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'''Maurice O'Neill''' was an [[Irish Republican]] militant and martyr from County Kerry, Ireland who was executed in 1942 for his role in a shootout that killed a [[Garda Síochána]] detective.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=ART Mac EOIN|newspaper=An Phoblacht|title=Remembering the Past | |||
Maurice O'Neill executed|date=2001-11-15|url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/8082}}</ref> | Maurice O'Neill executed|date=2001-11-15|url=https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/8082}}</ref> | ||
{{Infobox military person|name=Maurice O'Neill|birth_date=1917|birth_place=Cahersiveen, Kerry, Ireland|death_date=November 12, 1942|death_place=Mountjoy Gaol, Dublin, Ireland|memorials=[[Maurice O'Neill Memorial Bridge]]|relations=[[Sean O'Neill]]|known for=|image=Maurice O'Neill.png|allegiance=[[Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army]]}} | |||
== Early Life == | == Early Life == | ||
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One of these leaders was [[Harry White]], then Quartermaster of the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army. O'Neill and White were staying at an IRA safehouse at 14 Holly Road, Donneycarney, Dublin. On October 24, planning to meet with fellow Republicans in the North, the pair left the house and were fired at by, unbeknownst to them at the time, Garda officers including a detective named Mordant.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> | One of these leaders was [[Harry White]], then Quartermaster of the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army. O'Neill and White were staying at an IRA safehouse at 14 Holly Road, Donneycarney, Dublin. On October 24, planning to meet with fellow Republicans in the North, the pair left the house and were fired at by, unbeknownst to them at the time, Garda officers including a detective named Mordant.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> | ||
== Trial and Execution == | == Trial and Execution == | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
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[[Library:Young Maurice O’Neill|Young Maurice O’Neill]]</ref> | [[Library:Young Maurice O’Neill|Young Maurice O’Neill]]</ref> | ||
The bridge between mainland Ireland and Valentia Island in County Kerry is called Maurice O'Neill Bridge. | The bridge between mainland Ireland and Valentia Island in County Kerry is called Maurice O'Neill Bridge. A Republican Sinn Féin Cumann in Kerry is also named after him.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=Irish Republican Information Service (no. 323)|date=2014-02-24|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2014/02/24/irish-republican-information-service-no-323/|quote=At a convention on February 13 in Cahersiveen, Co Kerry, the Maurice O’Neill Cumann selected Pádraig Garvey to contest the South and West Kerry constituency.}}</ref> | ||