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| File Reference |
MSP34REF42603
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| Name |
Patrick O'Hanlon |
| Gender |
male |
| Maiden/Other names |
Paddy O'Hanlon
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Bridge House, Mullaghbawn
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| County |
Armagh
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| Country |
Northern Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Market Square, Dundalk
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| County |
Louth
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
3 Maphoner Road, Mullaghbawn, Newry
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| County |
Armagh
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| Country |
Northern Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1904-07-25
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| Date of death |
1981-08-30
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| Place |
Forster Green Hospital, Belfast, County Antrim
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34SP44420; DP6262; 1RB229; V35
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| Related files |
MSP34REF20993 (Michael O'Hanlon, brother); MSP34REF44077 (Bessie O'Hanlon, sister); MSP34REF59647 (Sarah O'Hanlon, mother); MSP34REF42604 (Peter O'Hanlon, brother); MSP34REF4268 (Bernard O'Hanlon, brother)
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| Civilian occupation |
Student, Blackrock College, Dublin;
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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 |
Mullaghbawn Company
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| Brigade |
1 Brigade (North Louth)
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
John Grant; Hugh McAleavy
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
WPWound pension
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| Notes |
Awarded a wound pension of £90 per annum from 1932 to final under the Army Pensions Act, 1932.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF42603 Patrick O'Hanlon.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP44420 Patrick O'Hanlon.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP6262 Patrick O'Hanlon ( part 1 ).pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP6262 Patrick O'Hanlon Part 2.pdf
Scanned/digital copy1RB229 Patrick O'Hanlon.pdf
Scanned/digital copyV35 Patrick O'Hanlon.pdf |
| File dates |
23 October 1929 - 07 September 1988
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Patrick O’Hanlon’s unsuccessful application for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934. Subject unsuccessfully applied for service in the periods between 01 April 1919 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War period.
Patrick O’Hanlon states that he joined Mullaghbawn Company, 3 Battalion (Camlough), 1 Brigade (North Louth), IRA in 1920 under the command of John Grant (MSP34REF1738). During the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921), the applicant claims that he took part in IRA general activity and operations including: drilling; dispatch work; rendering first-ait to wounded/sick IRA members; giving first aid lectures and transporting arms from Jack McElhaw (MSP34REF4305), Camlough to Mullaghbawn Company area.
During the Truce period, Patrick O’Hanlon states that he took part in attack on British forces at Dungooley, County Louth (early July 1922); activity with Active Service Unit (ASU) operating against British forces and ambushes of same at Mullaghbawn and Clarkhill, County Down.
Taking the anti-Treaty side of the Civil War, Patrick O’Hanlon claims that he took part in attack on barracks and transporting. a Thompson machine gun and ammunition from Newry, County Down to Mullaghbawn, County Armagh On 18 August 1922, the applicant was wounded in a fight with National forces at Dungooley, County Louth which resulted in the amputation of his right leg – further information below.
File includes handwritten notes of discussion (“no pre Truce”) with IRA verifying officers Gormley, Grant, Boyle, O’Hanlon and Cooney on 26 November 1940. Subject did not appear before the Advisory Committee and did not provide any references.
File DP6262 relates to successful application by subject for a wound or disease pension or gratuity under the Army Pensions Act, 1932. Subject was awarded a wound pension of £90 per annum from 1932 to final. Applicant was shot in the right leg during an engagement with National Army troops on 18 August 1922 in Dungooley, County Louth. He was taken to Louth County Infirmary where his right leg was amputated by Dr O’Hagan. Subject was discharged on 23 December 1922.
The Military Service Registration Board recognised service within the meaning of Part II of the Army Pensions Act, 1932 between June 1921 and 18 August 1922 for subject’s membership of the IRA.
File includes reference from Lieutenant Charles Grant (1933); doctor’s certificates; Service Certificate; medical report; Army Pensions Board report; material, correspondence and receipts regarding the payment, supply and repair of artificial limb and additional components for the subject (1933-1979); representations by Lieutenant-General Sean MacEoin (1948); correspondence with Department of Finance regarding payment of rail travel for subject’s visit to St Bricin’s Hospital (1956); material for successful application for married persons pension (1961); copy of marriage certificate between Patrick O’Hanlon and Margaret Grant (26 May 1942); representations by Paddy O’Hanlon MP on behalf of his father (subject) (1972); material relating to the payment of the balance of the disability pension and a funeral grant to next of kin following subject’s death on 30 August 1981; material relating to overpayment of disability pension and repayment of same (1983); copy of death certificate (1981). File 1RB229 contains references from Hugh McAleavy (1933), John McCoy (1933) and Michael O’Hanlon (1933) and typed letter from James J Clarke, Louth Hospital (1933).
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