School: Ballybay (Hall St.) (roll number 12378)
- Location:
- Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: C. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 324
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- John Dixon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
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- George Mc Parland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
- The only heroes I know of in County Monaghan are those of the great war. The first of these was Sgt. D Nelson the winner of the second V.C. award in the war. He was attached to the Royal Horse Artillery and won this honour at the retreat from mons. He rose to the rank of Major and was killed just before the war finished. He was a member of Cahans Presbyterian Church where there is a(continues on next page)
