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| File Reference |
MSP34REF2196
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| Name |
Edward Burke |
| Gender |
male |
| Maiden/Other names |
Ed Burke
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| Address detail |
| Street |
3 Clanbrassil Terrace, South Circular Road, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
108 Mount Tallant Avenue, Terenure, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
18 Copeland Grove, Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1900
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| Notes |
Exact date of birth not recorded on file
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| Date of death |
1976-10-17
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34E3117
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
C Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Paddy Flanagan; Joseph O’Connor; James Doyle; James Kavanagh
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Second Lieutenant
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
N Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Noel Lemass
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
First Lieutenant
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
N Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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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 |
E |
| Notes |
Awarded 2 and 5/8 years service for pension purposes in 1938at Grade E under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF2196 Edward Burke.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34E3117 Edward Burke.pdf |
| File dates |
26 November 1934 - 16 June 1981
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Edward Burke’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the IRA in the service periods between 01 April 1920 and 31 March 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Subject unsuccessfully applied for service in the periods between 01 April 1919 and 31 March 1920 and between 01 April 1923 and 30 September 1923. Burke was awarded 2 and 5/8 years service for pension purposes in 1938 at Grade E under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934.
Edward Burke states that he joined C Company, 3 Battalion, Dublin Brigade, IRA in about April 1919. During the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921), he claims that he served under the command of Paddy Flanagan (MSP34REF455) (April 1919- December 1920), Joseph O’Connor (MSP34REF901) (December 1920 – March 1921), James Doyle (MSP34REF20659) (March – April 1921) and James Kavanagh (MSP34REF301) (April – July 1921). Subject states that he took part in IRA general activity and operations including: arms raids; armed guard duty at 144 Pearse Street (3 Battalion Headquarters); mobilised for active duty at 5 South Frederick Street; seizure of Dublin Castle mail at Westland Row Railway Station (August 1920); went into house at 28-29 Pembroke Street during IRA operation on ‘Bloody Sunday’ (21 November 1920); ambush of caged British army tender at corner of South Richmond Street and Portobello Bridge (December 1920); ambush of ‘Black and Tans’ (RIC) at corner of Wexford Street and Redmond’s Hill (December 1920); capture of sporting gun during raid on 38 Harcourt Street; burning of British military stores at Harcourt Railway Station; training of recruits at 44 York Street; ambush of ‘Auxiliaries’ at Dartmouth Road Railway Bridge; ambush of ‘Black and Tans’ (RIC) tender on Grafton Street (April 1921); ambush of British military tender a St Stephen’s Green (May 1921) and was mobilised for large scale planned ‘hit up’ of British forces on the evening before the Truce.
During the Truce period, Edward Burke states that he continued to serve in C Company under the command of Albert Rutherford (MSP34REF22365). References on file claim that he served as Section Commander and later Second Lieutenant.
In January 1922, the subject states that he was transferred as Second Lieutenant to N Company, 3 Battalion, Dublin Brigade, IRA in January 1922 under the command of Noel Lemass (MD915). The company had about 35 members. Edward Burke states that he was engaged in training and did armed guard duty at Kildare Street Club (IRA garrison) at nighttime.
Taking the anti Treaty side in the Civil War, the subject claims that he was promoted to First Lieutenant of N Company under the command of Noel Lemass. In the first days of fighting in Dublin, Edward Burke states that he was part of an IRA unit which was attacked by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) men at Bass Place and took part in an attack on a National Army tender passing by Yeates’, Grafton Street. Subject states that he then joined an IRA garrison in the United Services Club, St Stephen’s Green. He remained there until the evacuation/surrender but had no fighting.
Subject states that he took part in some armed street patrols until his arrest in mid September 1922. Edward Burke was interned in Mountjoy Jail, Dublin until 24 December 1922 when he was released unconditionally. He said: “I thought there was something very sinister about it when I was getting released. I asked Paudin O’Keeffe why I was getting released. I thought it was extraordinary … I was never even shown a form”.
Reporting to Ben Doyle (MSP34REF55364) (Brigade Commandant, 1 Dublin Brigade), Edward Burke states that he was promoted to Company Captain of K Company, 3 Battalion, Dublin Brigade, IRA in January 1923. He says the company only had about eight or nine members with some on the run. The applicant claims that he was engaged in re-organising work; securing arms and armed street patrols (twice) until the ceasefire order (May 1923). Edward Burke states that he remained an IRA member until 1925.
File includes references in support of the subject’s claim from Joseph O’Connor (32 O’Donovan Road, Dublin) (1937); Simon Donnelly (1937); Matthew Connolly (1937); Albert Rutherford (1937); Joseph Carroll [1937]; James Sullivan (1937); Ben Doyle (1937); PJ Dunne (1937); J Curedale (1937); Seamus Kavanagh (1937); James Doyle (1937) and Joseph O’Connor (334 Harold's Cross Road, Dublin) (1937). File also contains a typed transcript of a sworn statement given before the Advisory Committee by the applicant on 15 February 1937; material relating to the payment of the balance of the pension to next of kin following subject’s death on 17 October 1976; copy of death certificate (1976); copy of marriage certificate of Edward Burke and Mary Burke (née Nolan) (09 July 1946); correspondence with John Glynn and Company solicitors on behalf of applicant’s widow (1977) and material relating to the payment of the balance of the widow’s pension to next of kin following widow’s death on 11 January 1980.
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