George Ennis was a Civilian Casualty of the 1916 Easter Rising, which commenced in Dublin on Monday 24th April 1916.
In the 1911 census, George Ennis was living in a 1 roomed flat at 174 North King Street.
He was aged 44, a Coach Body Maker, and had been born in Dublin city.
His wife was Kate Ennis, aged 37, born in Co. Wexford.
They had been married 7 years and had no children.
He was murdered by British Soldiers of the South Staffordshire Regiment at North King Street, on Saturday 29th April 1916.
Many of The South Staffordshire Regiment had been injured and killed in the North King Street area during the Easter Rising, 19 of whom were killed.
When they finally reached O'Reilly's Public house [now known as "The Tap"] at the corner of North King Street and Upper Church Street, the Volunteers who had been based there had made their escape.
In revenge, the soldiers vented their anger on the local civilians and entered the nearby houses, shooting and/or bayoneting 16 innocent men.
George Ennis, and Michael Nunan who also lived at 174 North King Street, Dublin, were bayonetted and shot in Nunan's shop on the ground floor of No. 174. Nunan is understood to have died immediately. Ennis managed to get upstairs to his wife, where he died in her arms 20 minutes later.
Death Certificate.
George Ennis, aged 53, married, a Coachbuilder, died at 174 North King Street, Dublin, on 29 April 1916.
The cause of death was a Bullet Wound in the Thorax, no medical attendant.
The informant of his death was Kate Ennis, widow, of 174 North King Street, Dublin, present at death, who registered it on 15 May 1916.
Note.
Kate Ennis was also the informant of the death of
Michael Nunan
who was also killed there. She registered both deaths the same day.
A precise reading of the wording of the Death Certificate seems to indicate that Kate saw the men being executed.
At the subsequent inquests, the jury found that all of the victims were unarmed and unoffending prisoners in custody, and that they died from shock and haemorrhage caused by bullet wounds inflicted by a soldier or soldiers. The Coroner requested the presence of the officer-in-charge, to explain the circumstances of the actions of the soldiers under his command who had caused the deaths, but he failed to appear.
The victims of the massacre by the British Soldiers in North King Street were,
Patrick Bealin
John Beirnes
Peter Connolly
Edward Dunne
George Ennis
James Finegan
James Patrick Healy
Patrick Hoey
Christopher Hickey and his father,
Thomas Hickey
Michael Hughes
Peter J. Lawless
James McCartney
Michael Nunan
William O'Neill
John Walsh
James Moore
His grave is unmarked.
The white sheet of paper shows where a headstone would be placed.
His name is recorded on the
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.
In the 1911 census, George Ennis was living in a 1 roomed flat at 174 North King Street.
He was aged 44, a Coach Body Maker, and had been born in Dublin city.
His wife was Kate Ennis, aged 37, born in Co. Wexford.
They had been married 7 years and had no children.
He was murdered by British Soldiers of the South Staffordshire Regiment at North King Street, on Saturday 29th April 1916.
Many of The South Staffordshire Regiment had been injured and killed in the North King Street area during the Easter Rising, 19 of whom were killed.
When they finally reached O'Reilly's Public house [now known as "The Tap"] at the corner of North King Street and Upper Church Street, the Volunteers who had been based there had made their escape.
In revenge, the soldiers vented their anger on the local civilians and entered the nearby houses, shooting and/or bayoneting 16 innocent men.
George Ennis, and Michael Nunan who also lived at 174 North King Street, Dublin, were bayonetted and shot in Nunan's shop on the ground floor of No. 174. Nunan is understood to have died immediately. Ennis managed to get upstairs to his wife, where he died in her arms 20 minutes later.
Death Certificate.
George Ennis, aged 53, married, a Coachbuilder, died at 174 North King Street, Dublin, on 29 April 1916.
The cause of death was a Bullet Wound in the Thorax, no medical attendant.
The informant of his death was Kate Ennis, widow, of 174 North King Street, Dublin, present at death, who registered it on 15 May 1916.
Note.
Kate Ennis was also the informant of the death of
Michael Nunan
who was also killed there. She registered both deaths the same day.
A precise reading of the wording of the Death Certificate seems to indicate that Kate saw the men being executed.
At the subsequent inquests, the jury found that all of the victims were unarmed and unoffending prisoners in custody, and that they died from shock and haemorrhage caused by bullet wounds inflicted by a soldier or soldiers. The Coroner requested the presence of the officer-in-charge, to explain the circumstances of the actions of the soldiers under his command who had caused the deaths, but he failed to appear.
The victims of the massacre by the British Soldiers in North King Street were,
Patrick Bealin
John Beirnes
Peter Connolly
Edward Dunne
George Ennis
James Finegan
James Patrick Healy
Patrick Hoey
Christopher Hickey and his father,
Thomas Hickey
Michael Hughes
Peter J. Lawless
James McCartney
Michael Nunan
William O'Neill
John Walsh
James Moore
His grave is unmarked.
The white sheet of paper shows where a headstone would be placed.
His name is recorded on the
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.
George Ennis was a Civilian Casualty of the 1916 Easter Rising, which commenced in Dublin on Monday 24th April 1916.
In the 1911 census, George Ennis was living in a 1 roomed flat at 174 North King Street.
He was aged 44, a Coach Body Maker, and had been born in Dublin city.
His wife was Kate Ennis, aged 37, born in Co. Wexford.
They had been married 7 years and had no children.
He was murdered by British Soldiers of the South Staffordshire Regiment at North King Street, on Saturday 29th April 1916.
Many of The South Staffordshire Regiment had been injured and killed in the North King Street area during the Easter Rising, 19 of whom were killed.
When they finally reached O'Reilly's Public house [now known as "The Tap"] at the corner of North King Street and Upper Church Street, the Volunteers who had been based there had made their escape.
In revenge, the soldiers vented their anger on the local civilians and entered the nearby houses, shooting and/or bayoneting 16 innocent men.
George Ennis, and Michael Nunan who also lived at 174 North King Street, Dublin, were bayonetted and shot in Nunan's shop on the ground floor of No. 174. Nunan is understood to have died immediately. Ennis managed to get upstairs to his wife, where he died in her arms 20 minutes later.
Death Certificate.
George Ennis, aged 53, married, a Coachbuilder, died at 174 North King Street, Dublin, on 29 April 1916.
The cause of death was a Bullet Wound in the Thorax, no medical attendant.
The informant of his death was Kate Ennis, widow, of 174 North King Street, Dublin, present at death, who registered it on 15 May 1916.
Note.
Kate Ennis was also the informant of the death of
Michael Nunan
who was also killed there. She registered both deaths the same day.
A precise reading of the wording of the Death Certificate seems to indicate that Kate saw the men being executed.
At the subsequent inquests, the jury found that all of the victims were unarmed and unoffending prisoners in custody, and that they died from shock and haemorrhage caused by bullet wounds inflicted by a soldier or soldiers. The Coroner requested the presence of the officer-in-charge, to explain the circumstances of the actions of the soldiers under his command who had caused the deaths, but he failed to appear.
The victims of the massacre by the British Soldiers in North King Street were,
Patrick Bealin
John Beirnes
Peter Connolly
Edward Dunne
George Ennis
James Finegan
James Patrick Healy
Patrick Hoey
Christopher Hickey and his father,
Thomas Hickey
Michael Hughes
Peter J. Lawless
James McCartney
Michael Nunan
William O'Neill
John Walsh
James Moore
His grave is unmarked.
The white sheet of paper shows where a headstone would be placed.
His name is recorded on the
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.
In the 1911 census, George Ennis was living in a 1 roomed flat at 174 North King Street.
He was aged 44, a Coach Body Maker, and had been born in Dublin city.
His wife was Kate Ennis, aged 37, born in Co. Wexford.
They had been married 7 years and had no children.
He was murdered by British Soldiers of the South Staffordshire Regiment at North King Street, on Saturday 29th April 1916.
Many of The South Staffordshire Regiment had been injured and killed in the North King Street area during the Easter Rising, 19 of whom were killed.
When they finally reached O'Reilly's Public house [now known as "The Tap"] at the corner of North King Street and Upper Church Street, the Volunteers who had been based there had made their escape.
In revenge, the soldiers vented their anger on the local civilians and entered the nearby houses, shooting and/or bayoneting 16 innocent men.
George Ennis, and Michael Nunan who also lived at 174 North King Street, Dublin, were bayonetted and shot in Nunan's shop on the ground floor of No. 174. Nunan is understood to have died immediately. Ennis managed to get upstairs to his wife, where he died in her arms 20 minutes later.
Death Certificate.
George Ennis, aged 53, married, a Coachbuilder, died at 174 North King Street, Dublin, on 29 April 1916.
The cause of death was a Bullet Wound in the Thorax, no medical attendant.
The informant of his death was Kate Ennis, widow, of 174 North King Street, Dublin, present at death, who registered it on 15 May 1916.
Note.
Kate Ennis was also the informant of the death of
Michael Nunan
who was also killed there. She registered both deaths the same day.
A precise reading of the wording of the Death Certificate seems to indicate that Kate saw the men being executed.
At the subsequent inquests, the jury found that all of the victims were unarmed and unoffending prisoners in custody, and that they died from shock and haemorrhage caused by bullet wounds inflicted by a soldier or soldiers. The Coroner requested the presence of the officer-in-charge, to explain the circumstances of the actions of the soldiers under his command who had caused the deaths, but he failed to appear.
The victims of the massacre by the British Soldiers in North King Street were,
Patrick Bealin
John Beirnes
Peter Connolly
Edward Dunne
George Ennis
James Finegan
James Patrick Healy
Patrick Hoey
Christopher Hickey and his father,
Thomas Hickey
Michael Hughes
Peter J. Lawless
James McCartney
Michael Nunan
William O'Neill
John Walsh
James Moore
His grave is unmarked.
The white sheet of paper shows where a headstone would be placed.
His name is recorded on the
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.
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