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| File Reference |
24SP11602
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| Name |
Denis Begley |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
16 Whitworth Row, Seville Row, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Fortlands, Charleville
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| County |
Cork
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Adamson Castle, Athlone
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| County |
Westmeath
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
13 Charleville Mall, North Strand, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
65 Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1896-08-23
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| Notes |
Age at time of death given as 61 years on death certificate
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| Date of death |
1958-04-18
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| Associated files in MSPA |
24B1295; DP28946;
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| Related files |
SDR59 subject's National Army and Defence Forces officer service number;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Company Captain
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| Unit |
North Cork Battalion
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| Company |
A Company (Charleville Company)
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| Brigade |
Cork Brigade
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR59
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| Organisation |
Fianna Éireann |
| Rank |
Captain
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| Company |
Charleville Company
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR59
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| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Volunteer
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| Unit |
2 Battalion
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| Company |
E Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Sean Russell;
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR59
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
2 Battalion
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| Company |
E Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
William Byrne
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR59
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
Republican Police
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
J. Condron; Simon Donnelly;
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR59
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Captain
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR59
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
Yes |
| Grade |
B |
| Notes |
Awarded 8.833 years service for pension purposes in 1927
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyW24SP11602DENISBEGLEY.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW24B1295DENISBEGLEY.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWDP28946DenisBegley.pdf |
| File dates |
12 February 1925 - 20 March 1972
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Denis Begley's receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers, Fianna Éireann, the IRA and the National Army for part or all of the various periods between 1 April 1917 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for service from 1 April 1916 to 31 March 1917.
During the week of 23 to 29 April 1916 subject claims to have mobilised as a member of Charleville Company, Galtee Brigade, Irish Volunteers, transported arms and despatches, been arrested 30 April, released 2 May and rearrested 17 July 1916 and released 24 August 1916. He was again arrested in July 1918 but escaped and went on the run to Dublin. During 1920 and 1921 as well as serving with the Republican Police, Denis Begley claims to have taken part in a number of IRA operations including the raid for mail at Rotunda Rink (1920), tying up of member(s) of G Division, Dublin Metropolitan Police at Killarney Parade, Dublin (1920), the attack on suspected British Intelligence agents in Dublin on 21 November 1920 (Bloody Sunday) at Mount Street during which he was wounded, the escape from Kilmainham Jail of Frank Teeling (2 February 1921) and the attack on the London and North Western Hotel, North Wall [April 1921]. He was arrested and interned from 19 May to 8 December 1921. Denis Begley joined the National Army in March 1922 and continued to serve with the Defence Forces until his retirement in March 1929. He then re-joined the Defence Forces during the Emergency (Second World War) serving from [1940] to January 1946.
File includes: signed handwritten statements regarding subject's service from Dublin Metropolitan Police Detective Officer Christopher Doyle, Commandant Edward Cronin, Commandant William Byrne, and Commandant Michael Duffy; material relating to claimant's National Army and Defence Forces service record; undated unsigned handwritten notes relating to subject's service/activities between 1916 to 1921; material relating to Denis Begley's unsuccessful application under the Army Pensions Acts; material relating to subject's widow; and material relating to subject's executor.
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