IRA Executions 1921 (NLI, Collins Papers, Microfilm 920). On Aug 1921 "Missing" List . He was kidnapped and executed. His body has never been found
1883 Jan 25 Born
1891 Jan 5. His mother died. (I cannot find a death cert)
1899 Aug 17. His father appears to have died in the Mallow workhouse leaving the family orphaned
1897 Oct 10 Attested as a Boy in RMF
1899 Nov 27 Transferred to Regular Army in RMF
1904 Jul 24 Married Catherine Murphy in Tralee
1905 Jun 4. Child born in Tralee
1908 A child born in India serving with RMF
1911 census with RMF in India
1912 Child born in Rangoon
The 1st battalion RMF was called back from Rangoon at the outbreak of World War One, and stationed at home prior to its despatch to Gallipoli where it took part in the initial landings of 25 April 1915.The Munsters would remain in Gallipoli throughout the campaign, and would be evacuated in January 1916. An account of the RMF landing at Gallipoli is at this site
1915 Apr 28 Lands in Balkans with RMF
1915 Oct 15. Discharged RMF as unfit medically
1916 Jul 22 Joins RDF
1918 Jul 8 Discharged RDF - sickness, Silver War Badge
The RDF Pension card shows his address as Church Hill. Passage West. Which is where he was kidnapped in 1921
1921 Jan 23. Shot Cork body never found
1922 Jan . Catherine Ray (or Rea was used in court) and four of her sons were awarded compensation at the Cork quarter sessions for the death of Patrick Ray at the hands of the IRA. According to the Cork Examiner , she was granted £1,200 ‘for the loss of her husband, and each of her four children, the oldest of whom is aged 15 years, was granted £200.