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Volunteers
of 1916
Following news of the
Easter Rising in Dublin many of the Cork Volunteers prepared for the expected
call-up notice. The order never arrived and on April 30th came the news that the
rising had been quelled. Members of the Volunteers were in danger of immediate
arrest and imprisonment. Perhaps the most significant event in Cork unfolded at
Bawnard House, Castlelyons. Here the R.I.C. attempted to arrest the Kent
brothers. They refused to surrender and offered a strong defence. This resulted
in the death of Constable W.C. Rowe. Following the arrival of the military they
were forced to surrender. David and Richard, both wounded, were removed to
Fermoy military hospital where Richard died. Thomas and William were charged
with murder. William was acquitted but Thomas was sentenced to death and was
executed on May 9th. His last request was that no Irishman would be asked to
shoot him, so the firing squad was made up of members of the Scottish Borderers.
Having recovered from his wounds David was court-martialled in Richmond
Barracks, Dublin and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted to penal
servitude for life.
Below is a list of members of the Irish Volunteers who were on active service in Cork city during Easter week 1916.
Surname | Firstname | Company | Rank |
MacCurtain | Tomas | Officers | Brigade O/C |
MacSwiney | Terence | Officers | Brigade Vice O/C |
O'Sullivan | Seán | Officers | City Battalion O/C |
Murphy | Seán | Officers | Vice Battalion O/C and Quarter-Master |
De Barra | Daithi | Officers | Battalion Adjutant |
Scanlan | Seán | A | Captain |
Corkery | Paddy | A | 1st Lieutenant |
Hurley | Seán | A | 2nd Lieutenant |
Varian | Harry | A | Quater Master |
Ahearn | Andy | A | Volunteer |
Barry | Patrick | A | Volunteer |
Creed | Jerry | A | Volunteer |
Crowley | Paddy | A | Volunteer |
Dorgan | Leo | A | Volunteer |
Gall | George | A | Volunteer |
Hinchion | John | A | Volunteer |
Irwin | William | A | Volunteer |
Murphy | Neilus | A | Volunteer |
McMahon | Frank | A | Volunteer |
O'Riordan | Thomas | A | Volunteer |
Sheehy | D | A | Volunteer |
Varian | Patrick | A | Volunteer |
Barrett | Joesph | A | Volunteer |
Canton | Patrick | A | Volunteer |
Cronin | Donal | A | Volunteer |
Deady | Peter | A | Volunteer |
Driscoll | Jerry | A | Volunteer |
Guess | James | A | Volunteer |
Horan | William | A | Volunteer |
Long | Jack | A | Volunteer |
Murphy | Dick | A | Volunteer |
McSweeney | Patrick | A | Volunteer |
Richardson | Joe | A | Volunteer |
Sullivan | Dave | A | Volunteer |
Barry | Michael | A | Volunteer |
Coughlan | Denis | A | Volunteer |
Crowley | Michael | A | Volunteer |
Donavan | Diarmud | A | Volunteer |
Ellard | Seán | A | Volunteer |
Hanlon | Daniel | A | Volunteer |
Hurley | Jerome | A | Volunteer |
Murphy | Con | A | Volunteer |
McGillicuddy | Tom | A | Volunteer |
Nolan | Seán | A | Volunteer |
Russell | Liam | A | Volunteer |
Sullivan | Tadhg | A | Volunteer |
Barrett | Donal | B | Captain |
Trahey | Patrick | B | 1st Lieutenant |
O Callaghan | Donal óg | B | 2nd Lieutenant |
Harris | Patrick | B | Adjutant |
Murphy | Con | B | Quarter-Master |
Ahearn | James | B | Volunteer |
Canny | Leo | B | Volunteer |
Donovan | Jeremiah | B | Volunteer |
Harris | Thomas | B | Volunteer |
Lyons | Denis | B | Volunteer |
Murphy | Michael | B | Volunteer |
Murphy | Tadhg | B | Volunteer |
Neville | Denis | B | Volunteer |
O Donoghue | Edward | B | Volunteer |
Phillips | William | B | Volunteer |
Swanton | John | B | Volunteer |
Brown | John | B | Volunteer |
Coveney | D | B | Volunteer |
Fitzgibbon | William | B | Volunteer |
Hastings | James | B | Volunteer |
Murphy | Christopher | B | Volunteer |
Ban Murphy | Seán | B | Volunteer |
McCarthy | Francis | B | Volunteer |
Noonan | Michael | B | Volunteer |
O Donoghue | Patrick | B | Volunteer |
Power | William | B | Volunteer |
Walsh | James | B | Volunteer |
Canty | Cornelius | B | Volunteer |
Creagh | Thomas | B | Volunteer |
Flaherty | James | B | Volunteer |
Keyes | Richard | B | Volunteer |
Murphy | Denis | B | Volunteer |
Murphy | Seamus | B | Volunteer |
McSweeney | Daniel | B | Volunteer |
O Cuill | Micheal | B | Volunteer |
O Sullivan | Toddy | B | Volunteer |
Reynolds | Joseph | B | Volunteer |
Cotter | Patrick | C | Captain |
Barry | William | C | 1st Lieutenant |
Langford | Riobard | C | 2nd Lieutenant |
Wickham | Mark | C | Adjutant |
Healy | Paddy | C | Quarter-Master |
Barry | Edmond | C | Volunteer |
Cronin | P.J. | C | Volunteer |
Crowley | Dan | C | Volunteer |
Curran | Seán | C | Volunteer |
Gaggin | Thomas | C | Volunteer |
McGrath | Jack | C | Volunteer |
O Mahoney | James | C | Volunteer |
Prendergast | Seán | C | Volunteer |
O Shea | Gus | C | Volunteer |
Wakefield | Matt | C | Volunteer |
Wickham | Michael | C | Volunteer |
Barry | James | C | Volunteer |
Cross | Seán | C | Volunteer |
Crowley | Seán | C | Volunteer |
Donovan | Dan | C | Volunteer |
Ivers | Seán | C | Volunteer |
Manning | Mick | C | Volunteer |
O Neill | Denis | C | Volunteer |
O Reilly | Liam | C | Volunteer |
Sullivan | Joe | C | Volunteer |
Walsh | Tom | C | Volunteer |
Barry | Tom | C | Volunteer |
Crowley | Michael | C | Volunteer |
Crofts | Tom | C | Volunteer |
Duggan | Dan | C | Volunteer |
McCarthy | John | C | Volunteer |
Mooney | Harry | C | Volunteer |
O Neill | James | C | Volunteer |
Ryan | Edward | C | Volunteer |
Twomey | Edward | C | Volunteer |
White | Arthur | C | Volunteer |
O Gorman | Christopher | D | Captain |
Collins | Cornelius | D | 1st Lieutenant |
Murray | Fred | D | 2nd Lieutenant |
Rabbett | Liam | D | Adjutant |
Baldwin | Tom | D | Volunteer |
Cotter | Daithi | D | Volunteer |
de Roiste | Liam | D | Volunteer |
Furlong | Walter | D | Volunteer |
Hegarty | Tadhg | D | Volunteer |
Kenny | Seán | D | Volunteer |
McNeilus | Donnnacha | D | Volunteer |
Mulcahy | Daniel | D | Volunteer |
Murphy | Jack | D | Volunteer |
O Callaghan | Con | D | Volunteer |
O Donoghue | Thomas | D | Volunteer |
O Shea | Jack | D | Volunteer |
O Sullivan | Paddy | D | Volunteer |
Twohig | Tom | D | Volunteer |
Barry | Tadhg | D | Volunteer |
Coughlan | Tom | D | Volunteer |
Donovan | Martin | D | Volunteer |
Hartnett | Jeremiah | D | Volunteer |
Higgins | Pat | D | Volunteer |
Keyes | Jack | D | Volunteer |
McSweeney | Christopher | D | Volunteer |
Mullane | Jerome | D | Volunteer |
Murphy | Thomas | D | Volunteer |
O Callaghan | Eugene | D | Volunteer |
O Leary | Tadhg | D | Volunteer |
O Sullivan | Daithi | D | Volunteer |
Sheehan | John | D | Volunteer |
Twomey | Con | D | Volunteer |
Carroll | Richard | D | Volunteer |
Cronin | Michael | D | Volunteer |
Foley | Daniel | D | Volunteer |
Healy | Dan | D | Volunteer |
Hogan | Peter | D | Volunteer |
Lorton | Harry | D | Volunteer |
McSweeney | Stephen | D | Volunteer |
Murphy | Andy | D | Volunteer |
Murray | Pa | D | Volunteer |
O Connell | Con | D | Volunteer |
O Riordan | Sean | D | Volunteer |
O Sullivan | Dominick | D | Volunteer |
Sullivan | Daniel | D | Volunteer |
Busby | Allen | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Courtney | Seamus | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Galvin | Daniel | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Herlihy | Patrick | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Mulroy | Daniel | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Walsh | Christopher | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Murphy | Patrick | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Vaughan | Eugene | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Busby | Jerome | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Delea | Michael | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Galvin | Edward | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Hennessy | Liam | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Murray | William | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
McSweeney | Daniel | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
O Callaghan | Jerry | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Walsh | Augustine | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Cotter | Patrick | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Gaggin | Patrick | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Healy | Seán | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Horan | Patrick | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Reardon | Daniel | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Moynihan | Sidney | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
O Callaghan | Liam | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
Wickham | James | Fianna Eireann | Volunteer |
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