Bryan Fergus Molloy - shot 1920

[corisande]

One of the most successful British agents in War of Independence was a man called Bryan Fergus Molloy who was shot by Collins Squad in Dublin in 1920

My notes on Molloy - click

However he was a man with no past, no birth, no census records, no war record, and the assumption is that this was not his real name

I have now come across 2 Witness Statements (Bur Mil History in Dublin, and available online) placing him from Foxford, Mayo.

Can anyone add to this

• WS0400 by Richard Walsh TD of Mayo, claims that Molloy was operating with the IRA in Mayo before he went to Dublin. Walsh claims that Molloy was born in USA (a western state) of Irish parents, his father being from Foxford, Mayo.
• WS0638 indicates that the author, Patrick Caldwell, thought Molloy's real name was Bernie McNulty of Foxford, Mayo

[CaroleW]

Related thread for background info

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,485862.0.html

[corisande]

Related thread for background info

I don't know if you have read that thread, but as far as I can see there are only 3 posts, all by me 

[CaroleW]

Yes - I did read it and it gave a lot of interesting additional info about him hence my posting the link