Hi All, it has been a while..and I hope more online or I need to get someone to help/point me in direction.
First - OK my Grandad was William OBrien - he was head constable between 1928-1934. Badge 1171. My dad and my uncles and aunt grew up in that station. From my research, we was at many petty sessions etc in papers. I have some pictures, informal and that is it and an xmas party of him, I assume it is lurgan
I have all floor plans of the station from Archives in Dublin, and many a story, even a map my dad sketched out for me with orchard out the back. I have the infamous Ivy lodge, and within 2 weeks I will have a more recent one, PSNI are helping me - it has cars in it:) When dad there there was no Ivy on front...I will share here what I have. PSNi have loads, of members hundreds but sure nobody stuck station names on back nevermind who was in the pictures..
What I need is to get someone who can get a picture of my gandad, there has to be some. There was not even that many based in station, His number was 1171.
Secondly: And this is a chance, but I am so stuck. My grandad had a brother named Henry OBrien RIC, he was aged 22. On May 29th 1922 he was shot in Belfast and died the next day - the thing that I am stumped on is my dad and Aunts side they remember he was buried in Lurga - I had assumed Lurga(n) but exhausted that any graveyard in anything even like a township in Roscommon, where the brothers lived.. and I actually think now it could well be NI Lurgan, that was not a time to be running around...prior to HC my grandad was only up the road and my grandad buried him and signed up in Tyrone on 1st June. I have tried everything - posts on our forums will show henry obrien 69991.
So in nutshell, I dearly love a pic of my grandad and as important, if Henry reg 69991 is there is no a headstone I do. I have no problem paying for help, but have no idea where to turn.
Help:) Please...
Many Thanks
Paul
