The Twenty-Six Counties
- Men who claimed to have been born in the 26 counties in what is now the Republic of Ireland, still part of the United Kingdom in 1876, who were killed (or died of wounds) at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, 25-26 June 1876.
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- Name – Age – Rank – Company – County of Birth – Personal Description
- Atcheson, Thomas – 41 – Private – F – Antrim (N.I.) – 5’5¼”, hazel eyes, dark hair, dark complexion
- Barry, John – 27 – Private – I – Waterford – 5’7¾”, grey eyes, dark hair, ruddy complexion
- Boyle, Owen – 33 – Private – E – Waterford – 5’6″, grey eyes, dark hair, fair complexion
- Bruce, Patrick – 31 – Private – F – Cork – 5’7″, blue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion
- Bustard, James – 30 – Sergeant – I – Donegal – 5’6½”, hazel eyes, light hair, fair complexion
- Carney, James – 33 – Private – F – Westmeath – 5’4¼, grey eyes, black hair,dark complexion
- Cashan, William – 31 – Sergeant – L – Queen’s (Laois) – 5’9″, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
- Connor, Edward – 30 – Private – E – Clare – 5’8½”, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion
- Considine, Martin* – 28 – Sergeant – G – Clare – 5’7½”, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
- 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)
- Downing, Thomas P – 24 – Private – I – Limerick – 5’8¼”, blue eyes, sandy hair, florid complexion
- Drinan, James* – 23 – Private – A – Cork – 5’7½” – grey eyes, light brown hair, dark complexion
- Driscoll, Edward C – 25 – Private – I – Waterford – 5’6″, hazel eyes, light hair, light complexion
- Farrell, Richard – 25 – Private – E – Dublin – 5’8¾”, grey eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
- Finley, Jeremiah– 35 – Sergeant – C – Tipperary – 5’7″, grey eyes, brown hair, light complexion
- Golden, Patrick M*– 26 – Private – D – Sligo – 5’9¼”, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
- Graham, Charles – 39 – Private – L – Tyrone (N.I.) – 5’6¾”, blue eyes, brown hair, florid complexion
- Griffin, Patrick – 28 – Private – C – Kerry – 5’9″, black eyes, dark hair, ruddy complexion
- Hagan (Eagan), Thomas P – 28 – Corporal – E – Not known – 5’5½”, grey eyes, sandy hair, light complexion
- Henderson, John – 37 – Private – E – Cork – 5’7¾”, grey eyes, light hair, fair complexion
- Hughes, Robert H – 36 – Sergeant – K – Dublin – 5’9″, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
- Kavanagh, Thomas – 31 – Private – L – Dublin – 5’11¼”, grey eyes, red hair, ruddy complexion
- Kelley, Patrick – 35 – Private – I – Mayo – 5’5″, grey eyes, sandy hair, fair complexion
- Kenney, Michael – 26 – 1st Sergeant – F – Galway – 5’7¼”, grey eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
- Keogh, Myles Walter – 36 – Captain – I – Carlow – 6’0½”, blue eyes, brown hair, florid complexion
- McElroy, Thomas – 31 – Trumpeter – E – Not known (N.I.?) – 5’5½”, blue eyes, dark hair, ruddy complexion
- McIlhargey, Archibald – 31 – Private – I – Antrim (N.I.) – 5’5″, brown eyes, black hair, dark complexion
- Mahoney, Bartholomew – 30 – Private – L – Cork – 5’10”, hazel eyes, dark hair, sallow complexion
- Martin, James* – 28 – Corporal – G – Kildare – 5’5″, grey eyes, brown hair, fair complexion
- Mitchell, John Edward – 34 – Private – I – Galway – 5’6¼”, blue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion
- O’Connell, David J – 32 Private – L – Cork – 5’7½”, dark eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion
- O’Connor, Patrick Edward – 25 – Private – E – Longford – 5’5½”, blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion
- Smith, James – 34 – Private – E – Tipperary – 5’6″, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion
- 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.