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A Shinrone WW1 Veteran - William Quirke
This year, Shinrone Heritage Group was lucky to secure funding from the Heritage Council to record the memorials of St Mary’s graveyard,...
Stephen Callaghan
Dec 27, 20242 min read
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The impressive grave of a Peninsular War Veteran – Colour Sergeant Peter Clayton
My latest book ‘Bully’s Acre, A history of Birr’s forgotten graveyard’ looks at the history of a long forgotten cemetery in the town of...
Stephen Callaghan
Dec 24, 20242 min read
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Drummer Denis Sheehan of Birr
During the initial years of researching military burials in Birr, the burials of young men whose profession was listed as pensioner, were...
Stephen Callaghan
Oct 25, 20244 min read
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Revisiting Birr Military Cemetery and Private James Golding
In a post from earlier this year, we revisited Birr Military Cemetery, after uncovering a medal and more information about one of the...
Stephen Callaghan
Aug 2, 20242 min read
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Finding the unmarked grave of a Victoria Cross recipient
Today, we have a special guest post by previous contributor Fergal Browne. In this post Fergal recounts the life of Victoria Cross...
Stephen Callaghan
Jul 6, 20247 min read
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Revisiting Birr Military Cemetery and Sergeant Instructor of Musketry F. Brooker
Recently, during a brief period of boredom, I decided to pass the time by checking various medal dealer lists. You’ll never know what...
Stephen Callaghan
Apr 19, 20244 min read
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A forgotten Casualty of the 3rd Leinsters - Private John Moran
In the military cemetery located in Crinkill, just outside Birr, there is a memorial commemorating the death casualties of the...
Stephen Callaghan
Mar 16, 20242 min read
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