One of my earliest memories in Dublin is of Mr and Mrs Keogh/Kehoe and family who lived opposite us on Mountain View Avenue in Harold's Cross. The Commonwealth War Graves database lists members of the Commonwealth armed forces who died during WW1 and later. Some entries give details of next of kin and an address which can be really useful. Further info can then be obtained from the UK National Archives website - Medal Cards are available for download as PDFs at £3.50 each. Medal cards for service personnel who survived WW1 are available too but you really need to have details of unit and preferably service number too. For those from Dublin who died, there is a book at the Dublin Library in Pearse Street giving a write up and some personal background - though sometimes this is just a repeat of what can be found on the CWGC web pages. There's a write up of the Irish National War Memorial Park at : http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/places/ireland/dublin/tips/free which indicates a print of those who died is available from the rangers office. If you do find that your Keogh's were in the armed forces during WW1, a good place for further information, hints tips etc. is the Great War Forum at : http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php Ken Devitt in Dublin has a posting about a James Keogh from Wellington St, Dublin who served in the Dublin Fusiliers. One poster, Liam, has a CD of "Irelands Memorial Records" and can do lookups of men who died in the First World War who were from Ireland or Englishmen who served in Irish regiments. He may be able to give details of all Keogh's from Dublin for example. This would be an easier start than delving into the CWGC site. A project to photograph headstones of service personnel and make them available online is in progress and a number of Keogh's can be found online at http://www.wargraves.org.uk/. There's another project to record Irish War memorials at http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/html/showMemorial.php?show=137. This link is for the memorial in Ballsbridge where there is a J Keogh of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers (RDF). The RDF Association web site is also worth a visit for a background information http://www.greatwar.ie/3dubs.html. Worth remembering that in the period after 1918 there was quite a bit of fighting and dying which would not be recorded in the CWGC records.... The Irish Civil War by Tim Pat Coogan and George Morrison contains a huge collection of photos of the period. Some of these are attributed to the Keogh brothers. The book gives no details of them but they apparently ran a professional photographic service (Keogh Brothers Ltd) from Lower Dorset St from 1909. 300+ of their negatives are stored in the Irish Photographic Archive and some can be seen online at http://hip.nli.ie/. Names were applied to Irish Army armoured cars and the 1934 list of armoured cars shows ARR 1 'Tom Keogh'. Originally called "Danny Boy", it was renamed after Col. Comdt. Keogh, who was killed by a mine in 1922. He's mentioned on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Irish_Civil_War. Keogh was a friend of Michael Collins and was a later member of Collin's 12 Apostle's and lead one of the IRA units involve in the assassination of the Cairo Gang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Gang. Richmond Barracks in Dublin was renamed Keogh Barracks after him. Sorry for the length, but hopefully there's something here for your Keogh research and for anyone else who thinks their Dubs may have served/died in WW1. John http://www.mywebtree.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alan Barnard Sent: 04 November 2006 04:34 To: irl-dublin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] death/cemetery records needed for Keo(u)gh If they fought with the British Commonwealth forces, you can check for their names at www.cwgc.org/ . At 06:12 PM 03/11/2006, you wrote: >A few years ago I went to Dublin and looked at vital records for all names >and dates I could think of. Found nothing definitive. Maybe >someone will know >of a Dublin cemetery or death registry which would contain any of following: > >John Keough (Keogh) b. ca 1840, alive in 1911 I believe. >Margaret his wife b. ca 1840, no est. on death date, but in 1900s. >Although our information calls her Margaret, I'm wondering if she >might have been a >Mary Mg't, as I can find no Margarets anywhere near right age. A Dublin >census has several of right names, & a Mary, but no Marg't. >Last known address was #2 Little Britain St., Dublin. I went there and >someone thought it was a place for pensioners early 1900s. >Their children: James, Dick, Tom, John (my grandfather, died in US), Fred, >twins Edwin & Edward, Nick (d. in US), Briget. Also 3 girls died young. > >I thought for sure it would be easy to find the twins, but no. Even my great >uncle who stated he was b. Dublin 1874 I could find no record. It is >possibel that this family originated in Cavan. Margaret was from >Isle of Man but I >have found nothing there I can pinpoint. 2 possible Marg'ts right >age, but no >marriage record found anywhere. And Grandpa was born at sea. Yes, I have >checked that too. Both John & Nick list Margaret as their mother. >Any help or suggestions appreciated. Ca 15 years ago I hired a researcher >and he came up empty handed. The brothers James, Dick & Tom all died before >1926 & may have been in the war. Is there a list of Irish soldier deaths? >Many thanks for help or suggestions. Liz > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message