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| File Reference |
24C194
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| Name |
Sean Cunningham |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
21 Battalion, Collins Barracks, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
19 Bayview Avenue, North Strand, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
39 Fairfield Avenue, North Strand, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
c/o Mrs P Dunne, New Street, Malahide
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
c/o Mr P McFall, 39 Bedford Road, Johannesburg
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| Country |
South Africa
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| Address detail |
| Street |
The Cottage, Jenkinstown
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| County |
Louth
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
YMCA, Box 1001, Johannesburg
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| Country |
South Africa
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| Address detail |
| Street |
11 Harrogate Street, Belfast
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| County |
Antrim
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| Country |
Northern Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
c/o General Post Office (GPO), Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
No. 3 Company, The Depot, Phoenix Park, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Garda Síochána, Naas
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| County |
Kildare
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
15th Bandera, Irish Brigade, Caixa Postal, Lisbon
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| Country |
Portugal
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Ward 12, Royal Victoria Hospital, Beflast
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| County |
Antrim
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1884
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| Notes |
Exact date of birth not recorded on file
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| Date of death |
1963-03-08
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| Place |
Belfast, County Antrim
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Other Service Numbers |
8031 (Garda Number)
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Other Service Numbers |
8031 (Garda Number)
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
Yes |
| Grade |
C |
| Notes |
Awarded 5.5 years service for pension purposes in 1927 at Grade C under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copy24C194 Sean Cunningham.pdf |
| File dates |
25 January 1927 - 10 November 1980
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Sean Cunningham’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the IRA and the National Army in the service periods between 01 April 1920 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce Period and Civil War. Cunningham was awarded 5.5 years service for pension purposes in 1927 at Grade C under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924.
Subject’s 24SP file has not been found to date so there are no details of his activity in the 1920-1923 period on file. At time of his application in 1927, Sean Cunningham was Battalion Commandant of 21 Battalion, Collins Barracks, Dublin. He was discharged from the Defence Forces on 17 March 1928. Subject served with An Garda Síochana from June 1931 to October 1933 and also fought with Irish Brigade [under command of Eoin O’Duffy 24E10] in the Spanish Civil War (1936).
File includes correspondence with Department of External Affairs, Department of Finance and Sean Cunningham regarding payment of pension when the subject was resident in the South Africa (1930); correspondence regarding recovery of an outstanding bill of 5s 5d from the Officers’ Mess, McKee Barracks, Dublin (1931); material relating to subject’s enlistment in An Garda Síochana on 29 June 1931 (Garda number 8031), payment of Garda salary (1931) and his resignation from the force on 06 October 1933; letter form applicant asking for arrangements to be paid for his pension to be paid to his wife as he was “leaving this weekend with the Irish Brigade for Spain” (16 November 1936); handwritten letter from applicant from the 15th Bandera, Irish Brigade, Caixa Postal [], Lisbon, Portugal (15 February 1937) and internal department note that one of his pension warrants was attested by the chaplain to the brigade Reverend JJ Mulrean, Hotel Alvarez, Caceres, Spain; correspondence regarding issuing of miniature Service (1917-1921) Medal with Bar in 1950; material relating to the payment of the balance of the service pension to next of kin following subject’s death on 08 March 1963 and copy of subject’s Letter of Admiration.
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