Athenry, The Twelve Apostles

This project was funded by Galway County Council and the Heritage Council

The ‘Twelve Apostles’ is a name given to twelve men from the Athenry area who were identified out of a group of Irish Volunteers by a local Eighteen year old girl for being involved in the rising. The men were tried and convicted and served their sentence together.

The Twelve Apostles, Athenry
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The Twelve Apostles
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Maisie Shackleton
The Twelve Apostles
Charlie Whyte
The Twelve Apostles
James Murray
The Twelve Apostles
Patch and Thomas Kennedy
The Twelve Apostles
Michael Higgins
The Twelve Apostles
Martin Hansberry
The Twelve Apostles
Jack Hanniffy
The Twelve Apostles
John and Michael O'Grady
The Twelve Apostles
Murty Fahy
The Twelve Apostles
Michael Donoghue
The Twelve Apostles
Thomas Barrett
The Twelve Apostles
The Twelve Apostles

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