Name of soldier/sailor : Colin Horner Name of descendent : Tommy Horner Colin Horner was a sailor on the HMS Hardy when it was torpedoed in the Artic Ocean by a U boat during the Second World War. Blown overboard, he managed to survive in the icy waters until rescued, and went on to liveContinue reading “Colin Horner – Rotherham seaman torpedoed by U-boat in 1944, but swam and lived”
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Charles O’Donoghue – Clareman who fought in Great War and then joined new Irish Army
Name of soldier : Charles O’Donoghue Your own name : Jim O’Donoghue The case of Charles O’Donoghue is yet another story from the Great Western Square area of north Dublin, which, with its adjoining streets, has provided so many World War One stories for this site. In this case, it is from the small adjoiningContinue reading “Charles O’Donoghue – Clareman who fought in Great War and then joined new Irish Army”
William Byrne – A Corkman who was gassed twice, but lived
Name of soldier : William Byrne Descendent : Liam Byrne In 2013, Phibsborough resident Liam Byrne died tragically in an accident on his beloved Inishbofin Island, off the Galway coast. The small island was, and still is, a family holiday destination and bolthole, and the original homeland of the family of his wife Carmel. LiamContinue reading “William Byrne – A Corkman who was gassed twice, but lived”
The Lion and the Shamrock 