LEINSTER\u00a0 LEADER<\/i><\/b> 2\u00a0 JANUARY \u00a01915.<\/b><\/p>\n
Celbridge Roll of Honour<\/b><\/p>\n
Paragraphs\u00a0 have\u00a0 appeared\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 newspapers from time to time\u00a0 showing how different districts have responded to the call for volunteers for the front, but we think in this connection Celbridge, having regard to the area\u00a0 and population,\u00a0 holds an unique\u00a0 position,\u00a0 according to particulars obtained locally some forty-four\u00a0 have joined the\u00a0 army from the district, and of these 25 have joined since the war broke out, while 27 of \u00a0them belonged [to] the National Volunteers.\u00a0 The following list has been complied of those who have joined from the locality and speaks for\u00a0 itself:- Archer, William, Union\u00a0 Lane (wounded in action); Berns, Michael, Straleek; Berns, \u00a0Andrew, \u00a0do.;\u00a0 Berns Frank, \u00a0do.;\u00a0 Bolger, \u00a0James,\u00a0 Kiladoon;\u00a0 Bolger,\u00a0 Christopher, \u00a0do.; \u00a0Buckley, Hugh, \u00a0Celbridge \u00a0(died of wounds,\u00a0 R.I.P.);\u00a0 Buckley,\u00a0 Peter, \u00a0do.; Burgess, Patrick, \u00a0do.; \u00a0Burke,\u00a0 Thomas, Lyons.;\u00a0 Brien,\u00a0 John,\u00a0 Kilwogan.;\u00a0 Brien,\u00a0 John,\u00a0 Castletown,\u00a0 Brien, Thomas,\u00a0 do.; Clarke,\u00a0 Patrick,\u00a0 Tea \u00a0Lane;\u00a0\u00a0 Clowney,\u00a0 Timothy,\u00a0 Killeenlea;\u00a0 Clowney,\u00a0 Daniel, \u00a0Celbridge; Colgan,\u00a0 William, Celbridge\u00a0 Abbey;\u00a0 Connell,\u00a0 Richard,\u00a0 Union\u00a0 Lane; Connell,\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas,\u00a0 do.; \u00a0(wounded\u00a0\u00a0 in action);\u00a0 Connell, Patrick, do.,\u00a0 (wounded in action); Connell,\u00a0 Christopher, do.;\u00a0 Cousins, Andrew,\u00a0 Hazelhatch\u00a0 (returned from\u00a0 Argentine\u00a0 to enlist); Cummins,\u00a0 Patrick,\u00a0 Union\u00a0 Lane;\u00a0 Daly, Lawrence, \u00a0Killeenlea; Dempsey,\u00a0 Edward, Union\u00a0 Lane;\u00a0 Delahunt, James,\u00a0 Lyons;\u00a0 Farrell,\u00a0 James,\u00a0 Tea\u00a0 Lane;\u00a0 Ferrar, John, Straffan; Graydon,\u00a0 Charles,\u00a0 Celbridge;\u00a0 Hare, \u00a0Wm.\u00a0 Straffan;\u00a0\u00a0 Harris, Wm.\u00a0 do.; Kerwan,\u00a0 John,\u00a0 Castletown;\u00a0 Kerson,\u00a0 Donald,\u00a0 Straffan;\u00a0 Looney,\u00a0 John,\u00a0 Lyons;\u00a0 Lucas,\u00a0 Alfred, Straffan;\u00a0 McGarr, William, Celbridge;\u00a0 McGarr,\u00a0 Frederick, do.;\u00a0 Paisley,\u00a0 Richard,\u00a0 do.;\u00a0 Rafferty,\u00a0 Thomas,\u00a0 Simmonstown;\u00a0 Remmington, George,\u00a0\u00a0 do.;\u00a0 Smith,\u00a0 Christopher,\u00a0 Celbridge\u00a0 Abbey;\u00a0 Smith,\u00a0 Matthew,\u00a0 do.;\u00a0 Thompson,\u00a0 James,\u00a0 Kiladoon;\u00a0 White,\u00a0 James,\u00a0 Union\u00a0 Lane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LEINSTER\u00a0 LEADER 2\u00a0 JANUARY \u00a01915. Celbridge Roll of Honour Paragraphs\u00a0 have\u00a0 appeared\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 newspapers from time to time\u00a0 showing how different districts have responded to the call for volunteers for the front, but we think in this connection Celbridge, having regard to the area\u00a0 and population,\u00a0 holds an unique\u00a0 position,\u00a0 according to particulars obtained […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspaper-articles"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kildare Local Studies","author_link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/author\/localstudies\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}