The four Condon brothers; David Condon; button of the Royal Munster Fusiliers; print by Matana of last absolution of the Munster Fusiliers at Mons; Victory Medal; Christopher O'Connor's project on his great grandfather. || My father, David Condon was a Captain in the Royal Munster Fusiliers in WW1. He was born in 1888 in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Before he was born his family had been evicted from their farm. When my father was 20, he went to Dublin to work in a draper's shop. He joined the army there along with his three brothers, Michael, Maurice and Billy. Amazingly, they all survived the war. David didn't even suffer an injury although he had a lucky escape when a sniper shot a much taller companion in the head as he stood beside him in the trench. The companion's name was Colonel Kane. Other than this story he never liked to talk about the war very much. He was mentioned in a despatch by Field Marshal Haig for his gallant and distinguished service in the field. He hated going to funerals as he had seen the finest of young men laid in the ground with a mere hurried few words and none of the pomp and ceremony some funerals had. He joined the army in 1915 and was recalled from the front in 1917. He was commissioned after a course at the Officers Training College in Bristol. He became a steward of Borrmount Manor, Co. Wexford for Loftus Bryan after the war and then bought a farm in the locality. || || Photograph || Condon brothers || Remembrance || Four brothers in uniform: David, Billy, Michael and Maurice Condon || || David Condon, Royal Munster Fusiliers || Remembrance || David Condon || Photograph || || Button Royal Munster Fusiliers || Munster Fusiliers button from David Condon's coat || Memorabilia || || General Absolution at Rue du Bois || Drawing || The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue-du-Bois, a print by F. Matania || Remembrance || || Remembrance || Medal || David Condon's Victory Medal (obverse) || Victory Medal - David Condon || || Victory Medal - David Condon (back) || Remembrance || David Condon's Victory Medal (reverse) || Medal || || Other || Remembrance || David Condon's obituary || Obituary of David Condon || || Other || Christopher O'Connor's school project about his great grandfather, David Condon || School project - David Condon

Martin Joseph Sheehan (1896–1918) was Second Lieutenant with the Royal Munster Fusiliers (RMF), subsequently with the Royal Air Force (RAF) when killed on the Western Front. Photograph shows him on home leave in Cork, 1917. He was the second of three sons of Captain DD Sheehan MP for mid-Cork, Ireland, who served with him on the front. Martin was born in Tralee and educated at Christian College Cork (city) and Mount St. Joseph's College, Roscrea. He won several prizes in school sports and played for Munster in the Rugby Inter-Provincial Senior College Championships, being described in the Dublin Press as 'the most brilliant three-quarter back the College had produced for years'. He went to Canada in 1913, and was employed in the Union Bank of Canada at Bellevue, Alberta. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a private in 1915 and won the all-round Athletic Championship of his Division in Nova Scotia. He came overseas with his battalion in 1916, transferred as a cadet to the RMF and later obtained his commission. With them he was in some of the fiercest fighting at the Third Battle Passchendaele and elsewhere. He transferred to the RAF No. 13 Squadron as 'Observer' and saw considerable service in France and Italy. He went out on observation duty over the enemy lines on the morning of 1 October 1918, and met his death, but in what circumstances has never been known. His biography as first printed and published by His Majesty's Stationary Office London, 1921 publication: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-19. See also http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/516019-post2.html Link to recorded details. It is most probable that the aircraft was brought down by ground fire. http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/military-records/ww1-war-dead-records.htm He is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Anneux British War Cemetery, near Cambrai, France; grave no.: Plot 1, Row H21. Details from link: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=188154 Casualty details—Sheehan M J.

Private Patrick O’Regan from Commons in Cork was a member of the Royal Munster Fusiliers (also known as ‘the dirty shirts’) for the duration of the first world war. His job in the army was to dig the trenches in France. Sadly, Patrick O’Regan did not come home to a hero’s welcome – rather he was rejected and shown the door by his wife and family and wandered the streets of Cork “down and out”. He would meet his young grandson on the street and always stopped for a chat during which he promised young Patrick his war medals. He was true to his word. || 1. Photograph of Private Patrick O'Regan 2. Family photograph (left to right) of: Margaret Buttimer, Nora O'Regan, Maud O'Regan, Terence Long (brother of Patrick Long. His wife, two daughters and grandson 3. Patrick O'Regan's daughter 4. Medals : Victory medal for the Great War for Civilization, George V Medal, 1914-15 Star 5. Birth certificate of Patrick Regan 6. Service record of Private Patrick O'Regan, Labour Corps