100th Anniversary

In loving memory of Lieutenant John Connolly whose 100th anniversary occurs on 1st October 2020. Son of the late  Julia and Dan Connolly.  Grandson of the late Patrick and Mrs Collins and John and Mrs Connolly. Brother of the late Paddy, Nora and Mary.  

John Connolly, aged 25, was a Lieutenant in the Bandon Battalion of the local old IRA. He was arrested at his cousins' farm house, in Fitzgerald’s of Maulnaskimlehane, on the 23rd September 1920. Lieut. Connolly was taken into the barracks at Allen Square, where he was interrogated for a full week.  On the 1st of October he was taken to Castle Bernard Park in Bandon and executed by the Essex Regiment. A steel cross still marks the spot in the Park where he died. 

Pray or spare a thought for John and his family today..