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Ballycastle War Memorial is located at the lower end of Quay Road in a square opposite the Manor House and adjacent to the sea front, within sound of the waters of the River Moyle.
The memorial which takes the form of an obelisk of first quality Cecilian marble, with a spire seven feet (2.1m) high on which is worked a wreath, was unveiled by Mrs. Greer, widow of the late Senator T. M. Greer, D.L., Ballycastle.
The memorial was designed and constructed Mr. B.H. O’Connor, an ex-serviceman and vice-chairman of Ballycastle Urban Council
Following the unveiling Mr. O’Connor presented silver scissors to Mrs. Greer, who said that this stone of remembrance was set up as a permanent memorial to the valiant men, who at the call of King and Country went out on the outbreak of war to fight for them. They went out and endured untold hardships all day and night and through those desperate years. Some of them came back, but many also passed out of the sight of men, dying on the field of honour. On this stone they celebrated the name and fame of all those men from Ballycastle who answered the call of their country.
On the cap is the inscription;
“To the glory of God and in memory of the brave men who gave their lives for freedom and justice.”
Captain Lyle read the names of the fallen from the parishes of Ramoan and Culfeightrim, which numbered fifty-five and are as follows:
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Royal Irish Rifles
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Lance-Corporal H. Blackmore, M.M.
Private George Cochrane
Private John Douthart
Private John Gallagher
Private George M’Cafferty
Private Patrick M’Laughlin
Private John M’Lean
Private Daniel M’Intosh
Private John McLean
Private James Norton
Private James Parkhill
Private John Simpson
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Private William Blackmore
Private Alexander Dixon
Private Thomas Gallagher
Private Patrick Laverty
Private Hugh M’Kendry
Private William M’Mullan
Private James M’Lean
Private John M’Gowan
Lance-Corporal Frank M’Larty, Croix De Guerre, M.M.
Lieutenant Paul O’Kane
Private Hugh Simpson
Lance-Corporal Hugh Spence.
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Leinster Regiment Private Robert Murphy
Mercantile Marine John Haughey
New Zealand Rifles Private James Laverty
Royal Scots Regiment Private Neal M’Bride
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Private Joseph Forsythe Private Joseph Gillen
Lieutenant John Gage Private James Jennings
Private Daniel Mooney.
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Royal Irish Fusiliers
Lance-Corporal Hugh M’Auley, m Private John Kiernan Private Patrick M’Michael, Private James M’Gahey, Private William Ross.
Irish Guards
Lieutenant K. M. C. Greer Sergeant George Collins Royal Field Artillery Gunner J. M’Cafferty, Major Wm. M’Gildowney, D.S.O., Private W. J. Dunlop United States Army Private R. Mitchell, Private P. Campbell, Private Nathaniel M’Lean.
Canadian Army
Lance-Corporal George M’Cormick, Private Harold Black.
Australian Forces
Private David Rennie.
Black Watch
Private Harry Dillon.
Highland Light Infantry
Private J. Carruthers.
Connaught Rangers
Private R. Kilpatrick.
Royal Navy
Stoker T. Collins.
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