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| File Reference |
24SP11598
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| Name |
Austin Brennan |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Meelick
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| County |
Clare
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Custume Barracks, Athlone
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| County |
Westmeath
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
1 Brigade Headquarters, Stewart Barracks, Curragh District
|
| County |
Kildare
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Sanatorium, Schweizerhof, Davos Platz
|
| Country |
Switzerland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
C/o 117 Mobhi Road, Glasnevin, Dublin
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Meelick Cross
|
| County |
Limerick
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
316 Clontarf Road, Dublin
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
144 Hampton Court, off Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Date of birth |
1893
|
| Notes |
Date of birth not on file but age at time of death given as 89 years on death certificate
|
| Date of death |
1983-08-05
|
| Place |
St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin
|
| Associated files in MSPA |
24D69; DP460; 28APB1050; L19;
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| Related files |
SDR133 subject's National Army and Defence Forces officers' service number; 24SP2483 Patrick Brennan - subject's brother; 24SP9375 Michael Brennan - subject's brother;
|
| Civilian occupation |
Farmer;
|
| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Company Officer Commanding
|
| Company |
Meelick Company
|
| Brigade |
Clare Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
Patrick Brennan;
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR133
|
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Battalion Officer Commanding
|
| Brigade |
East Clare Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
Michael Brennan
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR133
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Officer Commanding
|
| Brigade |
East Clare Brigade
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR133
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
|
| Unit |
Active Service Unit (Flying Column)
|
| Brigade |
East Clare Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
Michael Brennan
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR133
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Officer Commanding
|
| Division |
1 Western Division
|
| Brigade |
3 Brigade
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR133
|
| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Unknown
|
| Division |
1 Western Division
|
| Brigade |
3 Brigade
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR133
|
| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Colonel
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR133
|
| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
DPMRDisability pension, medical reasons
|
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
Yes |
| Grade |
D |
| Notes |
Awarded 9 years service for pension purposes in 1927
|
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyW24D69AUSTINBRENNAN.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW24SP11598AUSTINBRENNAN.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW28APB1050AUSTINBRENNAN.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWDP460AUSTINBRENNAN.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWL19AUSTINBRENNAN .pdf |
| File dates |
25 February 1925 - 19 October 1988
|
| Subject Information |
File relates to Austin Brennan's receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers, IRA and National Forces 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 periods between 1 April 1916 and 31 April 1917.
File also relates to Austin Brennan's applications for and receipt of payments under the Army Pensions Acts.
Austin Brennan claims membership of the Irish Volunteers from its formation and membership of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) from 1916. He states that he mobilised with the Meelick Company, Irish Volunteers during the 1916 Easter Rising, marched to Bunratty, County Clare and 'stood to' for the remainder of the week. He claims that following the surrender he ensured the dumping of his company's arms in defiance of what he claims were orders from the Brigade leadership based in Limerick to surrender all arms to the British forces.
He was involved in the reorganisation of the Irish Volunteers from 1916 and claims to have represented County Clare at that organisation's convention in Dublin at Easter 1917. Arrested and sentenced to two years imprisonment by a British Military Court-martial in [July] 1917 Austin Brennan was imprisoned until [early 1918] at Cork, Mountjoy and Dundalk prisons where he took part in a number of hunger strikes and was also forcibly fed on a number of occasions. From 1919 he was involved in training and organisational work and following the formation of the East Clare Brigade he became its Commanding Officer and also served with his area's Flying Column (Active Service Unit). As such he was involved in the planning, preparation and execution of all IRA operations and attacks within his Brigade area. Claimant and references refer to attacks at Scariff, Cratloe and Glenwood - exact dates and details regarding these incidents not on file.
Austin Brennan joined the National Army in March 1922 and served throughout the subsequent Civil War. He retired to the Defence Forces Reserve of Officers at the rank of Colonel from 16 February 1929 and finally resigned with effect from 28 March 1933.
File includes: original handwritten and typed material signed and submitted by Austin Brennan in support of his various pension and award applications; material relating to Austin Brennan's National Army and Defence Forces service record; signed handwritten statements regarding claimant's service and service pension application from P. Brennan, Colonel David J. Reynolds, Major T. McGrath, Lieutenant Thomas Ringrose, Major General Michael Brennan and Lieutenant General Peadar MacMathghamhna; handwritten notes [of evidence given by Austin Brennan before the Board of Assessors, Military Service Pensions Act, 1924]; medical certificates, reports and examinations; signed handwritten and typed statements, letters and reports regarding Austin Brennan and relating to his application under the Army Pensions Acts from F. O'Loinsigh, Colonel M. Hogan, Peadar O'Loughlin, Seán MacEoin, Major General S. MacSuibhne, Major General M. Brennan, Defence Forces Adjutant General Colonel Liam Ó hAodha and Patrick Brennan; original handwritten and typed and copy typed material (1 June 1953 - 26 February 1954), including internal Department of Defence memoranda and correspondence and correspondence between the Department of Defence and the Office of the Attorney General, regarding the degree to which the pensions paid to Austin Brennan should be abated and the actual amount of pension to be paid to him; reference to Austin Brennan's appointment to the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 and Board of Assessors, Military Service Pensions Act, 1924; and material relating to Austin Brennan's widow and surviving children - partly closed.
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