Edmond Foley
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Edmond Foley, sometimes known as Edmund or Edward, was a member of the Irish Republican Army who was hanged in Mountjoy Prison on 7 June 1921. Together with nine other men executed by hanging during t
Undated portrait of Edmond ‘Ned’ Foley.
Rescue at Knocklong
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On 13 May 1919, a captured Irish Republican Army member, Seán Hogan, was rescued from a train by his comrades while being guarded by four armed Royal Irish Constabulary officers. Two of the RIC office
Edmond Foley
…colleagues from the Galtee Battalion of the East Limerick Brigade: Ned O'Brien, James Scanlon, John Joe O'Brien, and Sean Lynch, had taken part in the rescue of IRA member Seán Hogan from a train at Knocklong Railway Station on 13 May 1919, along with Hogan's comrades from the 3rd Tipperary Brigade: Sean Treacy, Séumas Robinson and…
Plaque at spot where Seán Hogan was arrested Goldengrove near Bouladuff Thurles
Seán Hogan 1919
Maher and Foley in Mountjoy Jail Dublin in 1921