Michael Friary / Friery

Rank:	Private
Street:	6 Healy's Terrace
Townland:
Town/Village:	Longford
Civil Parish:	Templemichael
Catholic Parish:	Templemichael
Country:
Alternative Address:	Bog Lane, Longford; 19 Scott's Row, Berryhill, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland; St Brigid's Terrace, Longford
Census 1901:	Residing with family in House 18, Bog Lane www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Longford_No__1_Urban/Boglane/1555575/
Census 1911:	Residing with relatives, Patrick and Kate Friary in Cloontirm. www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Longford_Rural/Cloontirm/650826/
Regiment/Unit:	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; [Connaught Rangers, 4th (Special Reserve) Battalion]
Regiment Number:	48559; [4/4330]
Date of Death:
Cause:
Memorial:	Unknown, likely Ballymacormack Cemetery, Longford
Information:	Michael was born on Bog Lane, Longford around the 2 October 1892. Prior to the war, he was working as a labourer. Michael married Mary Shields in St. Mel's Cathedral, on the 1 February 1913. Sadly, Mary died in September 1925* Michael enlisted with the Connaught Rangers for war service in 1915, and entered the was on the 1 September 1915 at Gallipoli. Enlisted 1st September 1915. Wounded in head, in Salonika / Dardanelles. Returned to duty (even with a plate in the skull ?} Married to Mary Shiels and lived in Wishaw and later returned to live in St Michael's Terrace. (Mary died September 1925 leaving five children).
Parents Names:	Son of John Friary and Mary (née Mullen), Bog Lane, Longford
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Links:	Link to Civil Record of Birth (please ensure that web address ends in .pdf); link to Civil Record of Marriage;