William Joseph Mellows

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William Joseph Mellows was an Irish republican leader and revolutionary active during the Irish War of Independence and the subsequent Civil War.

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instanceOf Irish republican ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
politician ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ
activeIn Irish Civil War ⓘ
Irish War of Independence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Liam Mellows ⓘ
burialPlace Castletown Cemetery, County Wexford, Ireland ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by firing squad ⓘ
commanded IRA forces in County Galway during the Easter Rising ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1892-05-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1922-12-08 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish ⓘ
executedBy Irish Free State government ⓘ
familyName Mellows ⓘ
father Sergeant William Joseph Mellows Sr. ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasMemorial Liam Mellows GAA clubs named in his honour ⓘ
Liam Mellows statue in Eyre Square, Galway ⓘ
hasWork Notes from Mountjoy Jail ⓘ
ideology Irish republicanism ⓘ
socialist republicanism ⓘ
imprisonedAt Mountjoy Prison ⓘ
inspired Irish republican socialist thought ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
memberOf First Dáil ⓘ
Irish Republican Army ⓘ
Irish Volunteers ⓘ
Sinn Féin ⓘ
militaryRank commandant ⓘ
mother Sarah Jordan Mellows ⓘ
notableFor anti-Treaty leadership during the Irish Civil War ⓘ
leadership in the Irish War of Independence ⓘ
opposed Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
participatedIn Easter Rising ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hartshead Military Barracks, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Mountjoy Prison
positionHeld IRA officer ⓘ
Teachta Dála ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Galway, Ireland ⓘ
sibling Barney Mellows ⓘ
Frank Mellows ⓘ
wasPartOf anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ

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Liam Mellows → birthName → William Joseph Mellows ⓘ