Patrick (Paddy) Moran, (1888-1921),
Captain D Company, 2nd Battalion, Dublin Brigade, IRA. He gave his life for his country on March 14, 1921. Paddy Moran was born in Crossna on March 13, 1888. He was the third child in a family of eleven children, born to Bartholomew and Bridget (nee Sheerin). A social activist, he was involved in the Dublin Lockout in 1913 when he was a member of the Grocer’s Assistants Association. He was a founder member of the Irish National Union of Vintners, Grocers and Allied Trades assistants and its National President at the time of his death. He was an active member of Conradh na Gaeilge, the Gaelic Athletic Association, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Irish Volunteers and the IRA. He fought with the garrison in Jacob’s Factory, Dublin in the Easter Rising 1916 and as a result was deported and interned in Knutsford Jail, Manchester and in Frongoch Camp, Wales. He was active in the War of Independence and made the supreme sacrifice for his beloved country, on March 14, 1921, when he was executed by hanging in Mountjoy Jail, Dublin. Paddy Moran was re-buried in Glasnevin Cemetery with full state honours on October 14, 2001. Further information in “Executed for Ireland. The Patrick Moran Story” by May Moran. (Mercier Press, 2010). |