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File relates to the submission of details regarding activities carried out within or by Mid Clare Brigade, 1 Western Division IRA to the Office of the Referee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 by that brigade committee.
File includes: original signed and unsigned typed and hand written and [copy] typed material relating to activities carried out between 23 April 1916 and 1923 by the following companies and battalions of Mid Clare Brigade - with names or names and addresses of participants generally included: A (Crusheen), B (Barefield), C (Ballinruan), D (Clooney), E (Ennis), and F (Doora) companies, 1 Battalion; Inch, Connolly and Kilmaley companies, 2 Battalion; 2 Battalion; Kilnamona, Ruan, Dysart, Rath, and Kilnaboy (in 5 Battalion on 11 July 1921) companies, 3 Battalion; A (Ennistymon), B (Inagh), C (Lavareen), E (Moy), F (Glendine), G (Miltown Malbay), H (Letterkelly), and I (Ballyea) companies, 4 Battalion; Kilfenora, Cloona, Liscannor, Ballyculleeny, Moymore, Kilshanny; and Kilnaboy (in 3 Battalion on 11 July 1921) companies, 5 Battalion; 5 Battalion; Ballyvaughan & Noughaville, Carron, Murrough, Toovahera, Ballinalacken, Lisdoonvarna, and New Quay companies, 6 Battalion; and 6 Battalion, Mid Clare Brigade.
File also includes thirteen (13) hand drawn sketch maps not to scale unless otherwise stated as follows: sketch on tracing paper 49cm x 32cm depicting the location at which the Sheshymore ambush of December 1919 took place; sketch map on tracing paper 50cm x 41cm of the location at which the Cahereamore ambush of July 1919 was carried out; sketch map on tracing paper 41cm x 52cm depicting the settlement of Kilfenora marking where the ambush of police (RIC) took place in January 1920 and the positions occupied for sniping on barracks in March 1920; sketch map on tracing paper 32cm x 45cm depicting the field, road network and some buildings at Ennistymon and the positions adopted for an attack on police patrol entering barracks there in May 1921; sketch map on tracing paper 50cm x 38cm depicting the scene of the Clifden ambush of July 1921 - the position of enemy forces and 5 positions of IRA are noted, along with comment regarding moving of two IRA positions prior to the ambush. A scale of 25.344 inches to 1 statute mile is given; sketch on tracing paper 31cm x 49 cm depicting Lickeen West and ambush location of enemy car in October 1922 and [related] sketch 75cm x 50 cm showing positions of enemy forces and republican forces, location where one enemy forces killed and valley where republican forces cut off from main body and movements of forces engaged; sketch map on tracing paper 50 x 37cm showing Kilmore North and Kilmore South [townland names] with the location of settlement where Paddy McLoughlin and Paddy Callahan were captured - scale 6 inches to I mile; sketch map on tracing paper 76 x 50cm showing the scene of the Moy ambush of August 1922 – signed and dated by Seamus Hennessy, one time OC 4 Battalion. Mid Clare Brigade, scale 6 inches to 1 mile; sketch map on tracing paper 76 x 50 cm depicting the scene of the Monanagh ambush of 6 July 1921, including location of scouts and signallers and roads blocked - signed and dated by Seamus Hennessy, one time OC 4 Battalion. Mid Clare Brigade, scale 6 inches to 1 mile; sketch map on tracing paper 76 x 50 cm showing partial townscape of Lahinch (Lehinch) in connection with the demolition of the RIC barracks there in April 1920 - signed and dated by Seamus Hennessy, one time OC 4 Battalion. Mid Clare Brigade, scale 6 inches to 1 mile; sketch map on tracing paper 50 x 76cm showing scene of attack on Connolly RIC barracks 19 July 1919 - signed and dated by Seamus Hennessy, one time OC 4 Battalion. Mid Clare Brigade, scale 6 inches to 1 mile; and sketch map on tracing paper 76 x 50cm showing scene of ambush on RIC patrol at Miltown Malbay on 31 March 1921 - signed and dated by Seamus Hennessy, one time OC 4 Battalion. Mid Clare Brigade, scale 6 inches to 1 mile.
File further includes: details of members captured, arrested, interned and imprisoned; typed undated list of members of 1 Battalion Staff with some ranks and addresses noted and locations and dates of engagements; partial and complete membership listings for periods between 1917 and 1923 for: A (Crusheen), B (Barefield), C (Ballinruan), D (Clooney), E (Ennis) and F (Doora) companies, 1 Battalion; Inch, Ballycorick, Lissycasey, Clarecastle, Kilmaley and Connolly companies, 2 Battalion; C (Lavarreen) Company, H (Letterkelly) and I (Ballyea) companies, 4 Battalion; Battalion Staff and Company Officers, 4 Battalion; 5 Battalion Active Service Unit (ASU); two (2) untitled unidentified undated typed lists of forty nine (49) names and eighty six (86) names; estimate of "enemy" strengths in the Ennistymon Company area during the War of Independence and Civil War; extract (2 pages) from "An Cosantóir" magazine of 30 May 1941 entitled "Capture of Ruan R.I.C. Barrack - Mid-Clare Brigade exploit of 1920" by Commandant J. Barrett; extract (4 pages) from "An Cosantóir" magazine Vol 1. No. 22, 23 May 1941 entitled "A Fight in Clare in 1920 - The Story of the Rineen Ambush" by Sergeant J. J. Neylon; and original signed handwritten and typed, copy typed, and handwritten draft correspondence involving officials of the Office of the Referee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 and members of the Mid Clare IRA Brigade committee regarding the compiling and submitting of the material on file (21 April 1937 - 16 April 1941).
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