Restored Pictures of the Volunteers
We have seven pictures where the technology of the 21st Century has been used to restore and colorize the old pictures. Please send us any pictures you may have lying somewhere in your house related to the Ambush. Here are the pictures:
Old IRA Cross/The Neale/Cong in the 1950’s in Cong Abbey
Back row L-R: John Joyce, Luke Varley, Michael John Shaughnessy, Mick Warde,
Michael Farragher, Tom Morrin, Jim Laffey, Peter Gannon, Paddy Lydon, Patrick Connor, Michael Conway, Patrick Keane, Jimmy Heneghan,
Tommy Mannion
Third Row L-R: Harry Buckley, Tommy Conroy, Michael Feerick, Jim Shaughnessy, John Rogers
Second row L-R: Michael Shaughnessy, Jim Flynn, Martin Murphy, Paddy Haire, Martin Casey, Tommie Collins, Michael Moran, Bernard Sears, Walter Murphy, Patrick Conroy
Front Row L-R: Peter Waldron, Michael Ryan, Tommy Keady, Patrick Moran, Seamus Burke, Mick Conroy, Jim Maye, Willie Coyne, Patrick Varley,
John McCormack, Paddy Collins
Srah Old IRA at 3rd May Commemoration in the late 1950’s
Back row L-R: Michael Lally (Srah), Tom Rabbitt, Martin Costello,
Pat Horan, Pat Heneghan, Jim Heneghan
Front row L-R: Jim Lally, Jim McCarthy, Michael Lally (Shangort),
Tom Lally, Myles Joyce, Sean Heneghan.
Srah Old IRA at 3rd May Commemoration in the late 1950’s
At Side L-R: Tómas Ó Maille, Tommie Conaboy, Peggie Conway, Annie Casey, Michael J Casey
Front Row L-R: William O’Malley, Tommie Lally, Mylie Joyce, Sean Heneghan Back Row L-R: Martin Costello, Pat Horan, Pat Heneghan, Jim Heneghan, Patrick Casey, Michael Costello, Seamus Gibbons
Srah Old IRA in the early 1960’s
Back Row L-R: Jim Heneghan, Tom Lally, Sean Casey, Sean Heneghan,
Pat Heneghan
Front Row L-R: Michael Costello, Pat Gibbons, Jim McCarthy, Miley Joyce
Rob Cross has improved the restored and colourised 1921 photo of the South Mayo Brigade of the Irish Volunteers at Moorehall in Co. Mayo. Commanded by Tom Maguire when they ambushed a RIC / Black and Tan's supply column at Tourmakeady in Co, Mayo on May 3rd 1921. It is for non-political, non-commercial and educational proposes.
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The Names of the South Mayo Flying Brigade in the picture are:
Back Row Standing - Left to Right
Brigadier Tom Maguire (Cross)
Mattie Flannery (Ballinrobe)
Tommy Fahy (Ballinrobe)
Jack Collins (Dringeen)
Mick Collins (Dringeen)
John Butler (Ballinrobe)
Terry O’Brien (Ballinrobe)
Martin Conroy (Ballinrobe)
Comdt. Tom Lally (Srah)
Capt. Paddy May (Ballinrobe)
Middle Row Sitting - Left to Right
Paddy King (Glenmask)
Tommy Cavanagh (Dringeen)
Seamus Burke (Kildun)
Michael Shaughnessy (Houndswood)
Michael Corless (Coolavalla)
Lt. Seamus O’Brien (Kilmaine)
Tommy Carney (Dringeen)
Paddy Gibbons (Drimcoggy)
Tom Murphy (Dringeen)
Front Row Laying down
Michael Costello (Derassa)
Jack Ferguson (Ballinrobe)
Brigadier Tom Maguire
Adjutant Michael O’Brien