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| File Reference |
2D229
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| Name |
James Dolan |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Dernaheira, Derradda, Ballinamore
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| County |
Leitrim
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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 32 years on death certificate
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| Date of death |
1922-09-16
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| Place |
Leitrim County Infirmary, Carrick on Shannon, County Leitrim
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| Associated files in MSPA |
F115; 3MSRB69;
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| Related files |
986 subject's National Army service number;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Captain
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| Unit |
2 Battalion
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| Company |
Corraleehan Company
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| Brigade |
South Leitrim Brigade
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| National Army Service Number |
986
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Private
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| Brigade |
South Leitrim Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
H. McKeown;
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| National Army Service Number |
986
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
YesYes |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
DADependant's allowance
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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 copyW2D229JAMESDOLAN.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW3MSRB69JAMESDOLAN.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWF115JAMESDOLAN.pdf |
| File dates |
27 December 1923 - 18 February 1983
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Mary Dolan's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £75 - increased from £25 on appeal - under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of her son National Army Private 986 James Dolan. File also relates to Katie Dolan's receipt of a dependents' allowance under the Army Pensions Act, 1953 in respect of her brother Private James Dolan.
Private James Dolan died on 16 September 1922 at Leitrim County Infirmary from the effect of gunshot wound he received on the night of 14 September / morning of 15 September during an attack on Drumshambo Barracks by 'Irregulars' (IRA) during the Civil War. Prior to joining the National Army James Dolan had served as an IRA Company Captain during the War of Independence.
File includes: material signed and submitted by Mary and Katie Dolan in support of their respective applications and appeals; signed typed standard report of 23 February 1924 from Defence Forces Adjutant General Gearóid O'Suilleavain to the Ministry of Defence, Army Pensions Department regarding the date and circumstances of Private James Dolan's death and enclosing typed copy report of 15 February 1924 from Captain H. McKeown, O/C "C" Company, 22nd Inf. Batt., ex OC South Leitrim Brigade to OC Battalion regarding the same subject; Garda Síochána report dated 14 March 1924 regarding the circumstances and means of the Dolan family and the degree of dependency on James Dolan at the time of his death; reference to Mary Dolan's receipt of a dependents' allowance from Army funds prior to her receipt of payment under the Army Pensions Act; local area social welfare officer reports regarding the circumstances and means of Katie Dolan and the degree of her dependency on James Dolan at the time of his death; representations on behalf of Katie Dolan from Mary Reynolds TD; signed handwritten statements regarding the verification of James Dolan's pre-Truce IRA service from Bernard Sweeney, [Henry McKeown], Eugene Kilkenny, HP McKeown, Terence Mitchell, Joseph Mitchell, Patrick Plunkett, Patrick Galligan, Peter Murphy and Patrick Tiernan; and material relating to the settlement and closure of Katie Dolan's dependents' allowance following her death on 30 November 1982.
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