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3 unusual facts about Joe McKelvey


Joe McKelvey

In May 1921, McKelvey's command suffered a severe setback, when fifty of his best men were sent to County Cavan to train and link up with the IRA units there, only to be surrounded and captured by the British Army on Lappanduff hill on 9 May.

He is a founder member of the O'Donovan Rossa Club, Belfast – founded in 1916 on the Falls Road.

National Graves Association, Belfast

This plot contains the remains of 5 IRA volunteers, Joe McKelvey, Sean McCartney, Terence Perry, Sean Gaffney and Seamus Burns.



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