From West Mayo Brigade 1921-1971 and other local sources

Dr. Myles Mac Evilly. As early as April 1918 the newly appointed Lord Lieutenant and Military Commissioner in Ireland, Lord French, in a letter to Prime Minister Lloyd George during the Conscription Crisis, advocated the use of airpower, “ that ought to put the fear of God into those playful young Sinn Feiners 1  ( 1 […]

In the Kilmeena ambush Dr. Madden was in a very dangerous position along a fence within range of the rifle grenades.