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| File Reference |
2D123
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| Name |
Terence Byrne |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
7 Manor Cottages, Mountmellick
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| County |
Laois
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not on file but age at time of death given as 22 years on death certificate
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| Date of death |
1922-06-30
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| Place |
Castle Street, Nenagh, County Tipperary
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| Associated files in MSPA |
RGU7818; 577/102; F86; Note: 2D123 also incorporates duplicate file 2D363.
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| Civilian occupation |
Labourer;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Brigade |
Laois Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Laurence Brady
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Captain
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| Division |
3 Southern Division
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Captain Cooney;
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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 copyW2D123TERENCEBYRNE.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW577_102TERENCEBYRNE.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWF86TERENCEBYRNE.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWRGU7818TERENCEBYRNE.pdf |
| File dates |
13 September 1922 - 14 December 1948
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Alice Byrne / O'Byrne's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £120 (one hundred and twenty pounds sterling) - increased from £30 on appeal - under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of her son National Army Captain Terence Byrne / O'Byrne / O'Beirne.
Captain Terence Byrne was shot dead in Castle Street, Nenagh, County Tipperary on 30 June 1922 during the Civil War. According to material on the file Terence Byrne had served with the British Army during the First World War and joined the IRA in 1919. He was arrested/captured by British forces in late 1920 and interned until [December] 1921. The file also refers to Terence Byrne having four brothers Joseph, Henry, Martin and Andrew also serving with the National Army as of 10 March 1923.
File includes: copy typed report of 24 November from Brigadier W. Hoolan, Tipperary No. 1 Brigade (National Army) to the Adjutant 3 Southern Division regarding the date and circumstances of Captain Terence Byrne's death; signed typed report of 26 January 1923 from the Office of the chief Pay Officer, Quartermaster General's Department to the Adjutant General regarding dependents allowances being paid as of that date to Mrs. A. Byrne in respect of her sons Joseph, Henry and Martin Byrne and stating that no allowance was being paid in respect of Terence Byrne at the date of writing; signed typed report of 12 January 1924 from Commandant E. F. O'Leary, Adjutant Artillery Corps to the Adjutant General regarding the date and circumstances of the death of Captain Terence O'Beirne (sic) and the degree of dependency of Alice O'Beirne (sic) at the time of his death; signed typed report of 17 January 1924 from the Defence Forces Office of the Adjutant General to the Ministry of Defence, Army Pensions Department regarding the date and circumstances of subject's death; Garda Síochána reports of 16 February and 3 June 1924 regarding the circumstances and means of the O'Beirne / Byrne family and the degree of dependency of Alice Byrne on her son at the time of his death; and material relating to further applications by Alice Byrne for an award under the Army Pensions Acts from 1932 to 1948 including representations from Oliver Flanagan TD
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