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