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| File Reference |
MSP34REF12183
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| Name |
Mark Killilea |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Ballinamore Bridge, Ballinasloe
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| County |
Galway
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1896
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| Notes |
Exact date of birth not recorded on file. Aged 27 in 1924 according to medal report on file
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| Date of death |
1970-09-29
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34C218; 1P511; A208; K114; 2APB53
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
Ballymitty Company
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| Brigade |
South Wexford Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Nicholas Newport; James Ryan;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Battalion Quartermaster
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| Unit |
1 Battalion (Castlebar Battalion)
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
James Chambers;
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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) |
Patrick Jordan;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Transport Officer
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Edward Moane;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
Active Service Unit
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| Division |
4 Western Division
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Michael Kilroy
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Officer Commanding
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| Unit |
No. 1 Active Service Unit
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| Division |
4 Western Division
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Edward Moane;
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
YesYesYesYes |
| Type of Award |
WPWound pension
WGWound gratuity
WGWound gratuity
WPWound pension
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| Notes |
Allowance of £40 (forty pounds sterling) granted in December 1924 and payable backdated from 1 April 1922 to 28 February 1925
Gratuity of £25 granted in March 1925
Gratuity of £50 (fifty pound sterling) granted in March 1934
Granted in April 1952
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
Yes |
| Grade |
C |
| Notes |
Awarded 5 and 19/24 years service for pension purposes in 1937
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF12183 Mark Killilea.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34C218 Mark Killilea.pdf
Scanned/digital copy1P511 Mark Killilea.pdf
Scanned/digital copy2APB53 Mark Killilea.pdf
Scanned/digital copyK114 Mark Killilea.pdf
Scanned/digital copyA208 Mark Killilea.pdf |
| File dates |
24 July 1924 - 29 November 1984
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Mark Killilea'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 1918 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. File also relates to awards applied for and received by Mark Killilea under the Army Pensions Acts, between 1924 and his death in 1970, in respect of wound(s) received by him in May 1921.
Mark Killilea claims membership of the Irish Volunteers from 1917. He claims that during 1918 he was involved in election work and in physical confrontations with Special Constables during election meetings in County Wexford. From early 1920 he served in the County Mayo area and took part in munitions manufacture and repair work as well as giving instructions in engineering to local IRA companies. He states that he mobilised for a number of unsuccessful IRA attacks prior to his wounding on [5 May] 1921. Killilea gives differing accounts regarding the circumstances surrounding his wounding. In his initial applications under the Army Pensions Acts in 1924 he states that he received his wound while escaping from British forces. In his service pension application he and references state that the wound was accidentally inflicted by a fellow IRA member.
Following his recovery from his wounding Killilea was appointed IRA Brigade Transport Officer in early 1922. In July 1922, following the outbreak of the Civil War on 28 June, Killilea drove a Crossley Tender carrying members of IRA 4 Western Division Active Service Unit to Collooney County Sligo before returning to Castlebar, County Mayo where he was serving as Officer Commaning No. 1 Active Service Unit, West Mayo Brigade. Mark Killilea states that during the Civil War he served as Officer Commanding and/or took part in IRA attacks/operations in counties Mayo and Galway at: Castlebar Jail (15 September 1922, 19-20 January and 23 February 1923); Newport ( late September and 22-23 November 1922); Clifden (28 October 1922); Kilmilkin (1 December 1922); Frenchill, Castlebar (9 January 1923); [Railway] Station, Castlebar (15 January, 15 February and 15 March 1923); Derrywash, Castlebar - attacking trains (27 January, 4 March and 21 April 1923); Hollyhill, Castlebar (9 February 1923); Clonkeen, Castlebar - capturing three National Army Officers - date not on file; Baloor, Castlebar - capturing three National Army soldiers (6 April 1923); and a general attack on National Army outposts on 27 April 1923. Captured on [23 June] 1923, Killilea states that he was interned at Castlebar, Mountjoy and Hare Park until summer 1924. He also states that he was on hunger strike for forty (40) days while interned.
Material relating to Mark Killilea's military service pension application (MSP34REF12183 & 34C218) includes: original handwritten and typed material signed and submitted by Mark Killilea in support of his various applications; handwritten summary (1 page) and typed transcript (7 pages) of sworn statement made by Mark Killilea before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 on1 December 1934; handwrtitten and typed statements regarding subject's service signed by James Chambers, Edward Moane, Michael Kilroy, Seamus Ó Riain TD (James Ryan), Minister for Agriculture and John P. McCormack; handwritten standard form Referee R.15 showing details of claimant's rank and unit strength as of 11 July 1921 and 1 July 1922 from records supplied to the Referee and Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 by E. Moane TD and unnamed others; handwritten notes dated 16 March 1937 relating to discussions held with "Messrs Kilroy and Moane" regarding Mark Killilea's service and activities in respect of Killilea's service pension application; material referring to Mark Killilea's position as an elected member of Dáil Éireann and as an employee of the Irish Sugar Beet Grower's Association; reference to subject's receipt of a Service (1917-1921) Medal with Bar; material relating to the settlement and closure of Mark Killilea's service pension account following his death on 29 September 1970; material relating to the award of a widow's allowance to Mary Joan Killilea, widow of Mark Killilea, in 1971; and material relating to the settlement and closure of Mary Killilea's widow allowance following her death on 5 August 1984 - partly closed for reasons of data protection.
Material relating to Mark Killilea's applications under the Army Pensions Acts includes: signed typed reports dated 16 September and 22 September 1924 from Commandant Patrick Woods, Headquarters, Western Command, Custume Barracks, Athlone and Defence Forces Adjutant General, Major General Aodh MacNeill regarding the circumstances surrounding Mark Killilea's wounding in May 1921, verifying his IRA membership and service at that time and referring to his "Irregular" (anti-Treaty IRA) activity during the Civil War; medical certificates, reports ands examinations; material relating to the provision and payment for hospital treatment and surgical footwear fro Mark Killilea by the Department of Defence from 1951 until his death in 1970; original handwritten and typed and copy typed material - partly damaged with loss of text/information - involving officials of the departments of Defence and Finance, the Office of the Attorney General and Chief State Solicitor and Mark Killilea, regarding the question of whether previous recipients of gratuities under the Army Pensions Acts can have their cases reopened when their condition is judged to have further deteriorated, and referring specifically to the case of James Whelan, Mapstown Cottage, Dungarvan, County Waterford as well as that of Mark Killilea and others, and whether, when additional awards are made, the amounts previously paid as gratuities to these individuals should be recovered (15 January 1930 - 16 July 1952); material relating to Mark Killilea's application for and receipt of a married pension (1953); and material relating to the settlement and closure of Mark Killilea's allowance under the Army Pensions Acts following his death.
Archvist's Note: Misfiled hand-written letter dated 21 March 1972 from Mary-Joan Killilea asking for her cheque to be sent to her daughter's address where she was staying. File of Denis Brennan (MSP34REF9922) (Closed)
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