“Master Pat” Patrick O’Regan | Royal Munster Fusiliers
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
CONTRIBUTOR
Helen Long
DATE
1915 - 1919
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
Discover Similar Stories
Memorabilia of Patrick Dorgan | Royal Munster Fusiliers
18 Items
Patrick Dorgan was in the Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion (no. 8764). He was born in 1890 and was from Claren? (Clarence?) Street, Cork, Ireland. He enlisted on 6 July, 1908. He was a POW from 1915, in Limburg POW camp. He was discharged on 1 April, 1919. He received the medal trio. || Certificate of Education (degree); Certificate of Transfer to Reserves; Treatment of Enemy POW; Statement of Extraordinary experience in German Internment Camp; Photograph of Limburg Internment Camp - memorial - cross; Royal Munster Fusiliers Old Comrade Association dinner menu, 1929, with signatures (back and front); Photograph of Patrick Dorgan in uniform; Photograph of Patrick Dorgan group - POW; Photograph of Patrick Dorgan group - post-war (Patrick is back left). || || Patrick Dorgan || Statement of extraordinary circumstances in German Internment Camps of Patrick Dorgan || Statement of extraordinary circumstances in German Internment Camps || Official document || || Official document || Patrick Dorgan || Statement of extraordinary circumstances in German Internment Camps || Statement of extraordinary circumstances in German Internment Camps of Patrick Dorgan (2nd scan) || || Certificate of transfer to reserves || Patrick Dorgan || Official document || Certificate of transfer to reserves of Patrick Dorgan || || Patrick Dorgan || Certificate of Education of Patrick Dorgan || Official document || || Prisoners of War || Remembrance || Limburg Camp || Photo of cross erected by Irish Prisoners of War commemorating comrades who died at Limburg Prison Camp, Germany. || Photograph || Photo of cross erected by Irish Prisoners of War commemorating comrades who died at Limburg Prison Camp, Germany || || Royal Munster Fusilier's Old Comrades' Association || The Royal Munster Fusiliers' Old Comrades' Association Dinner Menu || The Royal Munster Fusiliers' Old Comrades' Association Dinner Menu. Folded open to show front and back, with signatures written on the back. || Remembrance || Memorabilia || || The Royal Munster Fusiliers' Old Comrades' Association Dinner Menu. Folded open to show inside pages, with menu on left and toasts on right. || Remembrance || The Royal Munster Fusiliers' Old Comrades' Association Dinner Menu || Memorabilia || Royal Munster Fusiliers - Old Comrades' Association || || Patrick Dorgan || Photo of Patrick Dorgan in group of soldiers || Photograph || || Photo of Patrick Dorgan || Photo of Patrick Dorgan in uniform || Patrick Dorgan || Photograph
My uncle | Edmund Mahony | Royal Munster Fusiliers
5 Items
article diary || Edmund Mahony was my uncle. He was killed in France in 1918. He joined the Royal Munster Fusiliers at the age of 30. He worked in the family grain company before joining the army. There was an article about him in the Obelisk Journal of Kilmacud Local History Society. Iza Mahony was a volunteer nurse. I brought her diary from 1915-16 that she wrote in Malta. She worked on hospital ships and died in 1919 in Ireland. || || Letter || Account of the death of my uncle, Edmund Mahony, Royal Munster Fusiliers || || Diary || Malta || Diary of Iza Mahony, volunteer nurse in Malta