Captain DD Sheehan MP pictured (left) with his third son 2nd Lieutenant Michael J Sheehan both Royal Munster Fusiliers, on the Western Front with the British Expeditionary Force. Daniel Desmond (DD) Sheehan (1873-1948) was a journalist, barrister and Independent Member of Parliament for mid-Cork, Ireland (1901-1918) at Westminster. Despite being aged 41 and father of a family of nine he enlisted at Buttevant, county Cork in November 1914. In the spring and summer of 1915 he undertook the organisation of three special voluntary enlistment campaigns in counties Limerick, Clare and Cork and received Captaincy and company command in July. He served in the 9th Royal Munster Fusiliers (RMF) (Service) Battalion of the 16th (Irish) Division on the Loos Salient in France 1915-16, then with the 2nd (Regular) RMF Battalion. Whilst in the trenches at the front, DD Sheehan contributed a series of articles in his own name to the Daily Express, Irish Times and Cork Constitution. Re-assigned at the end of 1916 for health reasons and loss of hearing from shell-fire to the 3rd RMF (Reserve) Battalion, he acted as a Lewis gun and Anti-Gas Instructor. He was de-commissioned from the army due to ill-health in January 1918, retaining the honorary rank of Captain. Intimidation by militants hostile to his earlier recruiting, necessitated that he and his family abandon their Cork city home and move to London, only returning to Dublin in 1926 (biography, see Wikipedia D. D. Sheehan). Pictured on the right, Michael Joseph Sheehan (1899-1975), 2nd Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers, DD Sheehan’s third son who enlisted at aged 15 1/2. He was at 16 the youngest commissioned officer in the army on the Western Front and twice wounded (later Brigadier Michael J Sheehan OBE CBE, Indian Army, WW2 Burma Campaign).

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

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