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File Reference DP654
Name Patrick Joseph Banks
Gender male
Address detail
Street Lower Abbey Street, Sligo
County Sligo
Country Ireland
Date of birth 1904
Notes Date of birth not on file but age at time of death given as 17 years on death certificate
Date of death 1922-09-20
Place Lislahelly, County Sligo, Ireland
Associated files in MSPA 52APB120; 2RB169; Y74;
Related files DP1029 Henry Benson; DP1563 Patrick Carroll; DP2054 Seamus Devins; DP5273 Thomas Langan; - all killed in the same incident as subject.
Civilian occupation Coach Painter, R. Browne & Co, Coach factory, Sligo;
Easter rising service No
Organisation Fianna Éireann
Rank Unknown
Brigade Sligo Brigade
Commanding Officer(s) H. W. Sheridan
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Unknown
Brigade Sligo Brigade
Commanding Officer(s) Thomas Scanlon;
Pension Claim No
Award Pension Yes
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 YesYesYes
Type of Award OTHOther
DADependant's allowance
DADependant's allowance
Notes Partial dependents' gratuity
Bridget Banks
Christina Smylie
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyWDP654PATRICKJOSEPHBANKS.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW2RB169PATRICKJOSEPHBANKS.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW52APB120PATRICKJOSEPHBANKS.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWY74PATRICKJOSEPHBANKS.pdf
File dates 30 December 1932 - 14 February 2001
Subject Information File relates to Bridget Banks receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity and a dependents' allowance under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of her son Patrick Joseph Banks of the IRA. File also relates to Christina Smylie's receipt of a dependents' allowance in respect of her brother Patrick Joseph Banks. Patrick Joseph Banks died on 20 September 1922 near Mount Benbulben at Lislahelly, County Sligo from the effects of bullet wounds received from National Army forces. References on the file state that Patrick Joseph Banks was one of six IRA men killed at that time by National Army forces after having been taken prisoner during the Civil War. According to references on file Banks had also served with Na Fianna Éireann and the IRA during the War of Independence. File includes: material submitted and signed by Bridget Banks and Christina Smylie in support of their applications; local area Customs and Excise and Social Welfare officer investigations into the circumstances and means of the Banks and Smylie families and the degree of dependency of Bridget Banks and Christina Smylie on Patrick Joseph Banks at the time of his death - partly closed; signed handwritten statements regarding Patrick Joseph Banks IRA service and death from H. W. Sheridan, James Keaveney and Thomas Scanlon; representations on behalf of the applicants from Joseph Connolly TD, Minister for Lands and Fisheries (1933) and Ray McSharry TD, Minister for Finance (1982); and material relating to the settlement and closure of the dependents' allowance accounts of Bridget Banks following her death on 10 June 1966 and of Christina Smylie following her death on 29 December 1998 - partly closed.