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| File Reference |
MSP34REF23541
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| Name |
Patrick Ahearne |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Blackcastle, Rosegreen
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| County |
Tipperary
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Donegal, Clerihan, Clonmel
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| County |
Tipperary
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1898
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| Date of death |
1980-07-04
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34D688; 1P536; 1P536ADD; A142; DP613
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| Related files |
MSP34REF26034 (Lena Ahearne, wife); MSP34REF5409 (Johanna O'Grady, sister); MSP34REF5605 (Bridget Long, sister)
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| Civilian occupation |
Farm Labourer;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
A Company (Rosegreen)
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| Brigade |
3 Tipperary Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Thomas Meagher
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Company Officer Commanding
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
A Company
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| Brigade |
3 Tipperary Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Jerome Davin; Seamus Keating (Internment);
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
WPWound pension
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
Yes |
| Grade |
D |
| Notes |
Awarded 7 and 1/12 years service for pension purposes in 1937
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF23541 Patrick Ahearne.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34D688 Patrick Ahearne.pdf
Scanned/digital copy1P536 Patrick Ahearne.pdf
Scanned/digital copy1P536Add Patrick Ahearne.pdf
Scanned/digital copyA142Patrick Ahearne.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP613 Patrick Ahearne.pdf |
| File dates |
9 August 1923 - 31 March 1982
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Patrick Ahearne'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 1919 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 1916 and 31 March 1919 and states that he mobilised under arms at the time of the 1916 Easter Rising.
File also relates to Patrick Ahearne's receipt of payments under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of the loss of his left hand as a result of an accidental explosion of a shotgun while he was firing it during a training camp in January 1922.
From January 1920 onwards Patrick Ahearne served as a Company Officer Commanding with the IRA. During the War of Independence Patrick Ahearne was involved in organisational and training work as well as the supervision and construction of arms dumps for the IRA. He also claims that during that conflict he took part in arms raids, the destruction of Cashel [RIC] barracks and Courthouse, attacks on [RIC] barracks at Drangan, Clerihan and Lisronagh, fighting against British forces at Blackcastle, the capture of three British Army officers at Fethard and the capturing of an alleged unnamed spy who was later executed by the IRA. During the Truce period Ahearne took part in IRA training camps until his injury in January 1922. Following his recovery he re-joined the IRA and claims to have served as part of a number of IRA garrisons prior to the Civil War. Following the outbreak of the Civil War on 28 June 1922 he took part in fighting against National Army forces at Fethard and Tullymaine. Arrested on 4 November 1922 Patrick Ahearne was interned in Clonmel Barracks, Kilkenny Barracks and Tintown No.2 internment camp until his release in December 1923. He states that during his internment he took part in a hunger strike.
File includes: true copy of detention order under the Public Safety (Emergency Powers) Act, 1923 and Public Safety (Emergency Powers) No. 2 Act, 1923 issued on 9 August in respect of Patrick Ahern (sic); handwritten seven page document listing activities and membership of Company 1 Battalion, 3 Tipperary Brigade IRA with handwritten copy of award issued to Patrick Ahearne on 7 February 1925 under the Army Pensions Act, 1923; signed handwritten and typed statements/letters regarding claimant's service from Bill Quirke, Seán Fitzpatrick, Jerome Davin and Thomas M. Howley; handwritten standard form Referee R.15 showing details of subject's rank and unit strength as of 11 July 1921 and 1 July 1922 from records supplied by Seán Fitzpatrick and Jerome Davin; typed transcripts of sworn statements made by Patrick Ahearne (7 pages) on 1 October 1936 and Seán Fitzpatrick (1 page) on 3 October 1936 before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934; and representations on behalf of Patrick Ahearne from Dan Breen TD (1945-1946).
Material relating to Patrick Ahearne's application for and receipt of an award under the Army Pensions Acts include: medical certificates, reports and examinations; original signed typed standard report dated 6 October 1924 from Defence Forces Adjutant General Major General Aodh MacNeill to the Department of Defence, Army Pensions Department regarding the date and circumstances of Ahearne's injury and enclosing original signed typed report dated 1 October 1924 from Major Domnaill Mac Cionaith, Command Adjutant, Southern Command to the Adjutant General on the same subject; material relating to the provision of and payment for artificial limbs, medical equipment and treatment for Patrick Ahearne by the Department of Defence; representations (1974-1975) on behalf of Patrick Ahearne from Noel Davern TD; and material relating to Patrick Ahearne's predeceased wife and surviving children - partly closed.
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