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Civilian James Delaney
Civilian James Delaney of 32 Warren’s Lane, Cork (aged about 32), (32 Warren’s Lane, Cork city)
Date of incident: 25 Nov. 1922
Source: Death Certificate (Cork Urban District, Union of Cork), 25 Nov. 1922; CE, 27 Nov. 1922; Evening Herald, 27 Nov. 1922; FJ, 28 Nov. 1922; Keane (2017), 329, 419; http://www.irishmedals.ie/Civilians-Killed-Civil-War.php (accessed 11 Aug. 2017).
Note: National Army Soldier John Delaney accidentally killed his own brother James at their residence on 25 November 1922. At a military court of inquiry their brother Thomas Delaney described his brother John as ‘very excitable, especially since he came [home] from the war’, and as a person known to take leave of his senses. Of the shooting of James with a rifle by John, Thomas said, ‘I think by the way he pulled it [the rifle] under his arm, he didn’t mean to shoot anybody, but he gave it a jerk’ and the gun went off, wounding John fatally in the head. He died instantly. On the previous evening John Delaney had left a military patrol in the city without permission, as a result of which he had later been disarmed and confined in the guardroom. It was during his absence from the patrol that the fatal shooting took place. The court recommended that John Delaney be tried by court-martial for the murder of his brother. He was then taken into military custody. See CE, 27 Nov. 1922.
James Delaney was in 1911 one of the four living children (seven born) of the widow Ellen Delaney of 32 Warren’s Lane in Cork. Living with her in that year were her four sons (ranging in age from 14 to 21) and two boarders from outside the family. James Delaney (then aged 21) was her eldest son. Private John Delaney (aged 17 in 1911), was about 28 years old when he accidentally killed his brother James in November 1922.
