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Christopher Folan, Irish War of Independence victim, died 11 May 1921. Christy Folan, age 18, was a native of Woodquay, Galway City. His brother James Folan was a Battalion Quarter-Master of the Galway Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), during the Irish War of Independence.〔Connacht Tribune 1909-2010; Page: 12; Date: 19 Nov 1960〕 James was released from Galway Jail on 10 May 1921, after a 6-month sentence for possessing seditious documents. He was warned not to return to his home in O'Donoghue's Terrace, Galway.〔The Black and Tans, British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence. D.M.Leeson, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012〕 That night a party of Black and Tans called to the house looking for James. They were met by his brother, Patrick Folan, who told him James was not at home. They searched the house and the yard. They then fired into a downstairs room where his two brothers Christy and Joseph were sleeping. Christy died at the scene, his brother Joseph survived after being brought to Galway Hospital.〔Blood For Blood, The Black and Tan War in Galway. William Henry, Mercier Press, Dublin, 2012〕 The Black and Tans then went to the house of Hubert Tully, St Brigids Terrace. He was a contact of Sean Broderick, a leading Galway Republican. On finding him they shot him dead.〔Connacht Tribune 1909-2010; Date: 14 May 1920〕 ==See also== * Ó Cualáin * Michael Griffin (Irish priest) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Folan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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