An interesting document
in the Bureau of Military History compiled during the Irish Civil War, 1922-23,
lists the names of the Free State Troops who were present in the Edenderry
Barracks (the former workhouse) on the night of 12-13 November 1922. In the first
few months of the Civil War, from the end of June until the beginning of
September 1922, the Edenderry workhouse was attacked six times by the Anti-Treaty
IRA. Ciarán Reilly writes that of the 120 stationed in Edenderry barracks during
the Civil War, thirty-three were from Edenderry. He has identified his
great-grandfather, William McEvoy as one of them. Can you identify any of your
own ancestors?
Name |
Age
|
Address
|
William Nolan
|
35
|
Blundell St
|
James Mullen
|
35
|
Main St
|
William Kenny
|
25
|
Blundell St
|
Denis Collins
|
22
|
St Marys Rd
|
William Foran
|
29
|
Carrick Rd
|
William McEvoy
|
35
|
Drumcooley
|
William Keyes
|
18
|
Drumcooley
|
James Whelan
|
27
|
Cloncannon
|
James Bland
|
44
|
Railway St
|
Patrick Walker
|
29
|
Windsor St
|
James Gowran
|
36
|
Main St
|
John Mooney
|
24
|
Conoboro
|
Bernard Farrell
|
18
|
Derravilla
|
George Ladley
|
17
|
Main St
|
Bernard Farrell
|
22
|
Cloncannon
|
James Briens
|
35
|
Blundell St
|
John McCormack
|
26
|
Rathmore
|
John Cummins
|
23
|
Conoboro
|
Chris Connell
|
50
|
Blundell St
|
Thomas Hussey
|
50
|
Blundell St
|
Thomas Fulton
|
48
|
Blundell St
|
Thomas Brereton
|
22
|
Blundell St
|
Christopher Hope
|
29
|
Conoboro
|
Joseph Judge
|
40
|
Blundell St
|
Bernard Hope
|
22
|
Conoboro
|
James Bland
|
33
|
Drumcooley
|
Thomas Connor
|
46
|
Blundell St
|
Peter Fulton
|
20
|
Main St
|
Michael Graham
|
31
|
New Row
|
Matthew Hynes
|
33
|
Rathvilla
|
Pat O’Connor
|
18
|
Glann
|
Bernard Mulraney
|
20
|
Ballykillen
|
Patrick Mulraney
|
22
|
Ballykillen
|
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