D. D. Sheehan - Personal Background

Personal Background

On 6 February 1894, he married Mary Pauline O'Connor, daughter of Martin O'Connor, Bridge Street, Tralee, County Kerry;
they had five sons (and five daughters, the youngest Mona b. 1912 (Ms Rutland-Barsby) died 24 Sept. 2008):

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  • Daniel Joseph Sheehan (2nd Lt Royal Flying Corps) – killed May 1917 on active service during WWI (1894–1917).
    He is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Cabaret Rouge Cemetery, France; Grave no. N16.
  • Martin Joseph Sheehan (2nd Lt Royal Air Force) – killed October 1918 on active service during WWI (1896–1918).
    He is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Anneux World War I Cemetery, France; Grave no. H21.
  • Michael Joseph Sheehan (Brigadier, OBE, CBE, Indian Army, Burma Campaign WWII) (1899–1975)
  • Patrick A. Sheehan (later known as Pádraig A. Ó Síocháin SC), (Honorable Society of King's Inns) (1905–1995)
  • John F. Sheehan (Surgeon, Lt-Colonel, Medical Corps Indian Army, Burma Campaign WWII), (later Harley Street surgeon) (1909–1985)
  • Sgt Robert O'Connor (Leinster Regiment), (in-law), killed at Passchendaele during WWI (1880–1917)

(All family members settled in England, except P. A. Ó Síocháin, a staunch nationalist).

Sheehan died on 28 November 1948, aged 75, while visiting his daughter Mona in Queen Anne St., London, and was buried with his wife at the Glasnevin National Cemetery, Dublin.

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