John Walsh and John O'Neill - North King St

The booklet "A Fragment of 1916 History" gives a bit more background to some of the murders in North King Street during the Easter Rising in Dublin.

http://digital.ucd.ie/get/ivrla:30958/content

Mrs Ellen Walsh mentions that her husband John Walsh had served 10years in the British Army (including service during the Boer War).

Would be interested to find out more. A possible lead is a John Walsh from Fermoy, Co Cork in the UK 1911 census serving with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars in India; number 3902 J Walsh served with the 8th KRIH during the Boer War. Nothing to confirm if the two are records about a single man or if this is the John Walsh from North King Street.

Mrs Walsh mentions the death of her brother William O'Neill, the death of another brother during WW1 and a third brother with an arm missing as a result of WW1.

In the 1901 census the family are in Church St

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Arran_Quay/Church_St__Upper/1277944/

with 3 brothers Patrick, Christy (Christopher) and John as well as William. In the 1911 census, Ellen is a widow, Mrs Russell, with 2 children

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Arran_Quay/Church_Street/32644/

Patrick isn't at the same address but Christopher and John are. William is there too.


A John O'Neill is with the Connaught Rangers and with an address in North King St according to his will

http://soldierswills.nationalarchives.ie/reels/sw/O'NeillJ_E172266.pdf

The age and parents name on his CWGC record appear to match

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1766048/O'NEILL,%20JOHN


His medal index card show he entered France 17th December 1915 and that he was entitled to the 1915 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.