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Post by Yan Taylor on Jun 17, 2011 4:17:31 GMT -6
Hi There was a Charles McCarthy who died with Custer, it says he was from the U.S.A. but with a name like McCarthy (also my Name) he must off had some Irish roots (my lot came over to England in the 1800s from Cork), Imagine if we were related (slim chance). Regards Ian.
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Post by ray16 on Nov 4, 2015 16:23:30 GMT -6
As we say in the old tongue, "Go raibh maith agat as do chúnamh" = "thanks for your help", Diane. The place names you give clearly identify Cornelius COWLEY, Francis (Frank) HUNTER, Michael Peter MADDEN and Stephen L. RYAN with their counties of origin. There are no places in Ireland - as far as I'm aware - called "Neagh" or "Kilfurboy". I was able to come up with a couple of plausible suggestions for the former in my previous post but I can't think of anything for the latter. Although there is no place in Ireland called "Balandien" that is almost certainly a reference to Ballindine, County Mayo, the original Irish Gaelic name for which is "Baile an Daighin" and so would identify Michael Joseph WALSH as being from that county. Youghal is in County Cork and that identifies John SHANAHAN as being from there. there is a townland in County Clare near the coast and about 8 miles maybe, north of Miltown Malbay called Kilfarboy...i am trying to find other towns and townlands within my country that these brave 131 irish troopers were born...but very few seem to know much about them...i am plannng on publishing a book about the irish troopers with custer..as i am a little young to have been there myself i am collecting notes from the internet ..get it all on in one place and edit it to perfection and then take it to a book publisher and see where it goes from there...i have been a big western cowboy fan since i was 8 or 10 when santa brought me a cowboy outfit..i have been interested in custers last stand since i was about 15 and seen most if not all of the movies...i even bought a copy of men with custer and had it sent to me from scotadale, Arazona. i thought the movie with Gary Cole, Son of the Morning star was very accurate to the real story...i am 56 years now and have been planning my book for over 20 years now ..i keep going back to my notes and adding more all the time...so hopefully my dream will happen some day soon...i have been in contact with all the tourists info offices for every county in ireland and still are not getting any more positive info than i already have ...Ray16
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Post by benteen on Nov 4, 2015 17:03:48 GMT -6
there is a townland in County Clare near the coast and about 8 miles maybe, north of Miltown Malbay called Kilfarboy...i am trying to find other towns and townlands within my country that these brave 131 irish troopers were born...but very few seem to know much about them...i am plannng on publishing a book about the irish troopers with custer..as i am a little young to have been there myself i am collecting notes from the internet ..get it all on in one place and edit it to perfection and then take it to a book publisher and see where it goes from there...i have been a big western cowboy fan since i was 8 or 10 when santa brought me a cowboy outfit..i have been interested in custers last stand since i was about 15 and seen most if not all of the movies...i even bought a copy of men with custer and had it sent to me from scotadale, Arazona. i thought the movie with Gary Cole, Son of the Morning star was very accurate to the real story...i am 56 years now and have been planning my book for over 20 years now ..i keep going back to my notes and adding more all the time...so hopefully my dream will happen some day soon...i have been in contact with all the tourists info offices for every county in ireland and still are not getting any more positive info than i already have ...Ray16 ray16, First welcome aboard. If you are seriously contemplating writing a book about the Irish members of the 7th Cavalry at LBH, then you must obtain the book "Participants in the battle of the Little Big Horn" by Capt Fred Wagner, who is also a member or this forum. In it he has the birth place of every soldier at the battle. It would be a great aid to you. Be Well Dan
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Post by fred on Nov 4, 2015 18:48:16 GMT -6
Dan... and Ray16,
I am currently working on the proofs for the 2nd edition of Participants in the Battle of the Little Big Horn. This new edition will have three maps (as an appendix) that will allow the reader to follow more closely the introducing narrative at the beginning of the book. In addition to the 1,488 Indian biographies in the first edition, about 22 more names have been added to the list of Indians we are fairly sure were at the fight. In addition to that, more than 5,000 new Native American names have been added, people who could have been at the battle.
While it is uncertain how many of that 5,000 number were there, there is also a study giving the reader an idea of a reasonable percentage, as well as a study for the total number of Indians at the battle site.
I also invited Peter Russell to add and change a number of entries for the U. K.-born troopers who were at the battle (and there is also a couple other Continental troopers whose entries have been modified/changed/corrected/undated) and he has graciously contributed his work. In my opinion, Peter's contributions and the new data on the Indians will make this edition of Participants the sine qua non of the genre. You should be able to find out most of the information you require on Irish and English troops.
Best wishes, Fred.
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Post by dave on Nov 4, 2015 22:17:12 GMT -6
Gentlemen I have listed a video entitled "Irish Killed at LBH" with the Voice Squad performing the"Parting Glass." Great video which lists all the Irish killed at the BLBH. Regards Dave www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDVnYlhxzbE
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Post by benteen on Nov 5, 2015 13:49:25 GMT -6
Gentlemen I have listed a video entitled "Irish Killed at LBH" with the Voice Squad performing the"Parting Glass." Great video which lists all the Irish killed at the BLBH. Regards Dave www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDVnYlhxzbEDave, Thank you. That was well done, a fine tribute to those brave men. Be Well Dan
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Post by JoeG on Nov 12, 2015 15:21:14 GMT -6
Slight tangent, hope that's OK, I visited Myles Keogh's birthplace this summer in Carlow, Mrs Myles Keogh (house still owned by the Keogh family) told me there will be media interest next year as there's an equally tragic Keogh connection to the Easter Rising in Dublin 1916. Myles Keogh's grand niece, Margaret, was a nurse and the first casualty of the rising.
Regards
Joe
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Post by Diane Merkel on Mar 18, 2022 9:34:12 GMT -6
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