilmainham, apparently as a result of the Customs House fire. In some of the Kilmainham autograph books there are a couple of little verses signed by Frank Brennan:
The reason we're here, is on the Customs House fire
When we were pinched together
We are doing our time in Cell twenty-nine
"Hard Luck" its such lovely weather
Frank Brennan & Frank Carberry
(6 July 1921)
On another autograph Frank Brennan and Frank Carberry signed it "the two Franks" and "the two inseparables". There is another attributed to Frank Brennan:
Now when you leave here
I trust you will think
Of the friends in Kilmainham you've made
And when in a "pub" the toast you should drink
Is, Good Health to the boys of the "Ould Fire Brigade"
Kilmainham sent me a photo of a group of prisoners that had been donated by Frank Carberry's son, and it had Frank Carberry marked, and sitting next to Frank Carberry is a man who is the spitting image of our Frank Brennan!!
So is there a list of persons arrested over the Customs House fire and is there a Frank Brennan on it? Frank was from the North Road, Finglas.
Would anyone know more about Frank Carberry either?
I'm new to this site, so dont really know the ins and outs of the protocol for replying to posts, however...., Frank Brennan was my grandfather and was indeed in kilmainham for his participation in the Custom House Fire.
The autograph books were kept by him after his release and later donated to kilmainham museum by my family. Several of these books were donated and are on display in kilmainham, some have little sketches in them.
He is in the photographs of the prisoners, I will try to identify him in them and repost if that is alright with the original poster.
