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Place of birth

Trinity Without, Waterford [13]

Dublin [9]

St Patrick's, Waterford [8]

Dungarvan, County Waterford [7]

Cashel, County Tipperary [6]

Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary [5]

Trinity Without, Ballybricken, Waterford [5]

Wexford [5]

Ballybricken, Waterford [4]

Carlow [4]

St Mary's, Enniscorthy, County Wexford [4]

Waterford, County Waterford [4]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Castlecomer, County Kilkenny [3]

Clonmel, County Tipperary [3]

Cork [3]

Nenagh, County Tipperary [3]

New Ross, County Wexford [3]

St. Mary's, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary [3]

Taghmon, County Wexford [3]

Aglish, County Waterford [2]

Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Charleville, County Cork [2]

Christchurch [2]

Duncormick, County Wexford [2]

Enniscorthy, County Wexford [2]

Fermoy, County Cork [2]

Ferns, County Wexford [2]

Gorey, County Wexford [2]

Kilkenny [2]

Kilkenny, County Kilkenny [2]

Kilmore, County Wexford [2]

Leek, Staffordshire [2]

Limerick [2]

Mallow, County Cork [2]

Piercestown, County Wexford [2]

Portlaw, County Waterford [2]

Shoreditch, Middlesex [2]

St Mary's, Clonmel, County Tipperary [2]

St. Andrew's, Dublin [2]

St. Bridget's, Wexford [2]

Thomastown, County Kilkenny [2]

Thurles, County Tipperary [2]

Abbeyleix, Queen's County [1]

Abbeyside, County Waterford [1]

Aberavon, Wales [1]

Acton, London, Middlesex [1]

Affane, Cappoquin, County Waterford [1]

Agra [1]

Ahenure, Callan, Co. Kilkenny [1]

Rank

Private [482]

Lance Corporal [57]

Corporal [32]

Serjeant [30]

Captain [23]

Lieutenant [23]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Major [11]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Drummer [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Major and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Private (Boy) [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster Captain [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class Two [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [584]

Royal Irish Rifles [36]

2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [5]

Army Reserve [4]

Connaught Rangers [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Corps of Lancers [3]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

2nd Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

23rd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [1]

ALIAS [1]

Army Cyclists Corps [1]

Assistant Adjutant General [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Imperial Force (AIF) [1]

HMS Arab (base ship HMS Leander) [1]

HMS Basilisk [1]

HMS Carnarvon [1]

HMS Carysfort [1]

HMS Comus [1]

HMS Concord [1]

HMS Europa [1]

HMS Hood [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Newark (base HMS Ganges) [1]

HMS Newark (base Shikari II) [1]

HMS Taurus [1]

Imperial Yeomanry [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Attached Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps attached Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Irish [1]

Royal Irish Regiment (Section B Reserve) [1]

Royal Irish Regiment (Section D Reserve) [1]

Royal Irish Rifle Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [601]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

C [68]

M [66]

D [52]

B [48]

H [48]

F [44]

R [36]

S [35]

G [33]

K [32]

L [25]

W [24]

O [22]

P [21]

T [18]

A [8]

J [8]

N [8]

E [7]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [601]

Country

United Kingdom [277]

Ireland [165]

Germany [50]

India [34]

Belgium [2]

France [2]

Mauritius [1]

New Zealand [1]

Poland [1]

Switzerland [1]

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People [606] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Trinity Without, Waterford [13] Dublin [9] St Patrick's, Waterford [8] Dungarvan, County Waterford [7] Cashel, County Tipperary [6] Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary [5] Trinity Without, Ballybricken, Waterford [5] Wexford [5] Ballybricken, Waterford [4] Carlow [4] St Mary's, Enniscorthy, County Wexford [4] Waterford, County Waterford [4] Brighton, Sussex [3] Castlecomer, County Kilkenny [3] Clonmel, County Tipperary [3] Cork [3] Nenagh, County Tipperary [3] New Ross, County Wexford [3] St. Mary's, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary [3] Taghmon, County Wexford [3] Aglish, County Waterford [2] Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Charleville, County Cork [2] Christchurch [2] Duncormick, County Wexford [2] Enniscorthy, County Wexford [2] Fermoy, County Cork [2] Ferns, County Wexford [2] Gorey, County Wexford [2] Kilkenny [2] Kilkenny, County Kilkenny [2] Kilmore, County Wexford [2] Leek, Staffordshire [2] Limerick [2] Mallow, County Cork [2] Piercestown, County Wexford [2] Portlaw, County Waterford [2] Shoreditch, Middlesex [2] St Mary's, Clonmel, County Tipperary [2] St. Andrew's, Dublin [2] St. Bridget's, Wexford [2] Thomastown, County Kilkenny [2] Thurles, County Tipperary [2] Abbeyleix, Queen's County [1] Abbeyside, County Waterford [1] Aberavon, Wales [1] Acton, London, Middlesex [1] Affane, Cappoquin, County Waterford [1] Agra [1] Ahenure, Callan, Co. Kilkenny [1]

Rank

Private [482] Lance Corporal [57] Corporal [32] Serjeant [30] Captain [23] Lieutenant [23] Second Lieutenant [19] Major [11] Lance Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [6] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Drummer [5] Acting Corporal [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Private Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Bandsman [1] Boy [1] Brevet Major and Adjutant [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Colonel [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Private (Boy) [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quartermaster Captain [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class Two [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [584] Royal Irish Rifles [36] 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [5] Army Reserve [4] Connaught Rangers [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Corps of Lancers [3] Leinster Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 2nd Royal Irish Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] 23rd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment [1] ALIAS [1] Army Cyclists Corps [1] Assistant Adjutant General [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Imperial Force (AIF) [1] HMS Arab (base ship HMS Leander) [1] HMS Basilisk [1] HMS Carnarvon [1] HMS Carysfort [1] HMS Comus [1] HMS Concord [1] HMS Europa [1] HMS Hood [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Newark (base HMS Ganges) [1] HMS Newark (base Shikari II) [1] HMS Taurus [1] Imperial Yeomanry [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Attached Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps attached Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Irish [1] Royal Irish Regiment (Section B Reserve) [1] Royal Irish Regiment (Section D Reserve) [1] Royal Irish Rifle Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [601] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

C [68] M [66] D [52] B [48] H [48] F [44] R [36] S [35] G [33] K [32] L [25] W [24] O [22] P [21] T [18] A [8] J [8] N [8] E [7] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [601]

Country

United Kingdom [277] Ireland [165] Germany [50] India [34] Belgium [2] France [2] Mauritius [1] New Zealand [1] Poland [1] Switzerland [1]

Timothy Barry

British Army 35540 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 9997 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

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Joseph Rowan

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 8481 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 8481 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 8481 Lance Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Michael Power

Died 1917

British Army 1991 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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W J Parnis England

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Reserve

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Garrison Battalion

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Martin Whelan

British Army 7647 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Thomas Whelan

British Army 6816 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Arthur Perkins

British Army 70718 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 7436 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

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Michael J Flaherty

British Army 10042 Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

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William O'keeffe

British Army 5046 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation to France to join BEF)

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James Finn

British Army 6437 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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James Monaghan

British Army 9028 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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John Lynch

British Army 9191 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army H109950 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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J Burne

British Army 9499 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment

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Daniel Beattie

British Army 7725 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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John Dowling

British Army 6907 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 6907 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

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Arthur Mcvey

British Army 8199 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Patrick Daniels

British Army 4352 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

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Thomas Shanley

British Army 7374 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

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Irvine Lawson

British Army 8139 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Garrett Murphy

British Army 6971 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (embarkation for France to join BEF)

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