Patrick Mullady (Mulleady)

Rank:	Private
Street:	Harbour Row
Townland:
Town/Village:	Longford
Civil Parish:	Templemichael
Catholic Parish:	Templemichael
Country:
Alternative Address:
Census 1901:	Resident at Harbour Row www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Longford_No__1_Urban/Harbour_Row/1555891/
Census 1911:
Regiment/Unit:	Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion
Regiment Number:	9023; Chelsea Number: 680478/K
Date of Death:
Cause:	Survived WW1
Memorial:
Information:	Patrick was born in on Harbour Row, Longford, on the 26 October 1883. He was named after his father, who was a stone mason. Prior to his original enlistment, Patrick worked as a plate-layer. Pte Mullady first enlisted in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in March 1905; he was deployed to the western front on the 22 August 1914, but was made a prisoner-of-war just 5 days later. Patrick was one of a number of Longford prisoners at Gefangenen Lager.Their chaplain Rev. Fr. Crotty (titled Irischer Kaplan) wrote to Bishop Hoare of Ardagh & Clonmacnois; this letter was reproduced in the Longford Leader's War Notes on the 2 July 1915 under the subheadings: Longford Prisoners of War in Germany - Striking Testimony to the Religious Fervour of Irish Prisoners - The Good Catholic Soldiers (linked below). Patrick was repatriated in December 1918 and was later transferred to the Reserve.
Parents Names:	Son of Patrick Mullady and Bridget (née Campbell), Harbour Row, Longford.
Notes:	Possible marriage to Elizabeth Ryan, 5 May 1919 in St. Mel's Cathedral.
Links:	Link to Civil Record of Birth; Longford Leader, Our War Notes, July 1915