Also executed that night was Gilligan . There is no Witness Statement to substantiate why the IRA shot Wymes. He was an ex-policeman
1858 Feb 16 Born, Carrowgilpatrick Skreen,Co.Sligo
1882 Aug 5. Enlisted in RIC . Posted to Louth
1884 Jun 1. Posted to Kings Co
1886 Jul 1. Posted to Kerry
1889 Aug 1. Posted to Roscommon
1891 Sep 6. Married
1891 Oct 14 Posted to Westmeath
1894 Apr 5. Posted to Galway
1901 Jul 19 Disharged from RIC
1911 Census The family is at Lough Glinn, but he is not there
1921 Apr 6 . LOUGHGLYNN...An ex-soldier named Gilligan and an ex-policeman named Wymes (65) were taken from their homes and shot dead in separate incidents at Loughglynn,in the Castlerea district of County Roscommon,
1935 Nov 24. His widow died at Lough Glynn. So she stayed on in the area after his death
