Joseph McDonagh, Mercantile Marines. Birthplace: Ard East Carna Connemara

First Name:

Joseph

Last Name:

McDonagh

Rank:

Seaman

Regiment:

Mercantile Marines

Military Number:

Place of Birth:

Ard East Carna Connemara

Place of Death:

Trawler Pretty Polly ( Presumed Drowned)

Date of Death:

31-May-18

Age:

Additional Information:

Presumed Drowned: 31 May 1918. Age 25.

Supplementary Notes: Son of Mary McDonagh of Ard East, Carna, and the late Coleman McDonagh.

Born: Ard East, Carna, Connemara.

Remembered: Tower Hill Memorial-London-United Kingdom.

On May 31st, 1918, Pretty Polly, a British trawler of 19 tons, was sunk by the German submarine U-101 (Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg), off Roundstone Bay, Galway.

MCDONAGH, JOSEPH (25), Fisherman, Pretty Polly, Mercantile Marine, †31/05/1918, Son of Mary McDonagh, of Ard East, Carna, Galway, and the late Colman McDonagh. Born at Ard East, Carna, Galway, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial

Mercantile Marines

Trawler Pretty Polly

Tower Hill Memorial-London-United Kingdom.()

Pretty Polly. ( The smack 19 Tons Fishing Boat)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF:

Joseph McDonagh 31-May-18