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| File Reference |
DP9656
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| Name |
Joseph Traynor |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Ballymount, Clondalkin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1899
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| Notes |
Aged 21 at time of death
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| Date of death |
1920-11-21
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| Place |
Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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| Notes |
Fatally wounded at Croke Park, Dublin on same day
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| Related files |
MD1794 (Subject's successful posthumous Service (1917-1921) Medal application file, available in Military Archives)
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| Civilian occupation |
Lime burner, employed by James Cullen, Airfield, Red Cow, Clondalkin, County Dublin;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
4 Battalion
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| Company |
F Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Christopher Byrne
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| 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 copyDP9656 Joseph Traynor.pdf |
| File dates |
09 October 1937 - 21 January 1938
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Michael Traynor’s unsuccessful application for an allowance or gratuity under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of his son Joseph Traynor who was killed by British forces in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920. Application was rejected as it was found that Joseph Traynor was not a member of any organisation covered by the legislation.
However, the subject was posthumously awarded a Service (1917-1921) Medal in 1943 for his membership of F Company, 4 Battalion, Dublin Brigade, IRA. On the nominal rolls, the name of “Traynor” from “Robinhood” who was “killed in Croke Park 21st Nov 1920” is listed in same unit on first critical date (11 July 1921) but is crossed out – see MA-MSPC-RO-Part 3, page 9.
It is noted on file that Joseph Traynor, an unmarried labourer aged 21, was fatally wounded “by machine gun fire at Croke Park on Bloody Sunday” and died later on same day in Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin of “shock and haemmorhage due to wounds”. A military Court of Inquiry was held on 23 November 1920. Subject was employed as a “lime burner” by James Cullen at Airfield, Red Cow, Clondalkin, County Dublin.
Applicant claimed in his first letter that his son “was a member of the IRA and did much for the freedom of his country” but said in the application form that his son “did not serve any of the organisations”. Further noted that the applicant Michael Traynor received £70 from the Compensation (Personal Injuries) Committee in 1924.
File includes representations by Alderman PS Doyle TD (1937); copy of death certificate for Joseph Traynor (1920) (issued 1937); copy of baptismal certificate for Michael Traynor who was born on 07 April 1863 at Kilaveny, Ferns, County Wexford (1863) (issued 1937) and completed application form.
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