| Name: |
Patrick Conneely |
Reg No: |
6521 |
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Date Of Joining: |
1925 |
| Date of birth: |
1903 |
Address: |
Oughterard, Galway |
| Date of Death: |
19 May 1933 |
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| Keyword: |
Died in Service Ballinaboola New Ross Wexford Carrick On Shannon |
Acknowledgements And Sources: |
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| Garda Rank at end of service: |
Garda |
Where Stationed-DISTRICT(Place): |
WEXFORD (Ballinaboola, New Ross, Wexford), LEITRIM (Carrick On Shannon) |
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Marriage |
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Where Burried: |
Kilcummin Cemetery, Oughterard, County Galway
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| Further Notes: |
Transferred in 1932 to Carrick On Shannon, County Leitrim. He was a prominent member of the rowing team for the Gardai, Wexford and Carrick on Shannon. On 19th May 1933, Garda Connelly along with two other local men drowned when they got into difficulty while practicing rowing in a boat in the River Shannon in Carrick On Shannon and they took on water during bad weather. He is buried with his family in Kilcummin Cemetery, Oughterard, County Galway. |