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| File Reference |
MSP34REF60750
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| Name |
Francis David Gallagher |
| Gender |
male |
| Maiden/Other names |
Frank Gallagher
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Glór na Mara, Sutton
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file
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| Notes |
Date of death not recorded on file
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34D2373
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Volunteer
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
K Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Thomas J Cullen
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
First Lieutenant
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
K Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Thomas J Cullen; Henry O'Farrell
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Acting Battalion Adjutant
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Joseph O'Connor
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
Department of Publicity
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| Division |
General Headquarters (GHQ)
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Erskine Childers
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
Yes |
| Grade |
D |
| Notes |
Awarded 6 and 17/24 years for pension purposes at Grade D in 1946 under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF60750 Francis David Gallagher.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34D2373 Francis David Gallagher.pdf |
| File dates |
28 May 1945 - 04 August 1961
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Francis David Gallagher’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the IRA in the service periods between 01 April 1918 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Subject unsuccessfully applied for service in the periods between 01 April 1917 and 31 March 1918. Gallagher was awarded 6 and 17/24 years for pension purposes at Grade D in 1946 under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934. Subject was awarded a Service (1917-1921) Medal, information held on file.
Francis David Gallagher (Frank Gallagher) states that he joined the Irish Volunteers in Cork City and moved to Dublin where he enlisted in K Company, 3 Battalion, Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers in November or December 1917 under the command of Thomas J Cullen. Claims that he took part in the manufacture of hand grenades in Corrigan’s; armed raid on home of British Provost Marshall capturing arms and transporting two rifles from the home of Larry Nugent (MSP34REF829).
In October 1918, Frank Gallagher states that he gave up his employment to join the staff of Sinn Féin. In April 1919, he claims that he became an Assistant to Dáil Éireann’s Director of Publicity and was paid £4 per week (later £6 weekly) until 06 December 1921. Subject was arrested on 20 June 1919 and imprisoned in Mountjoy Jail, Dublin until October 1919.
During the War of Independence (January 1919 - July 1921) under the command of Thomas J Cullen and Henry O'Farrell, Frank Gallagher states that he in charge of covering party during the operation to execute a man in a house on Morehamton Road on Bloody Sunday (20 November 1920) and was in charge of two sections in Merrion Square/Holles Street during ambush of British military lories (February 1921). In this period he was First Lieutenant, K Company, 3 Battalion, Dublin Brigade, IRA.
Frank Gallagher was arrested on 23 March 1921 after the shooting of Alan Bell and imprisoned where he took part a hunger strike, He spent one week in prison and was convalescing for six weeks following release.
Subject was on the run from May 1920 to May 1921 and found a safe house for Cathal Brugha and stayed with him for 4-6 weeks. Claims that he kept two rifles, a revolver, a Parabellum and ammunition in lodgings at 4 Wilton Place and 22 Charlemont Avenue. Subject was appointed to the 3 Battalion Staff in May 1921.
Taking the anti Treaty side in the Civil War, Frank Gallagher states that he was in 41 York Street garrison (3 Battalion Headquarters) from 28 - 30 June 1922 and was acting Battalion Adjutant under the command of Joseph O'Connor. Claims that on 06 or 07 July 1922, he joined the full time publicity staff of Erskine Childers in Fleet Street and was active in this work until his capture on 10 October 1922 in their office in Harold’s Cross. States that he was interned in Wellington Barracks, Dublin; Mountjoy Jail, Dublin; Gormanston Camp, County Meath; Kilmainham Jail, Dublin and the Curragh, County Kildare. Claims that he took part in a six week hunger strike and was released in April 1924.
File contains a typed transcript of evidence given by the subject before the Advisory Committee on 30 October 1945; by Joseph O’Connor on 20 November 1945; by the applicant on 30 November 1945; Henry O’Farrell on 30 November 1945 and by Mr TJ Cullen on 30 November 1945.
Frank Gallagher, as editor of the Irish Press, was convicted by Military Tribunal on 17 February 1932 for printing a “seditious libel concerning the Government of Sáorstát Éireann and intending to bring the Administration of the Law into disrepute and to scandalise and vilify the said Government and the Gárda Síochána” in the newspaper on 22 December 1931. He was fined £100 and pardoned on 12 July 1935.
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