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| File Reference |
MSP34REF20993
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| Name |
Michael Rodger O'Hanlon |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
"Red Rock", 22 Achill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Custome Barracks, Athlone
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| County |
Westmeath
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1898
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| Date of death |
1968-12-10
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34C383;
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| Related files |
MSP34REF44077 (Bessie O'Hanlon, sister); MSP34REF59647 (Sarah O'Hanlon, mother); MSP34REF4268 (Bernard O'Hanlon, brother)
O.4465 subject's Defence Forces offciers' service number
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| Civilian occupation |
Medical Student;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
Camlough Battalion
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| Company |
Mullaghbawn Company
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| Brigade |
1 Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Frank Aiken; John McCoy;
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| Other Service Numbers |
O.4465 subject's Defence Forces officers's service number
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
C Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
P. Flanagan; J. O'Connor;
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| Other Service Numbers |
O.4465 subject's Defence Forces officers's service number
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Staff Captain
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| Unit |
Organisation Department
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| Division |
General Headquarters
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Dermot O'Hegarty; Eoin O'Duffy;
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| Other Service Numbers |
O.4465 subject's Defence Forces officers's service number
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
Evacuation Department
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| Division |
General Headquarters
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Emmett Dalton;
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| Other Service Numbers |
O.4465 subject's Defence Forces officers's service number
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Divisional Intelligence Officer
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| Division |
4 Northern Division
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
F. Aiken; John McCoy;
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| Other Service Numbers |
O.4465 subject's Defence Forces officers's service number
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Divisional Adjutant
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| Division |
4 Northern Division
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Thomas Rogers;
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| Other Service Numbers |
O.4465 subject's Defence Forces officers's service number
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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 |
C |
| Notes |
Awarded 5 and 4/5 years service for pension purposes in 1938
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyWMSP34REF20993MichaelRogerOHanlon.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW34C383MichaelRogerOHanlon.pdf |
| File dates |
30 December 1935 - 13 November 2012
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Michael O'Hanlon's receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the IRA for part or all of the various periods between 1 April 1920 and 30 September 1923. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for service in the periods between 1 April 1917 and 31 March 1920.
Michael O'Hanlon claims membership of the Irish Volunteers from 1918. In [summer] 1920 during the War of Independence Michael O'Hanlon took part in the burning of Forkhill RIC Barracks, County Armagh and an unsuccessful attempt to destroy a British munitions train at Adavoyle [County Armagh]. While a medical student in Dublin he took part in IRA armed patrols as well as an attack on suspected British intelligence agent(s) at Pembroke Road in Dublin on 21 November 1920 (Bloody Sunday). In January 1921 he took part in IRA attacks/ambushes at Camlough and Cullyhanna and in March of that year became an IRA General Headquarters Staff Captain undertaking organisational work in County Cavan. This work continued during the Truce period and in early 1922 he joined the GHQ Evacuation Department participating in the takeover of Barracks etc. from British military forces. In March/April 1922 he returned to the 4 Northern Division IRA as a Divisional Intelligence Officer taking part in a number of attacks against British and Northern Ireland Government forces at Camlough and Mullaghbawn (dates not on file) as well as serving as part of the neutral IRA force under the command of Frank Aiken in Dundalk, County Louth prior to and at the outbreak of the Civil War on 28 June 1922. Captured by National Army forces following their occupation of Dundalk in July 1922 he escaped and then took part in the subsequent IRA capture of Dundalk that same month. From then until his capture in October 1922 O'Hanlon took part in IRA activities and attacks in counties Cavan and Monaghan. Michael O' Hanlon escaped from internment in [May] 1923 and served as an IRA Divisional Adjutant until resigning in August 1924.
File includes: handwritten unsigned undated statement regarding Michael O'Hanlon's activities/service between 1918 and 1920; standard form Referee R.15 showing details of subject's rank on 1 July 1922 from records supplied by Frank Aiken; typed summary (1 page) and transcript (6 pages) of sworn statement made by Michael Rodger O'Hanlon before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 on 15 June 1938; signed handwritten statement regarding subject's service from Colonel J.J. O'Connell; handwritten notes relating to discussion held with J. O'Connor regarding claimant's service/activities; material relating/referring to Michael O'Hanlon's service with the Defence Forces in the 1930s and 1940s; and material relating to Michael O' Hanlon's widow and son - partly closed.
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