Son of John and Eva Neilan of Ballygalda, Co. Roscommon.
One of seven children, and the second oldest, Gerald Aloysius Neilan was born in 1881.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1881/02826/2036667.pdf
His siblings included 5 brothers and two sisters:
His brother Leo died young.
Dr John Alexander Neilan (1877-1947), who set up a medical practice in Seaham, County Durham with their cousin Dr Luke Dillon, and who later served as a Major in the Home Guard during WWII.
Dr Charles James Neilan (1886-1952), who served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI, and later joined his elder brother's medical practice in Seaham.
Dr Alan Joseph Neilan (1888-1959), who also joined the RAMC and reached the rank of Captain.
Arthur Neilan, who took part in the Easter Rising with the Irish Volunteers and was subsequently sent to Knutsford Detention Barracks on 1st May 1916. Buried in the same grave.
Eva and Mary Geraldine Neilan.
Gerald Aloysius Neilan was educated at the Jesuits' Clongowes School (Clongowes Wood College), in Clane, Co. Kildare. He joined the Sherwood Foresters, and served with this regiment in South Africa and China. In December 1914 he enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, and then transferred to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was a resident of 4 Mount Harold Terrace, Harold's Cross, Dublin.
Boer War
Name: G Neilan
Casualty Type: Prisoner
Casualty Date: 12 Feb 1902
Casualty Place: Klip River
Rank: Private
Force: South Africa Field Force
Regiment: Sherwood Foresters
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Number: 6358
Remarks: Released
Name: G Neilan
Casualty Type: Wounded
Casualty Date: 6 Mar 1902
Casualty Place: Bushman
Rank: Private
Force: South Africa Field Force
Regiment: Sherwood Foresters
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Number: 6358
1914 - Northumberland Fusiliers
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29313/supplements/9728
While serving as a Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, he was killed at age 34 at the Mendicity Institution, Dublin on the first day of the Easter Rising.
One of seven children, and the second oldest, Gerald Aloysius Neilan was born in 1881.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1881/02826/2036667.pdf
His siblings included 5 brothers and two sisters:
His brother Leo died young.
Dr John Alexander Neilan (1877-1947), who set up a medical practice in Seaham, County Durham with their cousin Dr Luke Dillon, and who later served as a Major in the Home Guard during WWII.
Dr Charles James Neilan (1886-1952), who served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI, and later joined his elder brother's medical practice in Seaham.
Dr Alan Joseph Neilan (1888-1959), who also joined the RAMC and reached the rank of Captain.
Arthur Neilan, who took part in the Easter Rising with the Irish Volunteers and was subsequently sent to Knutsford Detention Barracks on 1st May 1916. Buried in the same grave.
Eva and Mary Geraldine Neilan.
Gerald Aloysius Neilan was educated at the Jesuits' Clongowes School (Clongowes Wood College), in Clane, Co. Kildare. He joined the Sherwood Foresters, and served with this regiment in South Africa and China. In December 1914 he enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, and then transferred to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was a resident of 4 Mount Harold Terrace, Harold's Cross, Dublin.
Boer War
Name: G Neilan
Casualty Type: Prisoner
Casualty Date: 12 Feb 1902
Casualty Place: Klip River
Rank: Private
Force: South Africa Field Force
Regiment: Sherwood Foresters
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Number: 6358
Remarks: Released
Name: G Neilan
Casualty Type: Wounded
Casualty Date: 6 Mar 1902
Casualty Place: Bushman
Rank: Private
Force: South Africa Field Force
Regiment: Sherwood Foresters
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Number: 6358
1914 - Northumberland Fusiliers
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29313/supplements/9728
While serving as a Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, he was killed at age 34 at the Mendicity Institution, Dublin on the first day of the Easter Rising.
Son of John and Eva Neilan of Ballygalda, Co. Roscommon.
One of seven children, and the second oldest, Gerald Aloysius Neilan was born in 1881.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1881/02826/2036667.pdf
His siblings included 5 brothers and two sisters:
His brother Leo died young.
Dr John Alexander Neilan (1877-1947), who set up a medical practice in Seaham, County Durham with their cousin Dr Luke Dillon, and who later served as a Major in the Home Guard during WWII.
Dr Charles James Neilan (1886-1952), who served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI, and later joined his elder brother's medical practice in Seaham.
Dr Alan Joseph Neilan (1888-1959), who also joined the RAMC and reached the rank of Captain.
Arthur Neilan, who took part in the Easter Rising with the Irish Volunteers and was subsequently sent to Knutsford Detention Barracks on 1st May 1916. Buried in the same grave.
Eva and Mary Geraldine Neilan.
Gerald Aloysius Neilan was educated at the Jesuits' Clongowes School (Clongowes Wood College), in Clane, Co. Kildare. He joined the Sherwood Foresters, and served with this regiment in South Africa and China. In December 1914 he enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, and then transferred to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was a resident of 4 Mount Harold Terrace, Harold's Cross, Dublin.
Boer War
Name: G Neilan
Casualty Type: Prisoner
Casualty Date: 12 Feb 1902
Casualty Place: Klip River
Rank: Private
Force: South Africa Field Force
Regiment: Sherwood Foresters
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Number: 6358
Remarks: Released
Name: G Neilan
Casualty Type: Wounded
Casualty Date: 6 Mar 1902
Casualty Place: Bushman
Rank: Private
Force: South Africa Field Force
Regiment: Sherwood Foresters
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Number: 6358
1914 - Northumberland Fusiliers
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29313/supplements/9728
While serving as a Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, he was killed at age 34 at the Mendicity Institution, Dublin on the first day of the Easter Rising.
One of seven children, and the second oldest, Gerald Aloysius Neilan was born in 1881.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1881/02826/2036667.pdf
His siblings included 5 brothers and two sisters:
His brother Leo died young.
Dr John Alexander Neilan (1877-1947), who set up a medical practice in Seaham, County Durham with their cousin Dr Luke Dillon, and who later served as a Major in the Home Guard during WWII.
Dr Charles James Neilan (1886-1952), who served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI, and later joined his elder brother's medical practice in Seaham.
Dr Alan Joseph Neilan (1888-1959), who also joined the RAMC and reached the rank of Captain.
Arthur Neilan, who took part in the Easter Rising with the Irish Volunteers and was subsequently sent to Knutsford Detention Barracks on 1st May 1916. Buried in the same grave.
Eva and Mary Geraldine Neilan.
Gerald Aloysius Neilan was educated at the Jesuits' Clongowes School (Clongowes Wood College), in Clane, Co. Kildare. He joined the Sherwood Foresters, and served with this regiment in South Africa and China. In December 1914 he enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, and then transferred to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was a resident of 4 Mount Harold Terrace, Harold's Cross, Dublin.
Boer War
Name: G Neilan
Casualty Type: Prisoner
Casualty Date: 12 Feb 1902
Casualty Place: Klip River
Rank: Private
Force: South Africa Field Force
Regiment: Sherwood Foresters
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Number: 6358
Remarks: Released
Name: G Neilan
Casualty Type: Wounded
Casualty Date: 6 Mar 1902
Casualty Place: Bushman
Rank: Private
Force: South Africa Field Force
Regiment: Sherwood Foresters
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Number: 6358
1914 - Northumberland Fusiliers
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29313/supplements/9728
While serving as a Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, he was killed at age 34 at the Mendicity Institution, Dublin on the first day of the Easter Rising.
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to the memory of
our dear mother
EVA NEILAN
Leinster Road, Dublin
who died 10 August 1930, aged 73
widow of
JOHN NEILAN
Ballygalda, Roscommom
and her children
GERALD A. NEILAN, Lieut, R.D.F.
killed in Dublin
Easter Monday 1916, aged 34
LEO KELLY NEILAN
died 15 July 1905, aged 6
ELSIE NEILAN
died 26 March 1908, aged 6
ARTHUR JAMES NEILAN
died 24 Nov. 1944, aged 49
ANNE GERTRUDE NEILAN
died 5 May 1961
aged 82
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