Postcard || My uncle Matthew served in the war in France. I do not know very much about him as we never talked about it in the family. I also have a postcard signed from 'Arthur' and sent to a Miss C. Moons. This was found in my mother, Elizabeth O'Brien's house. I have no other information on the postcard, but would love to find out more.

Stories from the front lines from Joseph Oliver Reilly,to his Brother Jack editor of the Western People, Ballina, Co Mayo,during the 1914-1918 War,sent by son Jocelyn Reilly || || Stories from the Gallipoli Front, from Egypt and from Malta as told by Joseph Reilly. First published in Western People. || Memoir

Letters from James to his half-brother Papers from War Office || We didn’t really know much about my uncle James Murtagh and I never met him. He was my father’s older brother and he was killed at Somme in 1916. All I have really are some letters which he wrote home to his half-brother. There’s only about four of them. We wrote to somebody in the War Office and find out more about James. So he looked it up but he didn’t find out a lot but I’ve brought all those papers with me. It says in the papers that James joined up in Manchester, I think it was in 1915. He was told that his name would be taken down and then he was called up in 1916. It was part of a scheme to get people to join up. My dad was fighting (GPO) when James was training. My dad was then sent to jail in England and I don’t think they ever managed to get in touch with one another. Because my father would have been very much on the republican side, I think that he would have been horrified that James would have joined the British Army. I did actually go to the Somme and I did find his name. He didn’t have a grave but his name was on a monument. I had written to the Wargraves Commission and they told me where I might find it. I found it very, very easily which was great. || || Multiple || Letters from James Murtagh to his half brother