Ira man killed in action 1922 completed

[sangal]

Hi I just found a head stone for my grandfathers cousin.
John Monks soldier f company 4th batt IRA. Killed in action 28 th June 1922.Would this have been in the news papers.

[Oaks and Acorns]

28 June 1922 was the first day of the Civil War. The Four Courts in Dublin, which were held by the IRA, were bombed by Free State troops. It is likely possible that John Monks died in this engagement.

Interesting background here but no casualty list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dublin

Dara.

[sangal]

Thank you Dara

[seanod]

There doesn't seem to be any account of this apart from the information below. In my experience they didn't always register the deaths of military casualties in the civil registration system either. However, there is one reference to him in the Irish Independent of July 13th, 1922.
"The Management Committee of the Irish General Railway and Engineering Union, at their last meeting, expressed sympathy with Brother Thomas Monks on the death of his son, Brother John Monks."
That's all there is, I'm afraid.

[sangal]

Thank you so much for that information.

[Oaks and Acorns]

If he was a Railway worker you might find something in the Railway Archives:

http://www.irrs.ie/Common%20Files/archive.htm

Dara.

[seanod]

Hi, I was in the library there on other business and took a look at the Irish history material. Nothing in O'Farrell's Who's Who of the Irish War of Independence and Civil War, which can be a bit hit-and-miss anyway. Then I looked at the Last Post, which is a list of Republican Dead published by the National Graves Association (Second Ed. 1976). On p. 94, it says:

Monks, John. 21, Nash St., Inchicore, Dublin. Killed at Rudlow, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin. 29/6/'22. Buried Bluebell Cemetery, Dublin.

So, armed with that information I tried searching for a few things in the Irish Newspaper Archives and came up with this, in an article called ITEMS OF THE SIEGE, in the Irish Independent of Friday, June 30, 1922, page 3. Most of this is concerned with the siege of the Four Courts but there is a subheading called Incidents in the Suburbs:

Incidents in the Suburbs
After the attack at Clondalkin on Wednesday night on National troops, the latter found the dead body of one of the attackers, stated to be a man named Monks, of Inchicore. Later a woman drove up in a horse and car, and claimed the remains, which were handed over to her.

Hope this helps.

[sangal]

oh my God.

That is so interesting. Is it possible to get a copy of that Paper .If yes how would I go about it.
thank you very much.
Sandra

[seanod]

Just a correction. I was looking at the book Who's Who of the Irish War of Independence and I said that John Monks death was not recorded in it. In fact it is there in the section about the Anti-Treaty dead in the Civil War. I just missed it. I note also that an R. Monks was killed in August of that year. Was he also a relative?