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| File Reference |
MSP34REF1221
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| Name |
John Duffy |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Meneen, Westport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Knockrooskey, Westport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1901
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| Date of death |
1983-10-05
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| Place |
County Hospital, Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34D411;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Company Officer Commanding
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
H Company (Aughagower)
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Joseph Ring;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Company Officer Commanding
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
H Company (Aughagower)
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Joseph Ring;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
Active Service Unit
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Joseph Ring;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
Active Service Unit
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Michael Kilroy;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Company Officer Commanding
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
H Company (Aughagower)
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
M Kilroy; E Moane;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
E Moane;
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| 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 |
D |
| Notes |
Awarded 5 and 11/12 years' service for pension purposes in 1939 following appeal against award of 3 and 5/6 years' granted in 1935.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copy34D411 John Duffy.pdf
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF1221 John Duffy.pdf |
| File dates |
17 January 1935 - 28 November 1983
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| Subject Information |
File relates to John Duffy'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 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for service in the periods between 1 April 1916 and 31 March 1919.
John Duffy claimed membership of the Irish Volunteers at the time of the 1916 Easter Rising and he was under arms but had no active service at the time.
Between 1917 and the end of the War of Independence John Duffy claimed that he: was appointed Company Officer Commanding in 1917; took part in anti-Conscription activity; did election work; was involved in organisational and training work with his own and other companies; was imprisoned during September and October 1919 for illegal drilling; ordered and took part in raids for arms; took part in the burning of Cushlough and Carrowkennedy RIC Barracks; did Republican court work; took part in raids for petrol at Westport Railway Station; served with the Battalion and Brigade active service units and took part in engagements at Skirdagh, Kilmeena, Clogher and Carrowkennedy; and mobilised for operations which did not come off.
John Duffy stated that during the Truce period he took part in IRA training camps and served in the IRA garrison at Westport Workhouse.
Subject and references stated that during the Civil War John Duffy was detailed for intelligence work in the Westport area. It is stated that he also took part in attacks on: Westport Railway Station in August 1922; Castlebar and Westport in September 1922; Westport Town Hall in October 1922; and Westport Workhouse in December 1922. It is further stated that he: assisted in the disarming of a National Army patrol in Westport in October 1922; did guard and escort duty for IRA forces and officers moving through his area; assisted in the escape of IRA prisoners from National Army custody in Westport - including the future journalist and writer Seamus McCall; constructed a dugout used by IRA officers while in the area; stored and transported arms. John Duffy stated that he was arrested and detained briefly in Westport about Easter 1923.
File includes: material submitted by John Duffy in support of his application; transcripts of sworn statements made before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 by John Duffy (2 pages 5 April 1935) and E Moane TD (1 page 17 July 1935; statements regarding subject's service signed by Edward Moane TD, Mark Killilea TD, Charles Gavan, Joseph L Baker, James Chambers, JA Tierney and Michael Kilroy; representations on subject's behalf from JR Gibbons, West Mayo Brigade Old IRA; correspondence between the Secretary, Irish Land Commission and the Secretary, Military Service Pensions Board regarding John Duffy; notes relating to discussion held with M Kilroy regarding subject's service; material relating to subject's civilian employment in the 1930s and 1940s with Westport and Castlebar urban district councils and Mayo County Council; newspaper cutting of death notice for John Duffy; material relating to the settlement and closure of John Duffy's military service pension following his death on 5 October 1983 - partly closed for reasons of data protection; copies of wills of John Duffy and his widow Sarah Duffy; and reference to the death of Sarah Duffy on 15 October 1983.
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