CO-KSNG-0119

Record Date: 
15 November 2012
Graveyard: 
Newberry (Kilshannig)
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN MEMORY OF
LT. EDWARD WATERS
Glashabee Mallow.
MALLOW COY.. 5th BATTLN.
4th CORK BRIGADE..  I.R.A.
Born 13th Dec. 1896. Killed in
action at Nadd.10th Mar. 1921.
Ar Deas-láim Dé Dá anam.
Erected by his comrades

(Left Face)
In Memory of
Daniel Waters
Died Dec. 24. 1981
Aged 92
His Brother Patrick
Died Oct. 17. 1985
Aged 93
Patrick Waters
Son of above Daniel
Bridgetown
Castletownroche
Died March 26 2005
Aged 72

(Right Face)
Timothy Waters
His Wife Mary
Children
Timothy Jnr
James, Kate,
Hannah, (John
his wife Kate)

Memorial Type: 
Celtic Cross
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
52.122451388889
Longitude: 
-8.7072997222222
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
O'Connell Cork
Number of people commemorated: 
12
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Lieutenant
Name: 
Lt.Edward
Surname: 
Waters
Date of birth - day: 
13
Date of birth - month: 
December
Date of birth - year: 
1896
Date of death - day: 
10
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1921
Address: 
Glashabee Mallow
Name: 
Timothy
Surname: 
Waters
Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Waters
Name: 
Timothy Jnr
Surname: 
Waters
Name: 
James
Surname: 
Waters
Name: 
Kate
Surname: 
Waters
Name: 
Hannah
Surname: 
Waters
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Waters
Name: 
Kate
Surname: 
Waters
Name: 
Daniel
Surname: 
Waters
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1981
Age: 
92
Name: 
Patrick
Surname: 
Waters
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1985
Age: 
93
Name: 
Patrick
Surname: 
Waters
Date of death - day: 
26
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
2005
Age: 
72
Address: 
Bridgetown Castletownroche
Notes: 

During the War of Independance,General Liam Lynch  moved his brigade HQ ,temporarily, from Lombardstown to the Nadd area in the Boggeragh Mountains where an IRA training camp was also in progress. The camp was betrayed by a spy who had infiltrated the  Volunteer movement and a massive round up by British troops was conducted on the night of 10/3/1921.The area was surrounded by thousands of troops who were dropped off at various points to silently proceed to encircle the area. Lieutenant Ned Waters was billeted in Dave Herlihy's house with four others when they were surprised at dawn by a company of soldiers who ordered them outside. Rifles, captured a few months previously in the famous raid on Mallow military barracks were found in the house.Two volunteers made a dash for safety and were shot and seriously injured but managed to disappear in the thick fog. Ned Waters and two others were shot dead and the transcripts of the Military Court of Inquiry  make very interesting reading. The  soldiers evidence was that they made a run for it ,were ordered to halt but kept running and were shot. In such circumstances the entry wounds should be through their backs but the doctor who examined them stated the entry wounds were from the front,a clear case of assasination. He also stated thet they had serious flesh wounds indicating the possible use of baynots.The enquiry was conducted in a military court  thus avoiding an inquest where witnesses could be challenged and a jurys findings could be problematic.