Patrick Monahan

Rank:	Lance Corporal
Street:	Railway Lodge
Townland:	Ardnacassagh/Ardnacassa
Town/Village:	Longford
Civil Parish:	Templemichael
Catholic Parish:	Templemichael
Country:
Alternative Address:
Census 1901:
Census 1911:	Living in Ardnacassa http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Longford_Rural/Ardnacassagh/650916/
Regiment/Unit:	Leinster Regiment, 1st & 2nd Battalion
Regiment Number:	3499
Date of Death:	17-08-1915
Cause:	Wounds at Hooge, Belgium
Memorial:	Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Information:	Patrick was born c.1895 in Dublin. Monaghan was serving with the 2nd Battalion when he died of wounds, received during shelling on the 14 August at Hooge, and was one of over 40 British casualties. Also mortally wounded earlier this day was Corporal McNally, who was also from Longford.
Parents Names:	Son of Patrick of Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin and stepmother Frances Monahan, Railway Lodge, Ardnacassagh, Longford.
Notes:
Links:	https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/139426/monahan,-/; http://soldierswills.nationalarchives.ie/reels/sw/MonaghanP_E98154.pdf

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