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Joseph Geraghty

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Joseph Geraghty

Birth
Ireland
Death
28 Apr 1916
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Burial
Glasnevin, County Dublin, Ireland Add to Map
Plot
NA 38, St. Paul's
Memorial ID
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Joseph Geraghty was a Civilian Casualty of the 1916 Easter Rising, which commenced in Dublin on Monday 24th April 1916.

He was said to be aged 21, and lived at 16 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Glasnevin Cemetery records show that he was a Slater.

Death Certificate.
Joseph Geraghty, aged 30, a bachelor, of 44 Lower Gloucester Street, Dublin, a Soldier in the North Stafford Regiment, died at Moore Street, Dublin, on 27 April 1916.
The cause of death was Gunshot Wound, no medical attendant.
The informant of his death was Mary Geraghty, sister, of 16 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin, who registered his death on 27 June 1916.


Joseph Geraghty is not recorded as a WW1 casualty by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
What his exact status was at the time is unclear.
An interesting observation is that the North Staffordshire Regiment were active in Dublin during the 1916 Rising.
2 men of the North Staffordshire,
and
18 men of the South Staffordshire
Regiments died in Dublin between 27 April and 12 May 1916.


He was buried in a Common Grave in St. Paul's Section, which contains the bodies of,

John Bollard
James Callan
John Doyle
James Cunningham
Francis Curley
Joseph Geraghty
Frederick Ryan


His grave is unmarked.
It is located in the centre of the lower photograph, to the right of the 1916 Monument.


His name is included on the
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.

Joseph Geraghty was a Civilian Casualty of the 1916 Easter Rising, which commenced in Dublin on Monday 24th April 1916.

He was said to be aged 21, and lived at 16 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Glasnevin Cemetery records show that he was a Slater.

Death Certificate.
Joseph Geraghty, aged 30, a bachelor, of 44 Lower Gloucester Street, Dublin, a Soldier in the North Stafford Regiment, died at Moore Street, Dublin, on 27 April 1916.
The cause of death was Gunshot Wound, no medical attendant.
The informant of his death was Mary Geraghty, sister, of 16 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin, who registered his death on 27 June 1916.


Joseph Geraghty is not recorded as a WW1 casualty by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
What his exact status was at the time is unclear.
An interesting observation is that the North Staffordshire Regiment were active in Dublin during the 1916 Rising.
2 men of the North Staffordshire,
and
18 men of the South Staffordshire
Regiments died in Dublin between 27 April and 12 May 1916.


He was buried in a Common Grave in St. Paul's Section, which contains the bodies of,

John Bollard
James Callan
John Doyle
James Cunningham
Francis Curley
Joseph Geraghty
Frederick Ryan


His grave is unmarked.
It is located in the centre of the lower photograph, to the right of the 1916 Monument.


His name is included on the
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.


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