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| File Reference |
DP24338
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| Name |
Felix Patrick Murray |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Bridge Street, Ballyhaunis
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1885
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file but age at time of death given as 36 years on death certificate
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| Date of death |
1922-11-25
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| Place |
Mountdelvin, County Roscommon, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
3MSRB270
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Volunteer
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
4 Battalion
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| Company |
Ballyhaunis Company
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| Brigade |
5 Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Patrick Kenny; Dominick Byrne;
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| 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 copyDP24338 Felix Patrick Murray.pdf
Scanned/digital copy3MSRB270 Felix Patrick Murray.pdf |
| File dates |
19 November 1953 – 4 May 1970
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Florence Murray’s unsuccessful application under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of IRA Private Felix Patrick Murray. Felix Patrick Murray’s death was found not to have taken place while in military service – see typed standard form A. P. 10 dated 4 July 1955 issued by the Department of Defence to Florence Murray.
Felix Patrick Murray was shot dead in Mountdelvin, County Roscommon on 25 November 1922 during the Civil War. Florence Murray and references claim that subject was shot by “Irregulars” (anti-Treaty IRA) while his death certificate states that he was shot by some person unknown.
According to material on file Felix Patrick Murray had served with the Irish Volunteers and IRA from 1917 until June 1922. According to Florence Murray and references on file, Felix Patrick Murray had been arrested and imprisoned/interned by the British authorities at Ballykinlar during the War of Independence. It is stated on file that subject supported and/or assisted the pro-Treaty forces during the Civil War, although no evidence was found that he ever served with those forces in an official capacity. Florence Murray was awarded £1,500 (one thousand five hundred pounds sterling) in April 1924 by the Compensation (Personal Injuries) Committee in respect of her husband’s death.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by Florence Murray in support of her application; medical certificates in respect of Florence Murray; two (2) signed typed copies of report/memorandum from the Office of the Defence Forces Adjutant General stating that no trace could be found in Defence Force records to establish that Felix Patrick Murray had ever been a member and referring to a communication (not on file), dated 30 April 1923 between T. Dillon-Leech & Son, Solicitors, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo and William Sears TD, which the writer states would appear to support that fact; representations on behalf of Florence Murray from Patrick Giles TD and Oliver Flanagan TD, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture; and signed handwritten statements regarding Felix Patrick Murray’s service and death from Patrick Waldron and Dominick Byrne.
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