5797 Rifleman John Mulhern.
The Royal Irish Rifles.
3rd Battalion
Husband of Annie Mulhern, of 3, Stephen's Place, Lower Mount Street, Dublin.
He appears to have died on the first day of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.
Son of William Mulhern and Mary Mulhern, formerly Dolan, of Carrick-on-Shannon.
His father was a Baker.
Marriage Certificate.
John Mulhern, a bachelor, a Hair Dresser, of 23 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, son of William Mulhern, a Baker, and Annie McGuinness, a spinster, of 8 Stephen Place, daughter of John McGuinness, a Caretaker, were married on 28 November 1905, at St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin.
In the 1911 census, the Mulhern family were living at 6, Stephen's Place, Dublin.
present were,
John Mulhern, aged 27, a Hair Dresser, married, born in Co. Leitrim,
Annie, his wife, aged 25, married, born in Co. Dublin,
They had been married 5 years and had 3 children, all still alive.
John Peter, son, aged 4,
William, son, aged 2,
Katherine, daughter, aged 1,
Find A Grave contributor
Anonymous
has provided the following further details on his background, and the events leading up to his death.
John Mulhern, my Grandfather, came to Dublin in the last few years of the 19th Century to serve his time as a hairdresser with relations of his Mother. He started up his own hairdressing business in Blackrock, Co Dublin. Soon afterwards he married my Grandmother, Anne McGuiness. This business lasted until 1916, when it closed down. He was out of work for a month or so and read an advertisement for a barber in the Military Barracks in Arbour Hill. This required him to join the British Army which he did. Because he enlisted for a specific job he was spared any training in gunnery, in the first two weeks of his minimum training.
He cycled to Arbour Hill Barracks from Stephen's Lane off Mount Street every morning, returning each evening for two weeks. On Easter Monday, hearing of the troubles on O’Connell Street, he diverted in that direction, when he was shot dead by a sniper operating from Bachelors Walk. His body was brought to King George V Hospital, in Arbour Hill (now St Bricin’s Hospital) where he was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds. He is buried in Deans Grange Cemetery.
My Grandmother, his wife, told me this story when I was eleven, she told me of her disappointment of his joining the British army, and disclosed to me that she had not spoken to him for the previous two weeks as she was a Republican supporter. She did however receive a pension for the next sixty years of her life.
Death Certificate
John Mulhern, of Dublin, aged 32, married, a Private in the 3rd Royal Irish Rifles, died in Dublin on 24 April 1916.
The cause of death was a Gunshot Wound.
His death was registered on 15 October 1916, by T.H. Oldham, an official of King George V Hospital, Dublin, "who caused the body to be buried"
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery
His name is included on
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
The Royal Irish Rifles.
3rd Battalion
Husband of Annie Mulhern, of 3, Stephen's Place, Lower Mount Street, Dublin.
He appears to have died on the first day of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.
Son of William Mulhern and Mary Mulhern, formerly Dolan, of Carrick-on-Shannon.
His father was a Baker.
Marriage Certificate.
John Mulhern, a bachelor, a Hair Dresser, of 23 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, son of William Mulhern, a Baker, and Annie McGuinness, a spinster, of 8 Stephen Place, daughter of John McGuinness, a Caretaker, were married on 28 November 1905, at St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin.
In the 1911 census, the Mulhern family were living at 6, Stephen's Place, Dublin.
present were,
John Mulhern, aged 27, a Hair Dresser, married, born in Co. Leitrim,
Annie, his wife, aged 25, married, born in Co. Dublin,
They had been married 5 years and had 3 children, all still alive.
John Peter, son, aged 4,
William, son, aged 2,
Katherine, daughter, aged 1,
Find A Grave contributor
Anonymous
has provided the following further details on his background, and the events leading up to his death.
John Mulhern, my Grandfather, came to Dublin in the last few years of the 19th Century to serve his time as a hairdresser with relations of his Mother. He started up his own hairdressing business in Blackrock, Co Dublin. Soon afterwards he married my Grandmother, Anne McGuiness. This business lasted until 1916, when it closed down. He was out of work for a month or so and read an advertisement for a barber in the Military Barracks in Arbour Hill. This required him to join the British Army which he did. Because he enlisted for a specific job he was spared any training in gunnery, in the first two weeks of his minimum training.
He cycled to Arbour Hill Barracks from Stephen's Lane off Mount Street every morning, returning each evening for two weeks. On Easter Monday, hearing of the troubles on O’Connell Street, he diverted in that direction, when he was shot dead by a sniper operating from Bachelors Walk. His body was brought to King George V Hospital, in Arbour Hill (now St Bricin’s Hospital) where he was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds. He is buried in Deans Grange Cemetery.
My Grandmother, his wife, told me this story when I was eleven, she told me of her disappointment of his joining the British army, and disclosed to me that she had not spoken to him for the previous two weeks as she was a Republican supporter. She did however receive a pension for the next sixty years of her life.
Death Certificate
John Mulhern, of Dublin, aged 32, married, a Private in the 3rd Royal Irish Rifles, died in Dublin on 24 April 1916.
The cause of death was a Gunshot Wound.
His death was registered on 15 October 1916, by T.H. Oldham, an official of King George V Hospital, Dublin, "who caused the body to be buried"
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery
His name is included on
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
5797 Rifleman John Mulhern.
The Royal Irish Rifles.
3rd Battalion
Husband of Annie Mulhern, of 3, Stephen's Place, Lower Mount Street, Dublin.
He appears to have died on the first day of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.
Son of William Mulhern and Mary Mulhern, formerly Dolan, of Carrick-on-Shannon.
His father was a Baker.
Marriage Certificate.
John Mulhern, a bachelor, a Hair Dresser, of 23 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, son of William Mulhern, a Baker, and Annie McGuinness, a spinster, of 8 Stephen Place, daughter of John McGuinness, a Caretaker, were married on 28 November 1905, at St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin.
In the 1911 census, the Mulhern family were living at 6, Stephen's Place, Dublin.
present were,
John Mulhern, aged 27, a Hair Dresser, married, born in Co. Leitrim,
Annie, his wife, aged 25, married, born in Co. Dublin,
They had been married 5 years and had 3 children, all still alive.
John Peter, son, aged 4,
William, son, aged 2,
Katherine, daughter, aged 1,
Find A Grave contributor
Anonymous
has provided the following further details on his background, and the events leading up to his death.
John Mulhern, my Grandfather, came to Dublin in the last few years of the 19th Century to serve his time as a hairdresser with relations of his Mother. He started up his own hairdressing business in Blackrock, Co Dublin. Soon afterwards he married my Grandmother, Anne McGuiness. This business lasted until 1916, when it closed down. He was out of work for a month or so and read an advertisement for a barber in the Military Barracks in Arbour Hill. This required him to join the British Army which he did. Because he enlisted for a specific job he was spared any training in gunnery, in the first two weeks of his minimum training.
He cycled to Arbour Hill Barracks from Stephen's Lane off Mount Street every morning, returning each evening for two weeks. On Easter Monday, hearing of the troubles on O’Connell Street, he diverted in that direction, when he was shot dead by a sniper operating from Bachelors Walk. His body was brought to King George V Hospital, in Arbour Hill (now St Bricin’s Hospital) where he was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds. He is buried in Deans Grange Cemetery.
My Grandmother, his wife, told me this story when I was eleven, she told me of her disappointment of his joining the British army, and disclosed to me that she had not spoken to him for the previous two weeks as she was a Republican supporter. She did however receive a pension for the next sixty years of her life.
Death Certificate
John Mulhern, of Dublin, aged 32, married, a Private in the 3rd Royal Irish Rifles, died in Dublin on 24 April 1916.
The cause of death was a Gunshot Wound.
His death was registered on 15 October 1916, by T.H. Oldham, an official of King George V Hospital, Dublin, "who caused the body to be buried"
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery
His name is included on
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
The Royal Irish Rifles.
3rd Battalion
Husband of Annie Mulhern, of 3, Stephen's Place, Lower Mount Street, Dublin.
He appears to have died on the first day of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.
Son of William Mulhern and Mary Mulhern, formerly Dolan, of Carrick-on-Shannon.
His father was a Baker.
Marriage Certificate.
John Mulhern, a bachelor, a Hair Dresser, of 23 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, son of William Mulhern, a Baker, and Annie McGuinness, a spinster, of 8 Stephen Place, daughter of John McGuinness, a Caretaker, were married on 28 November 1905, at St. Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin.
In the 1911 census, the Mulhern family were living at 6, Stephen's Place, Dublin.
present were,
John Mulhern, aged 27, a Hair Dresser, married, born in Co. Leitrim,
Annie, his wife, aged 25, married, born in Co. Dublin,
They had been married 5 years and had 3 children, all still alive.
John Peter, son, aged 4,
William, son, aged 2,
Katherine, daughter, aged 1,
Find A Grave contributor
Anonymous
has provided the following further details on his background, and the events leading up to his death.
John Mulhern, my Grandfather, came to Dublin in the last few years of the 19th Century to serve his time as a hairdresser with relations of his Mother. He started up his own hairdressing business in Blackrock, Co Dublin. Soon afterwards he married my Grandmother, Anne McGuiness. This business lasted until 1916, when it closed down. He was out of work for a month or so and read an advertisement for a barber in the Military Barracks in Arbour Hill. This required him to join the British Army which he did. Because he enlisted for a specific job he was spared any training in gunnery, in the first two weeks of his minimum training.
He cycled to Arbour Hill Barracks from Stephen's Lane off Mount Street every morning, returning each evening for two weeks. On Easter Monday, hearing of the troubles on O’Connell Street, he diverted in that direction, when he was shot dead by a sniper operating from Bachelors Walk. His body was brought to King George V Hospital, in Arbour Hill (now St Bricin’s Hospital) where he was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds. He is buried in Deans Grange Cemetery.
My Grandmother, his wife, told me this story when I was eleven, she told me of her disappointment of his joining the British army, and disclosed to me that she had not spoken to him for the previous two weeks as she was a Republican supporter. She did however receive a pension for the next sixty years of her life.
Death Certificate
John Mulhern, of Dublin, aged 32, married, a Private in the 3rd Royal Irish Rifles, died in Dublin on 24 April 1916.
The cause of death was a Gunshot Wound.
His death was registered on 15 October 1916, by T.H. Oldham, an official of King George V Hospital, Dublin, "who caused the body to be buried"
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery
His name is included on
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
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