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Alice is the 3rd youngest of 11 children of Michael & Jane (née Duff) Sherlock of Skerries, Ireland.
In October 1920, Alice's brother, John Terrence Sherlock, an Irish War of Independence I.R.A. Volunteer was taken from the family home during a night time raid by the bloody black & tans. Terry, as he was called, was a soldier in the 1st Battalion Fingal Brigade. It was Alice & her father who went looking to find where Terry was being held and it was Alice who found his bullet ridden body in a nearby field, executed by savages in cold blood.
Shortly thereafter, the Sherlocks sent Alice to America to escape "The Troubles".
Arrangements were made for her to be met at Ellis Island by Skerries native Capt. Michael McGowan, who bought along his son Joe.
Described as "love at first sight", Joe & Alice married in 1923 and had 6 children together. (For more information, see Joe's Memorial page). Around the same time as their marriage, Alice's widowed aunt, Ellen (née Duff) Flood, married Joe's widower father Capt. Michael.
Alice lived to the age of 98. At the time of her passing she had 29 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren & 3 great-great-grandchildren. She & Joe are an American success story, a testament to the Irish-American experience that built history's most exceptional nation, the United States.
✞ Alice Mary McGowan is buried with her husband Joe at Long Island National Cemetery.
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There is a Monument in Holmpatrick Graveyard in Skerries, Ireland to the three Skerries natives who lives were lost in the fight for a free and united Irish nation. The names of Ireland's Skerries Martyrs listed on the monument are Thomas Hand, Jack McGowan and Alice's brother Terry Sherlock. The farmland where Terry was found is now part of a housing estate named 'Sherlock Park' and a plaque marks the fatal spot. Cabra Terrace, where the family home was, is now named Sherlock Terrace.
Alice is the 3rd youngest of 11 children of Michael & Jane (née Duff) Sherlock of Skerries, Ireland.
In October 1920, Alice's brother, John Terrence Sherlock, an Irish War of Independence I.R.A. Volunteer was taken from the family home during a night time raid by the bloody black & tans. Terry, as he was called, was a soldier in the 1st Battalion Fingal Brigade. It was Alice & her father who went looking to find where Terry was being held and it was Alice who found his bullet ridden body in a nearby field, executed by savages in cold blood.
Shortly thereafter, the Sherlocks sent Alice to America to escape "The Troubles".
Arrangements were made for her to be met at Ellis Island by Skerries native Capt. Michael McGowan, who bought along his son Joe.
Described as "love at first sight", Joe & Alice married in 1923 and had 6 children together. (For more information, see Joe's Memorial page). Around the same time as their marriage, Alice's widowed aunt, Ellen (née Duff) Flood, married Joe's widower father Capt. Michael.
Alice lived to the age of 98. At the time of her passing she had 29 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren & 3 great-great-grandchildren. She & Joe are an American success story, a testament to the Irish-American experience that built history's most exceptional nation, the United States.
✞ Alice Mary McGowan is buried with her husband Joe at Long Island National Cemetery.
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There is a Monument in Holmpatrick Graveyard in Skerries, Ireland to the three Skerries natives who lives were lost in the fight for a free and united Irish nation. The names of Ireland's Skerries Martyrs listed on the monument are Thomas Hand, Jack McGowan and Alice's brother Terry Sherlock. The farmland where Terry was found is now part of a housing estate named 'Sherlock Park' and a plaque marks the fatal spot. Cabra Terrace, where the family home was, is now named Sherlock Terrace.
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Alice is the 3rd youngest of 11 children of Michael & Jane (née Duff) Sherlock of Skerries, Ireland.
In October 1920, Alice's brother, John Terrence Sherlock, an Irish War of Independence I.R.A. Volunteer was taken from the family home during a night time raid by the bloody black & tans. Terry, as he was called, was a soldier in the 1st Battalion Fingal Brigade. It was Alice & her father who went looking to find where Terry was being held and it was Alice who found his bullet ridden body in a nearby field, executed by savages in cold blood.
Shortly thereafter, the Sherlocks sent Alice to America to escape "The Troubles".
Arrangements were made for her to be met at Ellis Island by Skerries native Capt. Michael McGowan, who bought along his son Joe.
Described as "love at first sight", Joe & Alice married in 1923 and had 6 children together. (For more information, see Joe's Memorial page). Around the same time as their marriage, Alice's widowed aunt, Ellen (née Duff) Flood, married Joe's widower father Capt. Michael.
Alice lived to the age of 98. At the time of her passing she had 29 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren & 3 great-great-grandchildren. She & Joe are an American success story, a testament to the Irish-American experience that built history's most exceptional nation, the United States.
✞ Alice Mary McGowan is buried with her husband Joe at Long Island National Cemetery.
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There is a Monument in Holmpatrick Graveyard in Skerries, Ireland to the three Skerries natives who lives were lost in the fight for a free and united Irish nation. The names of Ireland's Skerries Martyrs listed on the monument are Thomas Hand, Jack McGowan and Alice's brother Terry Sherlock. The farmland where Terry was found is now part of a housing estate named 'Sherlock Park' and a plaque marks the fatal spot. Cabra Terrace, where the family home was, is now named Sherlock Terrace.
Alice is the 3rd youngest of 11 children of Michael & Jane (née Duff) Sherlock of Skerries, Ireland.
In October 1920, Alice's brother, John Terrence Sherlock, an Irish War of Independence I.R.A. Volunteer was taken from the family home during a night time raid by the bloody black & tans. Terry, as he was called, was a soldier in the 1st Battalion Fingal Brigade. It was Alice & her father who went looking to find where Terry was being held and it was Alice who found his bullet ridden body in a nearby field, executed by savages in cold blood.
Shortly thereafter, the Sherlocks sent Alice to America to escape "The Troubles".
Arrangements were made for her to be met at Ellis Island by Skerries native Capt. Michael McGowan, who bought along his son Joe.
Described as "love at first sight", Joe & Alice married in 1923 and had 6 children together. (For more information, see Joe's Memorial page). Around the same time as their marriage, Alice's widowed aunt, Ellen (née Duff) Flood, married Joe's widower father Capt. Michael.
Alice lived to the age of 98. At the time of her passing she had 29 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren & 3 great-great-grandchildren. She & Joe are an American success story, a testament to the Irish-American experience that built history's most exceptional nation, the United States.
✞ Alice Mary McGowan is buried with her husband Joe at Long Island National Cemetery.
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There is a Monument in Holmpatrick Graveyard in Skerries, Ireland to the three Skerries natives who lives were lost in the fight for a free and united Irish nation. The names of Ireland's Skerries Martyrs listed on the monument are Thomas Hand, Jack McGowan and Alice's brother Terry Sherlock. The farmland where Terry was found is now part of a housing estate named 'Sherlock Park' and a plaque marks the fatal spot. Cabra Terrace, where the family home was, is now named Sherlock Terrace.
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ALICE
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May 23, 1900
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