The source records Ballyshannon as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

What is recorded here

Why this person is known: Anglo-Irish First World War general killed in action

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Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Highland Radio (publisher); individual photographer not stated, highlandradio.com
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