Call for Galway city street to be re-named in memory of teenager killed by Crown Forces
6 May 2021
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Galway West TD is calling for a city street to be named after a teenager who was shot dead by crown forces 100 years ago this month.
17 year old Christy Folan was shot dead while in bed at his family home in Woodquay in May 1921, during a raid by the ‘Black and Tans’.
They were searching for his brother James, who was a member of the IRA.
Another brother, Joseph Folan, was also shot during the raid but survived.