Michael Dolan**

Rank:	Trimmer
Street:
Townland:	Kiltycreevagh
Town/Village:	Ballinamuck
Civil Parish:	Ballinamuck
Catholic Parish:	Drumlish
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Alternative Address:
Census 1901:	Possible entry, shown residing maternal grandmother www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Drumgort/Cloonelly/1552389/
Census 1911:	Possible entry, shown residing with maternal uncle and aunts www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Drumgort/Cloonelly/586002/
Regiment/Unit:	Royal Naval Reserve
Regiment Number:	7358/TS (Po)
Date of Death:	18-07-1918
Cause:	Accidental death, drowning, Troon, Scotland
Memorial:	Troon Cemetery, Dundonald Road, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland
Information:	Michael was born likely in Kiltycreevagh, near Ballinamuck around the 5 December 1898. He was likely the son of Michael Dolan, a farmer and Anne McNamee, but appears to have been largely raised with his maternal family in Drumgort near Legga. Michael enlisted with the Royal Naval Reserve in 1917, and was initially stationed at the HMS Vivid at Devonport from 30 October 1917, before being transferred to another ship in 1918 before finally joining the HM PMS Cheltenham, a paddle minesweeper craft, on the 22 January 1918. Sadly he went missing from his ship on the 18 July 1918 and was found in Troon harbour a week later. Michael's sister, Catherine, who was resident in Aghakeeran, near Aughnacliffe, is listed as his next of kin.
Parents Names:	Son of Michael Dolan and Ann (née McNamee) of Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford
Notes:	IrelandsGreatWarDead.ie includes Michael. His details are included in the Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919 although his home was mis-transcribed as Kittycreevah, Ballinawick Parents' probably entry on 1901 census: www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Ballinamuck_West/Kiltycreevagh/1551899/
Links:	Link to CWGC entry; Billion Graves entry, with photo of headstone; Imperial War Museum WW1 entry; British National Archives records of service index; possible Civil Record of Birth;