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File Reference DP588
Name Godfrey Canty
Gender male
Address detail
Street Scrahan, Enniskeane
County Cork
Country Ireland
Date of birth 1894
Notes Date of birth not on file but age at time of death given as 26 years on death certificate
Date of death 1921-05-09
Place Dromorane, Bandon, County Cork, Ireland
Associated files in MSPA Y284; 52APB395; 2RB967;
Civilian occupation Farmer's son;
Easter rising service No
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Private
Unit 1 Battalion
Company Newcestown Company
Brigade 3 Cork Brigade
Pension Claim No
Award Pension Yes
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 Yes
Type of Award OTHOther
Notes Partial dependents' gratuity
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyDP588 Godfrey Canty.pdf
Scanned/digital copy2RB967 Godfrey Canty.pdf
Scanned/digital copy52APB395 Godfrey Canty.pdf
Scanned/digital copyY284 Godfrey Canty.pdf
File dates 22 May 1933 - 6 August 1957
Subject Information File relates to Honora Canty's receipt of a partial dependents’' gratuity of £50 (fifty pounds sterling) in 1936 under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of her son IRA Private Godfrey Canty. File also relates to an unsuccessful application under the Army Pensions Acts by Mary Canty, sister of Godfrey Canty. According to Liam Deasy, Godfrey Canty was carrying out an IRA Brigade order to collect all cycles and motor cycles in the area when he was surprised by a British military patrol and killed on 09 May 1921 during the War of Independence. Deasy also states that Canty had been a member of the IRA from 1919. File includes: original handwritten material signed and submitted by Honora and Mary Canty in support of their applications; representations on behalf of Honora Canty from Sean Moylan TD; signed handwritten reports from Customs and Excise and Social Welfare investigating officers regarding the circumstances and means of the Canty family and the degree of dependency of Honora and Mary Canty on Godfrey Canty at the time of the latter's death; original signed typed and copy typed correspondence (13 August 1934 - 30 September 1936), involving the departments of Finance and Defence, regarding the questions of whether and how great an award should be made to Honora Canty; medical examinations and reports relating to Mary Canty; and signed handwritten statement from Liam Deasy regarding Godfrey Canty's IRA service and death.