I don't have any Mellowes in my family but there is a very famous Irishman by the name of Liam Mellowes. His father was from County Kilkenny. Liam was born in England while his father served in the army; he was raised mostly in Dublin. He played a very important role during the Easter Rising of 1916, The War of Independence (Black and Tan War) of 1919-1921 and the Irish Civil War between 1922-1923. Liam Mellowes was executed on December 8, 1922 by the Provisional Government or Free Staters. Liam was a Republican and did not accept the Treaty because it did not give autonomy to Ireland and also gerrymandered part of the Province of Ulster leaving 6 of its nine counties under British control. Two deputies of the Free State government, Sean Hales and Patrick O'Malley were shot. In reprisal for the shootings the Free State Cabinet decided to execute 4 Republican prisoners who represented the four provincinces of Ireland. The four, Liam Mellowes, Rory O'Connor, Joseph McKelvey and Richard Barrett were executed on December 8, 1922. The execution horrified the Irish. Beannachtai, Margaret (Máiread) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Gainsborough" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 6:49 PM Subject: [IRELAND] Interests: Mellows & Mellowes > Hello Listers, > > I would like to express my interest in the MELLOWS and > MELLOWES surnames. > > If you have either of these names in your family tree, or > know someone with either of these names, please will you/they contact me? > > Thank you for reading this. > > > Peter Gainsborough