Old IRA Dublin Brigade

[capel street man]

Welcome to the site Liam, a Seamus Grace made a witness statement and a James Grace was involved in the 1916 Uprising, could any of these be related to your family.
Keep up the research
Good luck
CSM

[Alphonsus]

old IRA Dublin Brigade 3rd Battalion "B" Company
list 2

old IRA Dublin Brigade list 3 3rd Battalion B Company

[Alphonsus]

old IRA Dublin Brigade 3rd Battalion "B" Company
list 2

old IRA Dublin Brigade list 3 3rd Battalion B Company

Old IRA Dublin Brigade 3rd Battalion B Company list 4

[Liam Galway]

Thanks CSM. My father was too young to have been involved in 1916 - he was just 18 at time of Custom House  so unlikely to have figured in much action before then - there was a reference in his pension application to having been involved in the "Whitehall attack" but have never been able to identify exactly which event this was. I have checked the statements of most of the others who were involved in the Dublin Brigade but without any luck..

[capel street man]

Morning Liam, there is a plaque in a wall, outside a corporation house in Yellow Road, Whitehall, dedicated to a Volunteer, I have no idea who it is or why it is there, perhaps this relates to the reference in your fathers pension application, maybe someone on this site could help and explain the story behind the plaque.
If I come across any other information, I will let you know.
CSM

[capel street man]

Liam, I wasn't referring to your father but asking if you have checked if he had any brothers or family that could have been involved in the 1916 Uprising or made a W.S.
Regarding the young age of your father, 18 years old , that was not unusual, the likes of Charley Dalton and Vinnie Byrne come to mind.
The Fianna Eireann, was the male youth movement, run on the same lines as the Volunteers, they were members of the Dublin Brigade, acted as spies, took messages, some as young as 11 years old, when they were old enough they moved up to the main Volunteers, staying with the same Companies and Battalions, one of my own relatives put down on his pension application that he was a" boy Sargeant in E.CO.2nd Batt. Dublin Brigade"
CSM"

[Alphonsus]

Looking for names for commemoration of the 100th anniversary.

Old photos and/or other snippets of info will make for a wonderful remembrance day for our old army veterans because a mention would show that we continue to honour and respect their bravery, courage and dedication for Ireland.

[capel street man]

Great photo Alphonsus, do you have any further information on when and where it was taken, the uniforms look like they are of the Free State Army.
CSM

[Liam Galway]

Thanks CSM - will certainly check out that plaque when next in dublin.

On a slightly un-related matter, I was trying to find out if there was any ceremony planned for the 90th anniversary of the burning of the Custom House later this month. Have written to a number of Govt email contacts but got no response.

Would anybody be aware if anything is planned?