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| File Reference |
MSP34REF40
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| Name |
Joseph Griffin |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
5 Leahy's Terrace, Sandymount, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
9 Palmerston Road, Rathmines, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
"Arus Muire", Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock
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| County |
Dublin
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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 67 years of age
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| Date of death |
1967-03-02
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34B3;
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| Civilian occupation |
British Civil Servant;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Battalion Intelligence Officer
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Peadar Clancy; T. Byrne;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Intelligence Officer
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| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Richard McKee; Oscar Traynor;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Director of Intelligence
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| Division |
General Headquarters (GHQ)
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Liam Lynch; Ernest O'Malley; Frank Aiken;
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
Yes |
| Grade |
B |
| Notes |
Awarded 7 years service for pension purposes in 1935
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyWMSP34REF40JOSEPHGRIFFIN.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW34B3JOSEPHGRIFFIN .pdf |
| File dates |
15 November 1934 - 18 May 2001
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Joseph Griffin'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 1920 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 1917 and 31 March 1920.
Subject moved to Dublin in June 1919 and joined G Company, 1 Battalion, Dublin Brigade, IRA. During the War of Independence Joseph Griffin served as a Battalion Intelligence Officer, 1 Battalion and Brigade Intelligence Officer, Dublin Brigade. He was imprisoned between September and December 1920 following his capture in a raid by British forces. He was involved in the preparations and planning for the IRA attack on the Custom House in May 1921 and was captured during that operation and interned until December of that year. Following the Army split of March 1922 Griffin became IRA Director of Intelligence. Following the outbreak of the Civil War on 28 June 1922 Joseph Griffin served in the Four Courts and O'Connell Street area of Dublin during the fighting against National Army forces in the city. Captured on [01] August 1922 with Harry Boland, Griffin was interned for the remainder of the Civil War in Maryborough (Portlaoise) and Tintown No. 2 Internment Camp. He claims that he served as Officer Commanding Republican prisoners in Maryborough and planned and took part in the [attempted] destruction of the prison as part of an unsuccessful escape attempt - date not on file.
File includes: material signed and submitted by Joseph Griffin in support of his service pension application; typed transcript (3 pages - torn and partly missing) of statement made by Joseph Griffin on 8 January 1935 before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934; material referring to Joseph Griffin's position as a civil servant between 1933 and 1945; and material relating to Joseph Griffin's widow and son - partly closed.
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