1916 Memorial
Place: City Hall, Cork Hill, Dublin 2.
IN MEMORY OF
CAPT. SEÁN CONNOLLY, AND LIEUT. SEÁN O’REILLY,
GEORGE GEOGHEGAN AND LOUIS BYRNE,
IRISH CITIZEN ARMY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND IN THIS BUILDING
EASTER 1916.
ERECTED BY THE NATIONAL GRAVES ASSOCIATION
Luis was also my great grandad on my mother’s side her dad was his son Thomas byren
Louis Byrne is my Great -Grandfather on my Fathers side. His fifteen year old son, also Louis, my Grandfather, was in the GPO on that day. He is one of many in the very large photograph in the GPO which was taken in Croke Park on the 25th Anniversary of the Rising.