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| File Reference |
MSP34REF20661
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| Name |
James Joseph Boyce |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
33 Aungier Street, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
187 Comeragh Road, Drimnagh, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1898
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| Notes |
Exact date of birth not recorded on file
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| Date of death |
1950-05-04
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34E1104
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| Civilian occupation |
Dentist, employee of AB Shaw, 59 Grafton Street, Dublin;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Unknown
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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 |
Unknown
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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; James Brogan
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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 3 and 13/36 years for pension purposes at Grade E in 1936 under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF20661 James Joseph Boyce.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34E1104 James Joseph Boyce.pdf |
| File dates |
24 November 1934 - 17 September 1984
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| Subject Information |
File relates to James Joseph Boyce’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers and the IRA in the service periods between 01 April 1917 and 31 March 1919 and between 01 April 1920 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 1919 and 31 March 1920. Boyce was awarded 3 and 13/36 years for pension purposes at Grade E in 1936 under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934.
James Joseph Boyce states that he joined K Company, 3 Battalion, Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers in August 1917 under the command of Thomas J Cullen (MSP34REF52708). He claims that he was attended the funeral of Dick Coleman (1D15) (1918); took part in the defence of 6 Harcourt Street and an arms raid for National Volunteers rifles at Richmond Cottages. It is stated by references and the subject that he was present at the accidental shooting of Irish Volunteer James Gallagher during an arms training exercise in the Dublin Mountains in April 1918. Refusing to answer a summons to attend [the inquiry] as a witness, James Joseph Boyce went on the run. He claims that another man named “Kierey” [Keary] Cahill was arrested and sentenced to six months in Belfast jail for refusing to answer a summons.
During the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921) under the command of Thomas J Cullen and Henry O’Farrell (MSP34REF2525), the subject states that he took part in the transport and storage of arms; armed guard duty at Dáil Éireann sessions at Mansion House; was arrested on suspicion for the shooting of Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Constable Kells of Pleasant Street and held for three days; removing company arms dump from Kimmage to Denzille Street (October 1920) and purchase of at least six Webley .45 revolvers from John F McGuinness (see reference letter).
James Joseph Boyce states that was posted outside the door at Morehampton Road during the shooting of suspected British secret service agents on ‘Bloody Sunday’ (21 November 1920). He was arrested on 25 November 1920 and charged with shooting of Captain Bagally (Baggallay). Subject was imprisoned in Arbour Hill, Dublin; Kilmainham Jail, Dublin and Ballykinlar, County Down while awaiting trial. Subject was acquitted at court-martial in Dublin Castle but refused to sign a form undertaking that he would not take any further action against British forces. Subject was interned in the Rath Camp, the Curragh, County Kildare until December 1921 as part of the general amnesty for IRA prisoners under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
During the Truce period, James Joseph Boyce states that he did guard duty at IRA convention at Mansion House; did garrison duty in Masonic Hall for one week (April 1922) and Kildare Street Club for one month and attended the Dublin Brigade review at Smithfield.
Taking the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War, the applicant claims that under the command of Henry O’Farrell and James Brogan (MSP34REF2345) he was mobilised at 41 York Street and took part in defence of Bass Place and Yeats, Grafton Street. He also took part in an attack on Oriel House and defence of the United Service Club, St Stephen’s Green against National forces. Firing at a patrol to evade arrest, he says that was in Armagh visiting a dying aunt on the “Night of the Bridges”. Subject was mobilised for planned attack on income tax offices, St Mary’s Road off Baggot Street which unsuccessful and also helped to secure and transport company arms. Reference John Clohisey states that he and the subject were arrested by National forces on Trinity Street in January 1923 but Boyce “escaped from the escort”. Applicant says that he was on the run and stayed in “McCaffrey’s Estate” for two months and the adjutant’s house in York Street “on and off” before returning home in May 1923 after the ceasefire order.
File includes references in support of subject’s claim from Henry O’Farrell [1935]; John F McGuinness (1935); John Clohisey (1936); Joseph Sullivan (1936); J Bird (1936); Thomas J Cullen (1936) and James Brogan (1936); note from former employer AB Shaw, dentist, 59 Grafton Street, Dublin (1936); transcript of a sworn statement given before the Advisory Committee by the applicant on 15 May 1936 and by Joseph O’Connor on 20 July 1936; material relating to the payment of the balance of the pension to next of kin following subject’s death on 04 May 1950; copy of death certificate for James Boyce, married, aged 51, bookmakers clerk (1950) and material relating to payment of balance of widows pension following widows death on 07 June 1984. Noted on file that James Joyce married Annie Boyce (née Rice) on 18 October 1926.
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