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| File Reference |
MSP34REF20337
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| Name |
Thomas Ruane |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Tolan Street, Ballina
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not on file
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| Date of death |
1969-06-07
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34B27; DP6418; 1RB1916; V251;
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| Related files |
MSP34REF35506 Mary Ruane subject's wife; MSP34REF34790 Annie Kelly
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| Civilian occupation |
Painter and decorator;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Company Officer Commanding
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| Company |
Ballina Company
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| Brigade |
Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Patrick Hegarty;
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| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Battalion Officer Commanding
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| Unit |
1 Battalion (Ballina Battalion)
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| Brigade |
Mayo Brigade
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Battalion Officer Commanding
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| Unit |
1 Battalion (Ballina Battalion)
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| Brigade |
Mayo Brigade
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Officer Commanding
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| Brigade |
North Mayo Brigade
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Staff Officer
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| Division |
4 Western Division
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| Brigade |
North Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
M. Kilroy; Liam Lynch;
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
DPMRDisability pension, medical reasons
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
Yes |
| Grade |
B |
| Notes |
Awarded 8 and 3/8 years service for pension purposes in December 1936 following successful appeal against award of 7 and 17/24 years service granted the previous July.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyWMSP34REF20337ThomasRuane.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW34B27ThomasRuane.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWDP6418THOMASRUANE.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWV251THOMASRUANE.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW1RB1916THOMASRUANE.pdf |
| File dates |
28 January 1935 - 18 July 1975
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Thomas Ruane's receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers and IRA in the service periods between 1 April 1917 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for service in the period between 1 April 1916 and 31 March 1917.
File also relates to Thomas Ruane's receipt of payments under the Army Pensions Acts in relation to wounds received and disability arising from blast / bomb explosion in fighting against National Army Forces at Glenamoy, County Mayo on [15 September] 1922 during the Civil War - see also MSP34REF34790 Annie Kelly.
Thomas Ruane claims membership of the Irish Volunteers from late 1916. From 1917 to [1920] he served as an Irish Volunteer Company and Battalion Officer Commanding. He became O. C. of the North Mayo Brigade IRA following that units formation in the wake of the subdivision of Mayo into four brigade areas in [1920].
Heavily involved in the organisation and development of the Irish Volunteers in County Mayo from 1917 onwards, in March 1918 he was arrested and imprisoned until June of that year. During that year he also claims to have been involved with Fintan Murphy and Richard Walsh in [unsuccessful] attempts to make contact with a German submarine allegedly expected to land arms on Kid Island off the coast of north west Mayo. During 1920 he claims participation in a number of IRA attacks and operations in Ballina, Cloghans, Ballyglass, Bellmullet and Corrick in County Mayo as well as the attack on Enniscrone Coastguard in County Sligo. He was arrested/captured in [November] 1920 and interned until December 1921.
Following his release Thomas Ruane re-joined the IRA as a Brigade Training Officer. Following the outbreak of the Civil War on 28 June 1922 Ruane took part in the anti-Treaty IRA take over of Colloney, County Sligo and later in attacks and operations against National Forces in County Mayo at Ballina, Balladerrig and at Glenamoy during September of that year. He also claims to have served as a member of the IRA Executive [Council] during the Civil War. In February 1923 he was captured but escaped from Galway jail after about 10 days imprisonment. He states that he was again arrested in Ballina in July 1923 but once more managed to escape. Ruane states that when he finally returned home in September 1924 he was again arrested but released after being held for about a week.
File includes: original typed material signed and submitted by Thomas Ruane in support of his service pension application; typed transcripts of sworn statements made before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 by Thomas Ruane (6 pages) on 24 April 1936, M. Kilroy (1 page) on 10 June 1936 and P. Rutledge and T. Ruane jointly (4 pages) on 28 September 1936; signed typed statements regarding subject's service from Richard Walsh TD, P. J. Rutledge TD, Minister for Justice and Michael Kilroy TD; standard form Referee R.15 giving details of claimant's rank and unit strength from records supplied by J. Barrett, Thomas Ruane, and the relevant IRA brigade committee; reference to Thomas Ruane's position as a member of Seanad Éireann; and material relating to Thomas Ruane's widow.
Material relating to subject's application for and receipt of payments under the Army Pensions Acts include: medical certificates, examinations and reports; signed handwritten verification of Thomas Ruane's IRA service from Michael Kilroy; and material relating to Thomas Ruane's widow and surviving children - partly closed.
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