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| File Reference |
24SP8789
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| Name |
Christopher Keeling |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
13 Hardwicke Street, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
4 Yellow Road, Whitehall, Dublin
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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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| Date of death |
1940
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| Notes |
Exact date of birth not recorded on file
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| Associated files in MSPA |
MSP34REF718; 34SP389
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| Civilian occupation |
Bootmaker;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
None |
| National Army Service Number |
1046
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
No |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copy24SP8789 Christopher Keeling.pdf
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF718 Christopher Keeling.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP389 Christopher Keeling.pdf |
| File dates |
24 February 1925 - 26 September 1939
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Christopher Keeling’s unsuccessful application for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924. Applicant claimed membership of the Hibernian Rifles during Easter Week 1916 and of the National Army in the Truce Period and Civil War. He was unsuccessful as he did not have enough pre Truce service. Christopher Keeling also made an unsuccessful application for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 but was informed that the “act does not appear to apply” as he had “Nat. Army service”.
Christopher Keeling states that he joined the Hibernian Rifles in May 1915 under the command of Patrick Garrett. On Easter Monday 1916, he says that he was mobilised at the Hibernian Rifles headquarters at 28 North Frederick Street and was sent to the General Post Office (GPO) under the command of [James] Connolly (1D178) and Mr O’Sullivan. On Tuesday, Christopher Keeling claims that he was sent to an outpost at the Royal Exchange Hotel, Parliament Street Tuesday under the command of Thomas Byrne (24SP9369). It is stated that the outpost consisted of a contingent of Irish Volunteers from Maynooth and Hibernian Rifles men including Christopher Walsh (24SP2744) whose father [Edward] Walsh (1D124) was fatally wounded in the fighting.
Christopher Keeling states that he was disbanded and went home on Thursday of Easter Week in his first application and on the Friday in his second application. His 1916 service was corroborated by references John J Scollan (MSP34REF463) and Edward Kelly (24SP12670).
During the Truce period, the subject enlisted in the [Army Corps of] Engineers, National Army on 06 May 1922 at Marlboro Hall, Dublin. Taking the pro Treaty side in the Civil War, there are no details of his service in this period on file. He left the National army on 14 December 1923 at rank of Private.
File 24SP8789 includes letter from JJ Walsh TD to Board of Assessors stating that he “no doubt knows” Mr Keeling “but he is not in a position to certify his IRA (sic) service in 1916-1917” (1926). Christopher Keeling initially applied for for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 in 1935. He was informed that he was “not a person to whom the act applies” in 1941. Subject’s widow wrote to the department in 1944 stating that her husband had died in 1940 and looked for information about a possible widow’s pension. File includes references in support of the widow’s claim from John J Scollan (1944) and Edward Kelly (1944) and a letter from P O Cearnaigh and Frank Carney of “1916 Associated Easter Week Men” to Oscar Traynor TD asking him to investigate the matter (1944).
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