Did one Irish family achieve the highest bravery awards in Britain and the US?

An outstanding group of six Indian Mutiny medals and a Victoria Cross awarded to Patrick Donohoe from Co Tipperary is up for auction this month

The outstanding group of six medals awarded to Patrick Donohoe.

The auction of a Victoria Cross awarded to Patrick Donohoe for bravery during the Indian Mutiny at Dix Noonan Webb on January 26 raises a fascinating question. Is he the brother of Timothy Donoghue, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for service during the American Civil War?

Both were born in Nenagh, Co Tipperary – Patrick in 1820 and Timothy in 1825. And Timothy, who named his son Patrick, is known to have had an older brother of that name.