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| File Reference |
DP5510
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| Name |
Thomas Lynchehan |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Polranny, Achill Sound, Westport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1900
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| Notes |
Applicant was aged 26 at the time of his death.
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| Date of death |
1926-09-22
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| Associated files in MSPA |
2RB913
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| Related files |
MSP34REF3953 (Sean Lynchehan, brother)
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| Civilian occupation |
Fish agent;
Farmer's son;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Division |
4 Western Division
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| Company |
Tonragee Company
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Brian Corrigan (Company Captain); Sean Lynchehan (Battalion Commandant); Michael Kilroy (Brigade Commandant)
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
4 Battalion
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| Division |
4 Northern Division
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| Company |
Tonragee Company
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| Brigade |
North West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Brian Corrigan (Company Captain); Sean Lynchehan (Battalion Commandant); Michael Kilroy (Brigade Commandant)
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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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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
PDAPartial dependant's allowance
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| Notes |
Awarded a partial dependents' gratuity of £75 in 1936 under the Army Pensions Act
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyDP5510 Thomas Lynchehan.pdf
Scanned/digital copy2RB913 Thomas Lynchehan.pdf |
| File dates |
9 February 1933 - 7 May 1962
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Thomas Lynchehan’s receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £75 in 1936 under the Army Pensions Act in respect of his son First Lieutenant Thomas Lynchehan who died from Pulmonary Tuberculosis on 22 September 1926. File also relates to a Service Medal (1917-21) without Bar which was issued posthumously to Thomas Lynchehan circa 1944.
It is stated on file that Thomas Lynchehan was a member of an Active Service Unit in North West Mayo during the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921) and was arrested on 6 June 1921 along with Captain Michael Moran (DP7657). It is further claimed that he was “savagely beaten” in Claremorris Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Barracks by ‘Black and Tans’ (RIC).
Sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, it is claimed that Thomas Lynchehan and Michael Moran were imprisoned in Galway Jail and Dartmoor Prison, England and released during the General Amnesty in January 1922. Michael Moran died immediately after his release according to sources on file.
Reference Brian Corrigan (MSP34REF10714) states that Thomas Lynchehan was a “physical and mental” wreck after leaving prison and that this “health (had been) completely smashed”. Reference James Kilroy claims that Thomas Lynchehan suffered a “nervous breakdown” and mental “delusions”.
Taking the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War (July 1922 – May 1923), it is stated that Thomas Lynchehan re-joined his Active Service Unit, 5 Brigade in July 1922 and spent the next eleven months sleeping out in mountains, barns and dugouts often in “damp clothes” and “without fire for food”.
Thomas Lynchehan was arrested by National Army forces on May 1923 according to the file and was imprisoned in Castlebar (where he took part in a 15-day hunger strike) and Hare Park, the Curragh [County Kildare] until his release in December 1923. References on file state that he developed stomach troubles which led to lung trouble. He died in 1926.
File includes hand-written and typed references in support of the subject’s claim from James Kilroy (1933; 1934); Sean Lynchehan (1934); Michael Mangan (1934); Brian Corrigan (1934) and Thomas Cooney (1934) as well as application forms, service certificates and reports.
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