Men With Custer

Men born on the island of Ireland who were killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn

• • Name – Age – Rank – Company – County of Birth – Personal Description
  1. Atcheson, Thomas – 41 – Private – F – Antrim (N.I.) – 5’5¼”, hazel eyes, dark hair, dark complexion
  2. Barry, John – 27 – Private – I – Waterford – 5’7¾”, grey eyes, dark hair, ruddy complexion
  3. Boyle, Owen – 33 – Private – E – Waterford – 5’6″, grey eyes, dark hair, fair complexion
  4. Bruce, Patrick – 31 – Private – F – Cork – 5’7″, blue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion
  5. Bustard, James – 30 – Sergeant – I – Donegal – 5’6½”, hazel eyes, light hair, fair complexion
  6. Carney, James – 33 – Private – F – Westmeath – 5’4¼, grey eyes, black hair,dark complexion
  7. Cashan, William – 31 – Sergeant – L – Queen’s (Laois) – 5’9″, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
  8. Connor, Edward – 30 – Private – E – Clare – 5’8½”, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion
  9. Considine, Martin* – 28 – Sergeant – G – Clare – 5’7½”, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
  10. Cooney, David   28 – Private – I – Cork – 5’5¾”, grey eyes, dark hair, fair complexion (died of wounds, Fort Abraham Lincoln, 20 July 1876, name not on battle monument)
  11. Downing, Thomas P – 24 – Private – I – Limerick – 5’8¼”, blue eyes, sandy hair, florid complexion
  12. Drinan, James* – 23 – Private – A – Cork – 5’7½” – grey eyes, light brown hair, dark complexion
  13. Driscoll, Edward C – 25 – Private – I – Waterford – 5’6″, hazel eyes, light hair, light complexion
  14. Farrell, Richard – 25 – Private – E – Dublin – 5’8¾”, grey eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
  15. Finley, Jeremiah– 35 – Sergeant – C – Tipperary – 5’7″, grey eyes, brown hair, light complexion
  16. Golden, Patrick M*– 26 – Private – D – Sligo – 5’9¼”, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
  17. Graham, Charles – 39 – Private – L – Tyrone (N.I.) – 5’6¾”, blue eyes, brown hair, florid complexion
  18. Griffin, Patrick – 28 – Private – C – Kerry – 5’9″, black eyes, dark hair, ruddy complexion
  19. Hagan (Eagan), Thomas P – 28 – Corporal – E – Not known – 5’5½”, grey eyes, sandy hair, light complexion
  20. Henderson, John – 37 – Private – E – Cork – 5’7¾”, grey eyes, light hair, fair complexion
  21. Hughes, Robert H – 36 – Sergeant – K – Dublin – 5’9″, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
  22. Kavanagh, Thomas – 31 – Private – L – Dublin – 5’11¼”, grey eyes, red hair, ruddy complexion
  23. Kelley, Patrick – 35 – Private – I – Mayo – 5’5″, grey eyes, sandy hair, fair complexion
  24. Kenney, Michael – 26 – 1st Sergeant – F – Galway – 5’7¼”, grey eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
  25. Keogh, Myles Walter – 36 – Captain – I – Carlow – 6’0½”, blue eyes, brown hair, florid complexion
  26. McElroy, Thomas – 31 – Trumpeter – E – Not known (N.I.?) – 5’5½”, blue eyes, dark hair, ruddy complexion
  27. McIlhargey, Archibald – 31 – Private – I – Antrim (N.I.) – 5’5″, brown eyes, black hair, dark complexion
  28. Mahoney, Bartholomew – 30 – Private – L – Cork – 5’10”, hazel eyes, dark hair, sallow complexion
  29. Martin, James* – 28 – Corporal – G – Kildare – 5’5″, grey eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
  30. Mitchell, John Edward – 34 – Private – I – Galway – 5’6¼”, blue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion
  31. O’Connell, David J – 32 Private – L – Cork – 5’7½”, dark eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion
  32. O’Connor, Patrick Edward – 25 – Private – E – Longford – 5’5½”, blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion
  33. Smith, James – 34 – Private – E – Tipperary – 5’6″, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion
  34. Sullivan, John* – 25 – Private – A – Dublin – 5’6¼”, grey eyes, brown hair, medium complexion
  • Total = 34
  • Note (*)  Killed in the valley or hilltop fight.  (N.I.) denotes ‘Northern Ireland’ post-1922.
  • Donnelly, Timothy – 19 – Private – F – County Durham, England (of Irish Catholic parents thought to be from County Roscommon) – 5’6″, blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion,  almost certainly would have considered himself to be Irish.