Michael Friary / Friery

Rank:	Private
Street:	6 Healy's Terrace
Townland:
Town/Village:	Longford
Civil Parish:	Templemichael
Catholic Parish:	Templemichael
Country:
Alternative Address:	Bog Lane, Longford; 19 Scott's Row, Berryhill, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland; St Brigid's Terrace, Longford
Census 1901:	Residing with family in House 18, Bog Lane www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Longford_No__1_Urban/Boglane/1555575/
Census 1911:	Residing with relatives, Patrick and Kate Friary in Cloontirm. www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Longford_Rural/Cloontirm/650826/
Regiment/Unit:	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; [Connaught Rangers, 4th (Special Reserve) Battalion]
Regiment Number:	48559; [4/4330]
Date of Death:	01-12-1947
Cause:	Survived WW1, natural causes
Memorial:	Unknown, likely Ballymacormack Cemetery, Longford
Information:	Michael was born on Bog Lane, Longford around the 2 October 1892. Prior to the war, he was working as a labourer. Michael married Mary Shields in St. Mel's Cathedral, on the 1 February 1913. Sadly, Mary died in September 1925* Michael enlisted with the Connaught Rangers for war service in 1915, and entered the was on the 1 September 1915 at Gallipoli. Enlisted 1st September 1915. Wounded in head, in Salonika / Dardanelles. Returned to duty (even with a plate in the skull ?} Married to Mary Shiels and lived in Wishaw and later returned to live in St Michael's Terrace. (Mary died September 1925 leaving five children). Michael died of in Mullingar in December 1947.
Parents Names:	Son of John Friary and Mary (née Mullen), Bog Lane, Longford
Notes:
Links:	Link to Civil Record of Birth (please ensure that web address ends in .pdf); link to Civil Record of Marriage; link to Civil Record of Death; Longford Leader article on death of Mary Friary and part 2;