sw63 Posted 29 September , 2015 Share Posted 29 September , 2015 Afternoon all, Can any kind soul provide me with the dates of Sergeant Michael O'Leary VC's tour of Ireland after receiving his VC from the King 22nd June 1915? Many thanks, Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted 30 September , 2015 Share Posted 30 September , 2015 Hi Simon, This might be of use to you. Its dated 24 June 1915. Regards Gerry Michael O Leary VC.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 30 September , 2015 Share Posted 30 September , 2015 The is a lot in the newspapers (see FmP) with photos As far as I can tell it was not a "tour of Ireland", but "a few days leave" with his parents in rural Cork The best I can make of his travels is as below, but you would do a better job with more time He arrived on the overnight boat in Dublin on 23rd Jun, was greeted by all and sundry, took the train to Cork where he was lunched by all and sundry, then went on to his parents village for a few days At that the press lost interest (I have not got a sub to Irish papers online - which may have more), but he was only there a few days, He arrived back in Dublin on 2 Jul where he was wined and dined by all 3 Jul at Theatre Royal, Dublin in the evening 4 Jul At a recruiting meeting in Dublin Again nothing in English press 9 Jul Crossing back from Kingstown "with a few friends" on 9th July Attends a meeting in London 12 Jul crosses back to Ireland 15 Jul in Cork 16 Jul leaves Ireland 17 Jul in London 20 Jul Still in London Given an extra weeks leave 27 Jul returns to France from London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw63 Posted 30 September , 2015 Author Share Posted 30 September , 2015 Thanks a million - that's great. go raibh maith agat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Mc Posted 30 September , 2015 Share Posted 30 September , 2015 A few more snippets for you http://irishconstabulary.com/reply/1197/Sgt-Daniel-Maunsell-RIC#reply-1197 And post 25 here http://irishconstabulary.com/topic/1042/The-Irish-Guards?page=1#.VgwKYOe6nCQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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