Matthew Barlow

Rank:	Private
Street:	19 Chapel Lane
Townland:
Town/Village:	Longford
Civil Parish:	Templemichael
Catholic Parish:	Templemichael
Country:
Alternative Address:	U.S.A.
Census 1901:	Resident at the home of his grandmother, Rose Fahey, on Main Street, Longford www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Longford_No__1_Urban/Main_Street/1556000/
Census 1911:
Regiment/Unit:	Connaught Rangers, 4th Battalion
Regiment Number:	4329
Date of Death:	08-01-1938
Cause:	Natural Causes
Memorial:	Ballymacormack Cemetery, Longford, Co. Longford
Information:	Matthew, according to the census, was born in America c.1894. However, his birth was registered in Longford in January 1894, giving a birth date of 27 November 1894 in Longford town; Matthew's father was a waiter by profession. By 1901 Matt was living with two of his sisters, Annie and Ellen, along with aunts, uncles and cousins, at the home of their grandmother Rose Fahey (Fahy). He served in France, India, Mesopotamia and Egypt. He received the 1914 Star and the British War and Victory Medals. He had his left fore finger shot off and was awarded the Silver War Badge. After WW1 Matthew returned to Longford, and received a grant from the British military in October 1920 for the purchase of a horse cart. Barlow appears to have later served with Eoin O'Duffy's Irish Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, on the side of the Republicans under General Franco. However, it appears that he died of pneumonia in the County Hospital at the age of c.44 in January 1938.
Parents Names:	Son of David Barlow and Mary (née Fahey), Chapel Street, Longford
Notes:
Links:	Longford Leader, 1937, Longford Volunteers, Irish Brigade; link to Civil Record of Birth; link to (probable) Civil Record of Death; notice of death Longford Leader; General Franco's Greetings, Longford Leader, July 1938;