By Conor Forrest A BOOK launched on 11 November – Remembrance Day – uncovers the lives and deaths of the men and women from Castledermot and district who fought…
News Desk (06 May, 2021)
The tragic life of First World War solider who could have lived with Charlie Chaplin
V Beach
In the early hours of April 24, 1915, the converted coal carrier SS River Clyde moved slowly towards V beach on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey,
writes Southwark historian Neil Crossfield…
Hundreds of men from the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, cramped in the dark hold of the ship, prepared to play their part in Churchill’s ill-fated attempt to force the Dardanelles and strike a decisive blow against the Ottoman Empire. Simultaneous landings would take part on other beaches designated X, Y, W and S, while other attacks would be made further up the coast at ANZAC Cove.
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When I think of Father Willie Doyle, a quote comes to mind, “Older men declare war. But it is the youth who must fight and die.” Willie Doyle was both an older man and joined the company of younger men on the front to die.
In 1914, at the start of the apocalyptic WWI, like many men in Europe, Willie Doyle, although a Jesuit priest, immediately volunteered. However, being a priest, he was different from most. Willie had just turned 41 years old and left a successful professional routine. Due to his education and profession, he was given an officer rank and appeared to be headed for a war away from the front.
Help wanted to locate grave of Kilkenny WWI soldier who died in Thomastown
He died on April 22, 1916 in the Thomastown Workhouse, aged 31 years old
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Information is being sought that could help find the grave of Private 10039 Laurence Dowling of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
His family lived in Kilmanaheen/ Kilmanahan in the parish of Dungarvan, and was son of Laurence and Ellen Dowling. He had four brothers - James, Martin, Thomas, who also served in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and Patrick who was living in Wales.
There were three girls, Mrs Barcoe in Neigham, also Bridget and Elizabeth still living with their parents.
Kiskeam man Eugene Callaghan, a Private in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, died on April 1 in the village of Hulluch in northern France. He was among 17 men killed when a tunnel he was digging collapsed when an explosive device was detonated by the enemy in a tunnel underneath the Allied forces.
Private Callaghan, who moved from Kiskeam to Wales when he was just seven years of age, was aged just 22 when he died and is known to be buried in Bois-Carre Military Cemetery in Haisnes.
A memorial headstone bears the inscription Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out . His backpay of £3 16 shillings was divided among his siblings and a gratuity of £6 10 was paid in October 2019.