1922-78

Anti-Treaty Soldier (Captain) Patrick Cooney

 

Anti-Treaty Soldier (Captain) Patrick Cooney of Bridge Street, Skibbereen (Bantry)

Date of incident: 29-30 Aug. 1922

Sources: FJ, 31 Aug., 5 Sept. 1922; Belfast Newsletter, 1 Sept. 1922; Derry Journal, 1 Sept. 1922; CE, 1, 5, 25 Sept. 1922; SS, 2 Sept. 1922; II, 5 Sept. 1922; Rebel Cork’s Fighting Story, 207; O’Farrell, Who’s Who, 214; Last Post (1976 ed.), 97; Keane (2017), 300, 417; http://www.irishmedals.org/anti-treaty-killed.html (accessed 12 July 2017).  

Note: IRA Captain Patrick Cooney died while fighting with the anti-Treaty IRA forces in Bantry. He was interred at nearby Kilmocomoge. See CE, 5 Sept. 1922; Last Post (1976 ed.), 97. His name is recorded on the memorial of the Cork No. 5 Brigade of the IRA in the middle of Bantry.

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