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| File Reference |
2D84
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| Name |
John Keogh |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
15 Dolphin's Barn Street, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not on file
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| Date of death |
1922-12-17
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| Place |
Johnstown, Naas, County Kildare
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| Associated files in MSPA |
F351; 3MSRB84;
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| Related files |
24SP11085 Daniel Keogh subject's brother; 24SP9684 Patrick Keogh subject's father;
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| Civilian occupation |
Employee, Dublin United Tramway Company;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
4 Battalion
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| Company |
C Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
4 Battalion
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| Company |
C Company
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Division |
Criminal Investigation Department
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Lieutenant
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| Unit |
Dublin Guards
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
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| Notes |
Partial dependents' gratuity
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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 copyW2D84JohnKeogh.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW3MSRB84JohnKeogh.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWF351JohnKeogh.pdf |
| File dates |
19 December 1922 - 20 November 1970
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Patrick Keogh's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £100 (one hundred pounds sterling) - increased from £40 on appeal - under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of his son National Army Lieutenant John Keogh. File also relates to unsuccessful applications by Daniel Keogh under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of his brother John Keogh.
See also 24SP11085 Daniel Keogh and 24SP9684 Patrick Keogh for further information / material relating to the applicants.
Lieutenant John Keogh was shot dead on Sunday 17 December 1922 at Johnstown, Naas, County Kildare during the Civil War. John Keogh had served with the IRA during the War of Independence and was arrested and interned by the British authorities during that conflict - exact dates of arrest and period of detention not on file. There are claims and inferences on the file that John Keogh was a member of Fianna Éireann from [1913] and may have had some activity during the 1916 Easter Rising. It is also stated that he was arrested/captured after the Rising but released on account of his age. However the Military Service Registration Board verified John Keogh's service for the period between 1918 and 11 July 1921 only. John Keogh had served with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) prior to joining the National Army and he was one of a mixed party of National Army and CID which had been carrying out a search of a dance hall in Johnstown when he was shot. Patrick Keogh also claims that his son had also acted as a body guard to the Governor General and President during visits to London - exact dates regarding these claims not on file.
File includes: signed typed report of 19 December 1922 from the Office of the Chief State Solicitor to the Minister for Home Affairs on the inquest on the body of Lieutenant J. Keogh, Dublin Guards, Wellington Barracks held on 18 December 1922 at the Military Barracks, Naas; signed handwritten letter of 13 February 1923 from Commandant F. X. Coghlan, Assistant Adjutant, Dublin District to the Adjutant General, Portobello Barracks, Dublin supporting Patrick Keogh's application for a grant on account of any payment he might receive in respect of his son from Army funds; signed typed report of 1 March 1923 from Captain A. J. Kavanagh, Assistant Command Adjutant, Dublin Command to the Adjutant General regarding the circumstances and means of Patrick Keogh and his entitlement to a dependents' allowance from Army funds; typed signed letter of 8 March 1923 from Colonel Aodh MacNeill, D.A.A.G. Dublin Command to the Adjutant General, Portobello Barracks regarding Patrick Keogh and his son Lieutenant John Keogh and enclosing typed copy (4 pages) of the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry into the death of Lieutenant John Keogh held at Naas Barracks on 9 January 1923; signed handwritten undated letter from L. T. MacCosgair (William T. Cosgrave, President of the Executive Council, Irish Free State) addressed to "Dear A. G." regarding an approach to him from Patrick Keogh [regarding Keogh's application for a dependents' allowance from Army funds]; typed signed standard report of 17 May 1924 from Colonel Aodh MacNeill, Acting Adjutant General to the Ministry of Defence, Army Pensions Department regarding the date and circumstances of Lieutenant John Keogh's death; material relating to Dublin Metropolitan Police investigation into the circumstances and means of the Keogh family and the degree of dependency of Patrick Keogh on his son at the time of the latter's death; medical reports, certificates and examinations and social welfare reports relating to Daniel Keogh's applications under the Army Pensions Acts; signed handwritten statements and letters verifying John Keogh's IRA service from Sean Dowling and Thomas Doyle; and initialled handwritten notes dated 14 June 1955 regarding the service and activities of John and Daniel Keogh and referring to various applications from Daniel Keogh under the Army Pensions Acts and the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924.
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