Lieut. Martin Savage R.I.P.




St. Fechin's Cemetery, Ballisodare is the final resting place of Ballisodare native Lieut. Martin Savage killed in action, Serving Ireland, War of Independence, Ashtown, County Dublin. 19th. Dec. 1919 aged 21 years. As an 18-year-old he took part in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.
"So, Irishmen remember them and raise your heads up high for Great men and Straight men have fought for you and died."



Click pic (above) for AnPhoblacht Detailed account of ambush from: Martin Savage and the IRA's Ashtown Ambush by Micheál Mac Donncha.

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