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| File Reference |
MSP34REF18717
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| Name |
Thomas Joseph Hevey |
| Gender |
male |
| Maiden/Other names |
Tomás Ó hEimhigh
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Westport
|
| County |
Mayo
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Fitzwilliam Hotel, 11 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Employment Exchange, Wexford
|
| County |
Wexford
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Ounavarra Hotel, Courtown Harbour, Gorey
|
| County |
Wexford
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Employment Exchange, Gorey
|
| County |
Wexford
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Customs and Excise, Dungloe
|
| County |
Donegal
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Foxford
|
| County |
Mayo
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Customs and Excise, Ballina
|
| County |
Mayo
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Commercial Hotel, Kevin Barry Street, Ballina
|
| County |
Mayo
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Social Welfare Office, Ballina
|
| County |
Mayo
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
91 Weston Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
9 Iona Park, Dublin 9
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
West County Hotel, Chapelizod. Dublin
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
“Spring Tide”, Gorey, Jersey
|
| Country |
Channel Islands
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
21 Taney Rise, Goatstown, Dublin 14,
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
3 The Elms, Camberley, Dublin 14
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Fairways Nursing Home, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Date of birth |
1904
|
| Date of death |
1995-01-01
|
| Place |
Carnhill Nursing Home, Foxrock, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
|
| Associated files in MSPA |
34C229; DP4388; 1RB3327;
|
| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Brigade Staff Officer
|
| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
T Derrig; M Kilroy;
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Staff Officer
|
| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
T Derrig; M Kilroy; J Ring; M Kilroy; E Moane;
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
|
| Unit |
Active Service Unit
|
| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Adjutant
|
| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
M Kilroy; E Moane;
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
|
| Unit |
Active Service Unit
|
| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
|
| Unit |
Wicklow Active Service Unit
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
Neil Boyle;
|
| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
Yes |
| Grade |
C |
| Notes |
Awarded 5 and 11/12 years service for pension purposes in 1937
|
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Hard Copy34C229 Thomas Joseph Hevey.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP4388 Thomas Joseph Hevey.pdf
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF18717 Thomas Joseph Hevey.pdf
Scanned/digital copy1RB3327 Thomas Joseph Hevey.pdf |
| File dates |
24 November 1933 – 2 October 1998
|
| Subject Information |
File relates to Thomas Joseph Hevey’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers and IRA in the service periods between 1 April 1919 and 30 September 1923 and during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for service in the periods between 30 April 1916 and 31 March 1919. File also relates to subject’s application under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of injuries received arising from beatings allegedly inflicted on him while a prisoner at Athlone in October or November 1922 and at Mountjoy Prison in September 1923. This application was withdrawn by Thomas Hevey before the completion of the investigation.
Thomas Joseph Hevey stated that he joined Na Fianna Éireann in Westport, County Mayo in 1917 and transferred to the Irish Volunteers in Westport in October of that year. Subject stated that in March 1918 he was arrested and detained for a few days. In early 1919 he took part in a raid for petrol at Westport [Railway Station] and in the burning of a police hut at Carrowkennedy.
From 1919 until the end of the War of Independence on 11 July 1921 Thomas Hevey stated that he: assisted the Brigade Adjutant Edward Moane on organisational work in the West Mayo Brigade; capture a British soldier’s equipment at Westport in October 1919; acted as Brigade Quartermaster for an unspecified period while the Quartermaster Thomas Ketterick was wounded; assisted in the organisation of the West Mayo Brigade Active Service in November 1920 – Thomas Hevey was also a member of this unit; took part in [sniping] attacks on RIC posts at Drummin, Newport and Castlebar in early 1921; mobilised for an aborted operation at Muisk on 17 March 1921; took part in attack on RIC lorries at Carnaclay, Westport in late March 1921; took part in engagements at Kilmeena, Skirdagh, Newport and Carrowkennedy (May and June 1921); took part in the occupation of Westport in an abortive attempt to engage British forces – date not on file.
During the Truce period Thomas Hevey states that he: took part in an IRA training camp; served in IRA garrisons/barracks in Mayo at Westport Workhouse, Castlebar Barracks and Collooney, County Sligo; was appointed Brigade Adjutant and was involved in organisational and training work.
Following the outbreak of the Civil War Thomas Hevey stated that he took part in a number of unspecified minor engagements with National Army forces before being captured near Glenhest at the end of July /beginning of August. He was detained at Athlone from which he escaped about 22 August 1922. He states that a few days later he then took part in an engagement at Brize, County Mayo at which he was captured by National Army forces. He was then detained at Claremorris, Athlone, Mountjoy and Tintown No 1 Internment Camp until escaping in early 1923 – exact date not on file. Following his escape Thomas Hevey joined an Active Service Unit in Wicklow under the command of Neil Boyle aka Sean Plunkett. Thomas Hevey states that while with this unit he took part in sniping attacks at Blessington, Tallaght, Naas and Glendalough. Thomas Hevey was again captured in June 1923 and interned at Naas, Mountjoy and Kilmainham Prison before being released in December 1923.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by Thomas Hevey in support of his application; typed statement certifying Thomas Hevey’s service and rank from Michael Kilroy T D; standard form Referee R 15 dated 30 November and 2 December 1936 noting subject’s rank and unit strength as of 1 July 1922 from records supplied by E Moane; handwritten notes/summary ( 1 page) and typed transcript (8 pages) of sworn statement made by Thomas Joseph Hevey on 1 December 1936 before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934; handwritten notes dated 16 March 1937 relating to discussion held with “Messrs Kilroy [and] Moane” regarding subject’s service; material relating and referring to subject’s civilian employment as a civil servant with the Department of Industry and Commerce, the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Welfare between the 1934 and 1969 with particular reference to the abatement of his military service pension in respect of public monies received by him while an employee of these bodies; material relating to the settlement and closure of Thomas Joseph Hevey’s military service pension following his death on 1 January 1995 – partly closed for reasons of data protection; material relating to Evelyn Hevey’s receipt of a widows’ allowance in respect of Thomas Hevey from 1995 onwards; material relating to the settlement and closure of Evelyn Hevey’s widows’ allowance following her death on 29 July 1998 – partly closed for reasons of data protection; photocopy death certificate in respect of Thomas Hevey; photocopy marriage certificate in respect of Thomas Joseph Hevey and Evelyn Mullen; and photocopy birth certificate in respect of Evelyn Mullen.
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