Name of memorial: Donoughmore Cemetery I.R.A. Memorial
Place: Donoughmore Cemetery
Address and map reference: Donoughmore, Co. Cork. Map reference: W 488 823
Position: In the north-east section of the cemetery, adjoining the church.
Description and dimensions: Celtic cross. Height 300cms., width of base 120cms. The memorial is at the graves of James Barrett, Peter O’Callaghan and Denis Creedon.
Recorded by: Michael Dolan, June, 2007.
(West face)
TO GOD AND IRELAND TRUE IN LASTING MEMORY
OF THE FOLLOWING I.R.A. OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS
6TH BATT. 1ST CORK BRIGADE
WHO DIED FOR THE FREEDOM OF IRELAND
JAMES BARRETT ADJ. OF BATT. DIED OF WOUNDS
CORK MILITARY PRISON 22.2.1921
PATRICK O’MAHONY, S. C. COY. C
TIMOTHY MCCARTHY, VOL. COY. C
JOHN LYONS, VOL. COY. D
DANIEL O’CALLAGHAN, VOL. COY. E
THOMAS O’BRIEN, VOL. COY. E
EXECUTED CORK MILITARY
PRISON 28.2.1921
DENIS O’SULLIVAN, CAPTAIN A COY.
DIED 19.7.1926
donnxa Ò Suilleawàin
captaen ar xompluxt A
a fuair bas 19.7.1926
(East face)
TO GOD AND IRELAND TRUE
PETER O’CALLAGHAN, VOL. COY. D.
DIED 21.5.1921.
JOHN O’BRIEN, VOL.
KILLED IN ACTION
DONOUGHMORE 14.9.1922.
DENIS CREEDON, VOL. COY. C.
DIED OF WOUNDS 14.9.1922.
FRANCIS POWER, VOL. COY. D.
KILLED IN BATTLE
WHITE’S CROSS 6.10.1922.
WILLIAM HEALY, VOL.
EXECUTED CORK MILITARY
PRISON 13.3.1923
PATRICK MURPHY
VOL. COY. F. DIED 31.1.1923
DANIEL MURPHY
VOL. COY. F. DIED 1.3.1923
DANIEL HEALY
VOL. COY. E. DIED 23.11.1923
MAY GOD GIVE THE LIGHT
OF HEAVEN TO ALL THEIR SOULS
R. I. P.
THEY DIED THAT LIBERTY MIGHT LIVE
William Healy’s letter to his father informing him of the execution date (which is now in UCC) may perhaps give some useful information about close relatives and friends.
https://booleweb.ucc.ie/index.php?pageID=279
The following thesis gives the address of William Healy and a little more information about the circumstances of his capture and execution. https://eprints.nuim.ie/4069/1/The_Government's_Executions_Policy_During_the_Irish_Civil_War_1922_-_1923_(Breen_Murphy_-_62129007).pdf
I am researching family history and would be interested to know if there is any more information on the family connections for (Bill) William Healy mentioned in the above records.
BILL HEALY WHO WAS EXECUTED IN CORK JAIL IN 1923.HIS REMAJNS WERE EXUMED IN 1924 AND REMOVED TO SINN FEIN H.Q IN 56 GRAND PARADE.HIS IDENTIDY WAS CONFIRMED.A FULL REPUBLICAN REMOVAL TOOK PLACE TO THE LOUGH CHURCH HERE IN CORK CITY. THE FOLLOWING MORNING AFTER MASS HIS REMAINS WERE CARRIED TO THE REPUBLICAN PLOT IN ST. FINBARRS CEMETARY CORK WHERE WAS BURIED WITH FULL MILITARY HONOURS
In 1923 I was six years of age when my mother went down town to receive the message that her brother William had been executed. She had taken me along with her. It was the only time I ever saw her cry. She, Julia Healy grew up in Lackabawne House.