Paddy French, Sarah McCarthy & Liadhain Hogan

Multiple stories from Union Hall during the War of Independence

Liadhain Ní hÓgáin

Great great grandfather John McCarthy, active member of IRA, lots of stories of arrests, raids, ambushes, gun smuggling; met Collins on day he was shot and much more

Callum Moloney

Story of burning of Michael Collins’ homeplace told by a neighbour; Great great grandfather arrested and forced to dig own grave but later released

Fintan O’Brien

Execution of Captain Con Murphy IRA

Ronan Crowley

Great gran-uncle a runner for IRA and a scout at the Kilmichael Ambush, became a ‘crack shot’ in the Civil War but never spoke about that time afterwards

Rebecca Connolly

Great great grandfather Neilus Connolly; stories of his evading capture, his arrest & imprisonment

Molly Lomasney

Story of US-born Fenian who came to Ireland after serving in American Civil War to take part in Fenian Uprising

Katie Scannell

Family stories about the Burning of Cork; Kilmichael Ambush aftermath; Hiding guns on farm; Spike Island prison & WW1

Claire Griffin

Man smuggles suit as disguise for Tom Barry & arrested; men hiding under potato stalks Rosscarbery before escaping; house raid stopped when Colonel Hudson recognised family photo as someone he knew from WW1

Aoife Hurley

Great granduncle jailed in Spike for being in IRA; other Ggreat granduncles emigrated to New York

Sarah Hilliard

The Killing of Canon Magner and Tadgh O’Crowley in Dunmanway

Gina Long

IRA engagement with British Military at Crois na Leanbh

Eimer Martin

Family stories of relative joining the IRA and Howth Gun Shipment

Orlaith Crowley

Story of Dr Crowley IRA Volunteer and Sinn Fein TD

Laura Hayes Flynn

Story of Tim O’Connell’s involvement at the Kilmichael Ambush

Ciara Burke

Family story of Volunteer John Lynch, Easter 1916

Aoife Barry

Family Story about John ‘Flyer’ Nyhan, Kilmichael Ambush and Imprisonment

Steven Harrington

Smuggling explosives off Bere Island

Maureen Keating

Great Grandfather smuggled Flyer Nyhan on cart hiding under hay

Katie Daly

Great Grandfather in IRA; driver for Tom Barry & Michael Collins; took part in burning of several RIC stations, workhouse etc