Merrigan, Patrick Date of Birth Tuesday October 1st 1895 Address New Ross Rank Able Seaman Regiment Mercantile Marine SS Lapwing (Arbroath) Date of Death Monday December 10th 1917 Circumstances of Death While on a voyage from Rotterdam to London, SS Lapwing hit a mine laid by German Submarine UC-4. Other Biographical Details Son of Patrick and Mary Merrigan nee Maddock of 5 Old Post Office Lane, New Ross.