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| File Reference |
24SP176
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| Name |
Patrick Joseph Dinan |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Elton, Knocklong
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| County |
Limerick
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
care of Mr Costello, Tullerboy, Athlacca, Kilmallock
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| County |
Limerick
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Ballyadam, Pallasgreen
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| County |
Limerick
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
86 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex
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| Country |
England
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| Address detail |
| Street |
29 North Avenue, Chelmsford, Essex
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| Country |
England
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| Date of birth |
1900
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| Date of death |
1937-12-06
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| Associated files in MSPA |
24A318
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| Related files |
43242 subject's National Army and Defence Forces service number
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| Civilian occupation |
Farm Labourer;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
Athlacca Company
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| Brigade |
East Limerick Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Captain James O'Shea
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| National Army Service Number |
43242
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Division |
2 Southern Division
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| Company |
Athlacca Company
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| Brigade |
East Limerick Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Captain G. O'Dwyer
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| National Army Service Number |
43242
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
39 Battalion
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| Division |
4 Southern Division
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| Company |
B Company
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| National Army Service Number |
43242
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
Yes |
| Grade |
A |
| Notes |
Awarded 6 years service for pension purposes in 1926
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copy24SP176 Patrick Dinan.pdf
Scanned/digital copy24A318 Patrick Dinan.pdf |
| File dates |
5 November 1925 - 11 May 1976
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Patrick Dinan's receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the IRA and National Forces during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War in the service periods between 1 April 1920 and 30 September 1923. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for service in the periods between 1 April 1917 and 31 March 1920.
During the War of Independence applicant claims to have taken part in a number of IRA operations including an ambush at Grange [8 December 1920] and serving at an armed outpost for attacks at Ballylanders and Kilmallock [dates not recorded]. Applicant claims he was arrested at a dance at Caherguillamore 26 December 1920 and sentenced to two months in jail for unlawful assembly. References claim he was badly beaten following arrest and temporarily lost his hair as a result. References and applicant also claim he took part in disruption of communications and training with his company. During the Truce period Dinan states he was in Castle Ivers Training Camp, Limerick and that he enlisted in the National Army from here. During the Civil War he served with 39 Battalion headquartered at Limerick before demobilisation, time expired 28 February 1924.
File includes: material submitted by subject in support of his service pension application; handwritten notes [of evidence given by Dinan before the Board of Assessors, Military Service Pensions Act, 1924]; material relating to subject's National Army and Defence Forces service record; original signed handwritten references from Nicholas O'Dwyer, William Purcell and Captain G. O'Dwyer; and material relating to subject's widow and surviving children - partly closed.
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