Seosamh Ó Dónalláin
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Seosamh Ó Dónalláin, member of the Irish Republican Army
, died 1920.
Ó Dónalláin was a native of Kilkerrin
, Ballinasloe, and came to be involved with the volunteer movement via his brother, Tom Donnellan, who was principal teacher at Brierhill.
He worked as a clerk in Galway
County Council
.
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
, died 1920.
Ó Dónalláin was a native of Kilkerrin
Kilkerrin
Kilkerrin is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is situated on the R364 regional road 6km south of the town of Glenamaddy. Notable features in the area are Kiltullagh Lake and the Lough Lurgeen raised bog.-See also:...
, Ballinasloe, and came to be involved with the volunteer movement via his brother, Tom Donnellan, who was principal teacher at Brierhill.
He was shot dead in an ambush at the Old Gallows near the round-about at Cemetery Cross. Tradition has it that the company lay in ambush somewhere near where the school-house now stands, and which was then rough hilly ground, and that Joe Donnellan raised his head and was shot dead there.
He worked as a clerk in Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...
County Council
County council
A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.-United Kingdom:...
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