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| File Reference |
24SP9208
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| Name |
John Haughey |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Swatragh
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| County |
Derry
|
| Country |
Northern Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Cavalry Barracks, Castlebar
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| County |
Mayo
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Custume Barracks, Athlone
|
| County |
Westmeath
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Collins Barracks, Dublin
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
4 Battalion, New Barracks, Limerick
|
| County |
Limerick
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Riggins, Dunshaughlin
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| County |
Meath
|
| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
12 Belton Park Road, Collins Avenue, Donnycarney, Dublin
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1898
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file but gives age as 26 years on form M.S.P. 1 dated 19 February 1925
|
| Date of death |
1947-01-03
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| Associated files in MSPA |
24C184; I/27/51; DP11314; 51APB376;
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| Related files |
SDR1206 - subject’s National Army and Defence Forces officers service number; 34E4944 Sarah Haughey - subject's wife
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| Civilian occupation |
Farmer;
|
| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Company Officer Commanding
|
| Unit |
South Derry Battalion
|
| Company |
Swatragh Company
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
Tommie Larkin
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR1206
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Company Officer Commanding
|
| Unit |
South Derry Battalion
|
| Company |
Swatragh Company
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
Tommie Larkin; D. McKenna
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR1206
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Battalion Vice Commandant
|
| Unit |
South Derry Battalion
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
D. McKenna;
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR1206
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Battalion Officer Commanding
|
| Unit |
Maghera Battalion
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
D. McKenna
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR1206
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Officer Commanding
|
| Division |
2 Northern Division
|
| Brigade |
4 Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
C. Daly; T. Morris; D. McKenna
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR1206
|
| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Commandant
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR1206
|
| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
DPMRDisability pension, medical reasons
|
| Notes |
Awarded disability pension of £100 (one hundred pounds sterling) per year in December 1942.
|
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
Yes |
| Grade |
C |
| Notes |
Awarded 6 years service for pension purposes in 1928 following successful appeal against award of 5.25 years service granted to him in 1927
|
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Grade |
C |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyI-27-51 John Haughey.pdf
Scanned/digital copy24SP9208 John Haughey.pdf
Scanned/digital copy24C184 John Haughey.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP11314 John Haughey.pdf
Scanned/digital copy51APB376 John Haughey.pdf |
| File dates |
19 February 1925 – 24 December 1989
|
| Subject Information |
File relates to John Haughey’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers, IRA and National Forces 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 1917 and 31 March 1919.
File also refers to John Haughey’s receipt of a disability pension under the Army Pensions Acts. File further refers to Sarah Haughey's receipt of a widows' allowance in respect of John Haughey under the Army Pensions Acts between 1962 and her death in 1989.
During the War of Independence and Truce period John Haughey served as a Company Officer Commanding, a Vice Battalion Officer Commanding, Battalion Officer Commanding and Vice Brigade Officer Commanding with the IRA. According to Haughey and references, in 1919 and 1920 he took part in a number of Irish Volunteer and IRA arms raids on homes of members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and [retired] British Army officers. He was also involved in organisational and training work. He states that he was on the run and his family home was constantly raided by British forces. He claims that as a result his father and sister were forced to emigrate to the United States of America.
During 1920 and 1921 he was involved in the disruption and destruction of communications links in his area. He took part in an IRA ambush at Swatragh in [June 1921] in which he states two members of the RIC were killed and one was wounded and another ambush at an unnamed location the outcome of which does not appear on file. He also claims to have been in receipt of information from named members of the RIC. It is also stated that he took part “Divisional reprisals” at Doon, County Tyrone in which “…a creamery, dwelling houses, shops [and] …mills were destroyed.”
John Haughey states that during the Truce period he took part in IRA officers training camp at Glenasmole in August 1921, and established training camps and munition manufacturing in his own battalion area. According to Haughey and reference from Patrick J. Diamond, John Haughey also took part in the IRA capture of Maghera RIC barracks in March 1922 and attacks on Draperstown Barracks in May 1922 and Pomeroy Barracks – date not on file.
John Haughey joined the National Army in [August] 1922 and served throughout the remainder of the Civil War. According to John Haughey and references on file Haughey served in counties Donegal, Mayo and Sligo as well as at Athlone, Limerick, Dublin and the Curragh during that conflict. He retired to the Defence Forces reserve at the rank of Commandant on 21 April 1928.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by John Haughey in support of his service pension application; material relating to subject’s National Army and Defence Forces service record; undated unsigned handwritten notes [of evidence given by John Haughey before the Board of Assessors, Military Service Pensions Act, 1924]; signed handwritten statements and letters regarding John Haughey’s service from Lieutenant Michael Quinn, N. Collins, Eoin Ua Dubhaigh (Eoin O’Duffy), Major Domhnaill MacCionnaith (Daniel McKenna), Garda Siochana Sergeant Patrick J. Diamond, Garda Siochana Inspector Thomas Kelly; reference to claimant’s civilian employment with the Department of Agriculture in the 1930s; material relating to the settlement and closure of John Haughey’s service pension account following his death on 3 January 1947; material relating to Sarah Haughey’s receipt of an allowance as a widow of a military service pensioner - John Haughey - from 1971 onwards; and material relating to the settlement and closure of Sarah Haughey’s widows’ allowance following her death on 13 September 1989.
Material relating to John Haughey's application under the Army Pensions Acts includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by or on behalf of John Haughey; original signed handwritten statements and letters from Sarah Haughey regarding and in support of her husband's application; signed handwritten statements regarding John Haughey's service and disability from Eoin O’Duffy, Acting Lieutenant General Daniel McKenna, Captain S. Flynn, Commandant A. Fitzpatrick, Commandant S. Clancy, Captain James Brennan, Commandant E. White, Charles Ellison and [Gerard Coyne]; medical certificates, reports and examinations in respect of John Haughey; signed typed letter dated 30 October 1942 from J. O'Connell, Rúnaidhe, Roinn Cosanta (Secretary, Department of Defence) to Aire Cosanta (Minister for Defence), regarding the provision by the Army Pensions Board of Majority and Minority reports in the case of John Haughey and reporting the Attorney General's recommendation that the Minister accept the Majority report recommending the award of a pension to John Haughey under Section 28 of the Army Pensions Act, 1937, with initialled - (O. T.) handwritten addendum accepting the recommendation dated 2 November 1942; material relating to the settlement and closure of John Haughey's disability pension following his death on 3 January 1947; signed typed three page memorandum dated 6 April 1961 addressed to "Leas Oifigeach Airgeadais" written in response to a minute circulated by "An Rúnaí Aire" regarding proposed amendments and/or new legislation in respect of the Army Pensions Acts and their possible consequences with specific reference to the cases of Áine and Maire O'Hanrahan and referring to other types of applications more generally - see also 1D445 Michael O'Hanrahan; and material relating to the settlement and closure of Sarah Haughey' widows' allowance following her death on 13 September 1989.
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