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‘Paddy Joe’ (1895-1960): a tribute to a 1916 fighter
| Born | 10th April 1895 |
| Christian Brothers Richmond St. Junior Grade Award -Left School |
April 1910 |
| Joined Gaelic League | Summer 1910 |
| McHale Branch Gaelic League P/T Irish Teacher |
1910-15 |
| Brush Maker Talbot Street | Autumn 1910 – Jan.1911 |
| Assistant at W.Curwen Printers 3 Nassau St. |
February-August 1911 |
| 2nd Place National Libraries Examination | 1911 |
| Asst. Librarian Thomas Street | January 1912 |
| Joined Volunteers | 1914 |
| Promoted to Quartermaster D Company | November 1915 |
| Easter Week | 23rd-29th April 1916 |
| Paddy Joe’s Father. Killed | 29th April 1916 |
| Interned Knutsford Prisons | 30th Apr/ 1st May 1916 |
| Patrick Stephenson Snr. Buried in Glasnevin | 2nd May 1916 |
| Released from Frongoch | September 1916 |
| Married Mary ‘Mamie’ Kilmartin | 17th September 1917 |
| Adj.Gen. H.Q.Staff Fianna Eireann | 1917 |
| Armed Raid Ellis Quay | April 1918 |
| Became a Father | 19th July 1918 |
| General Election Director Transport | 1918 |
| Skippers Alley Command | 1918 |
| British Army raid on Library Thomas Street |
November 1920 |
| Promoted Asst. Librarian Kevin St. | April 1923 |
| Promoted 1st Asst. Librarian | August 1925 |
| Diploma Library Studies U.C.D. (Hons.) | 1930 |
| Founding Member Old Dublin Society | 1934 |
| Promoted To Supervisor Centralisation library services |
1938 |
| Deputy Group (WW Two) ARP Warden |
1939-1945 |
| Sean Heuston Memorial Phoenix Park | 1943 |
| Promoted Deputy City Chief Librarian | 1948 |
| Chief Librarian, Dublin | July 1949 |
| President Old Dublin Society | 1957-1959 |
| PJS Forms The Kilmainham Restoration Comm. | May 1959 |
| President Library Assoc. of Ireland | 1960 |
| Died at Home in Stillorgan 4 days before his 65th Birthday and retirement. |
6th April 1960 |