#OnThisDay 1649 Eoghan Ruadh Ó’Néill died. O’Neill returned to Ireland during the War of Three Kingdoms & was made the commander of the Ulster Army & had great success at Benburb in 1646.He may have been a worthy adversary to Cromwell but died too soon to know.
#OnThisDay 1951 PFC William John Mills from Enniskillen St., Belfast, serving the US 7th Cavalry, was declared Missing In Action at ‘Line Jamestown’ during the Korean War. Mills was declared dead on Dec. 31st 1953 despite his body never been recovered.
#OnThisDay 1914 Sub-Lieutenant Francis Annesley, 6th Earl Annesley from Castlewellan, Co. Down, was shot down over the Flanders coast and never seen again. Serving with the RNAS, he had fought in the defence of Antwerp but later had left by plane.
#OnThisDay 1883 Elizabeth O’Farrell was born in Dublin city. She was a midwife, was in Cumann na mBan & was in a same sex relationship with Julie Grennan. O’Farrell is probably best known for bravely carrying Pearse’s surrender letter to General Lowe in 1916.
#OnThisDay 1922 Ernie O’Malley, was captured by the Free State Army following a shootout on Ailesbury Road, Dublin during which O’Malley was shot 20 times. He killed a soldier but also shot Anno O’Rahilly, (The O’Rahilly’s sister) in the face but she survived.
The Irish at War 