MEMORIAL PAGE

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The monument above, in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago,  honours Charles B.McAuliffe, 1877-1898, who died in the Spanish- American War.

This page is dedicated to all those McAuliffes who down through the ages have lost their lives in defending their clan, their country, their loved ones and their way of life. We honour those who  suffered at the hands of the foreign invader, the innocents brutally massacred in assaults on Clanawley, their homeland. We honour those who, forced to leave their homes, fought and died on the battlefields of Europe in the service of others, often confronting in battle the enslaver of their own people. We honour also those who died of starvation or illness during the Great Hunger, and those who died at sea or in some place far from their homes when the McAuliffes, dispossessed of their lands and enslaved in their own country, were scattered far beyond Clanawley and to far parts of the earth.  We honour, too, those McAuliffes who have died in the service of their adopted countries and the communities in which they live.

Turn off the console and click on a harp wherever you see it to play a different Irish tune. The opening tune is "Fields of Athenry"

It is hoped that in time this page can be used to list on a roll of honour those McAuliffes who have died in the course of giving service, whether it be military or civil such as police, firemen, nurses etc.  The webmaster will be pleased to hear of people who might fit that criteria.  At this stage the page will be only for those who have died in the course of carrying out  their work, or who have been victims of war or violent event, e.g did any McAuliffes die at the World Trade Center on September 11?