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| File Reference |
MSP34REF36052
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| Name |
Anthony Gallagher |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Aughagowla, Westport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1899-07-01
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| Notes |
Date of death not recorded on file.
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34SP37674
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
2 Battalion
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| Division |
4 Western Division
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| Company |
Brockagh Company
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
William Rice; Patrick Doherty; Michael Kilroy
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF36052 Anthony Gallagher.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP37674 Anthony Gallagher.pdf |
| File dates |
11 April 1935 - 4 February 1980
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Anthony Gallagher's unsuccessful application for a military service pension in respect of his claimed service with the Irish Volunteers and the IRA for part of the periods between 1 April 1917 and 30 September 1923.
Claims that he joined the Irish Volunteers in April 1917 and took part in routine activities.
Gallagher claimed that he was on outpost duty during the ambush at Kilmeena; knocked bridges; carried out guard duty for the Active Service Unit (Flying Column); mobilised for an attack at Newport but retreated when a comrade, Peter Hopkins, was accidentally wounded; happened upon and fired on by British forces while cutting a bridge near Dromola; looked after arms dump at Aughagowla; house used as a dispatch station.
Claims that in the Truce period he attended a training camp and that he attended the barracks at Newport and Bragode.
Sttaes that he was arrested in July 1922 and detained for two weeks before being released on health grounds.
Noted in the reference from LJ Sheridan:
"This is to certify that I visited the house of Anthony Gallagher, Aughagowla, Westport on the night of November 2nd 1922. I went there to acertain what had happened on the previous day. On arrival there I learned that the house was attacked by Free State [National Army] troops. They used bombs, machine guns and rifles in the attack and Volunteer P Mulchrone [DP6228] was fatally shot. The interior of the house was badly damaged as a result of the bombs having exploded in the second storey of the building over the kitchen. It was a miracle how the people in the house esesped and particularly two young children who were in bed in the room where the bomb exploded."
File contains: typed transcript of sworn evidence given by the claimant before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 (1 January 1947); references from Laurence McGovern, James Smyth, Edward [Moore], Michael Kilroy, LJ Sheridan, James Flaherty and Edward Murray; handwritten statement submitted by claimant in support of applicant’s petition under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1949; material concerning application for a Service (1917-1921) Medal without Bar - deemed duly awarded.
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