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| File Reference |
24SP3379
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| Name |
John Maurice MacCarthy |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Sycamore Lodge, Kilfinane
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| County |
Limerick
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Garrison Mess, Custume Barracks, Athlone
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| County |
Westmeath
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Headquarters No. 4 Brigade, New Barracks, Limerick
|
| County |
Limerick
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Army School of Instruction, Keane Barracks, The Curragh
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| County |
Kildare
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Shannon Villa, Ennis Road, Limerick
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| County |
Limerick
|
| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
"Dunard", 225 Cabra Road, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1896
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| Date of death |
1976-07-13
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| Associated files in MSPA |
24C348;
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| Related files |
SDR2073 subject's National Army and Defence Forces officers' servcie number;
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| Civilian occupation |
Employed in family business, Kilfinane, County Limerick;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Battalion Vice Officer Commanding
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| Unit |
Galtee Battalion
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| Brigade |
East Limerick Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Denis O'Hannigan
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR2073
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| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Battalion Officer Commanding
|
| Unit |
Galtee Battalion
|
| Brigade |
East Limerick Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Denis O'Hannigan
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR2073
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Battalion Officer Commanding
|
| Unit |
Galtee Battalion
|
| Brigade |
East Limerick Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Sean Wall; Denis O'Hannigan
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR2073
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Adjutant
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| Brigade |
East Limerick Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
Sean Wall; Denis O'Hannigan;
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR2073
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Adjutant
|
| Unit |
Active Service Unit (Flying Column)
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| Brigade |
East Limerick Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
Denis O'Hannigan;
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR2073
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Officer Commanding
|
| Division |
4 Southern Division
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| Brigade |
East Limerick Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
Denis O'Hannigan
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR2073
|
| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Divisional Adjutant
|
| Division |
4 Southern Division
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR2073
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Divisional Deputy Officer Commanding
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| Division |
4 Southern Division
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR2073
|
| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Commandant
|
| Unit |
Adjutant General's Department
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| Division |
General Headquarters
|
| Company |
Personnel Section
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR2073
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
Yes |
| Grade |
C |
| Notes |
Awarded 8.833 years service for pension purposes in 1927
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copy24SP3379 John Maurice MacCarthy.pdf
Scanned/digital copy24C348 John Maurice MacCarthy.pdf |
| File dates |
11 December 1924 - 23 December 1976
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| Subject Information |
File relates to John Maurice (Sean) MacCarthy's receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers, IRA and National Forces in the service periods between 1 April 1917 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for his mobilisation and activities at the time of the 1916 Easter Rising and his service generally in the periods between 1 April 1916 and 31 March 1917.
From 1917 to the end of the War of Independence John Maurice MacCarthy served as a Battalion Vice Officer Commanding, Battalion Office Commanding, Brigade Adjutant and Active Service Unit (Flying Column) Adjutant with the Irish Volunteers and IRA. During that period as well as being involved in organisational, training and intelligence work he also took part in a number of IRA operations and attacks against British forces and targets. These included: the Knocklong train ambush; attacks on Ballylanders and Killmallock [RIC] barracks; and ambushes at Glenacurrane and Dromkeen - exact dates of these operations not on file. During the Truce period he served as Adjutant in IRA Brigade training camps, served on the staff of the newly formed 4 Southern Division and was involved in organisational work in the West Limerick area. MacCarthy transferred from the IRA to the National Army on the latter's foundation and served throughout the subsequent Civil War. John Maurice MacCarthy continued to serve with the Defence Forces until retiring at the rank of Colonel during the 1950s - exact date not on file.
File includes: material signed and submitted by John Maurice MacCarthy in support of his service pension application; material relating to subject's National Army and Defence Forces' service record; original and copy handwritten signed statements regarding claimant's service and service pension application from [Seosaimh o Caomleag], Lieutenant P. J. Hayes, Lieutenant Maurice Barrett, Bernard Flynn, Lieutenant M. J. Bourke, Patrick Brazzill, Sean Cagney, Canon J. Lee (Roman Catholic Priest), Captain James Guiney, Captain Sean Keane, Risteard Ó Congaill TD (Richard O'Connell), Commandant Liam Walsh, Donnchadh Ó hAnnaigáin (Denis O'Hannigan), Justin P. McCarthy and Daniel P. MacCarthy; partial handwritten undated and unsigned document (1 page) entitled 'Statement in reference to claim to Military Service Pension, Captain John Maurice MacCarthy, Asst. Adjutant 8th Infy Brigade'; undated, unsigned handwritten notes [of evidence given by John Maurice MacCarthy before the Board of Assessors, Military Service Pensions Act, 1924]; reference to subject's position with the Bureau of Military History; material relating to John Maurice MacCarthy's widow and to the settlement and closure of his service pension account following his death.
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