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| File Reference |
MSP34REF42924
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| Name |
Michael Gaynor |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Rapla, Nenagh,
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| County |
Tipperary
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
14 Bundara Street, North Fitzroy, Melbourne,
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| Country |
Australia
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| Date of birth |
1899-01-14
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| Date of death |
1989-03-08
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34D1495; DP55281
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Company |
Nenagh Company
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Frank McGrath; Sean Gaynor
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| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
C Company
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| Brigade |
1 Tipperary Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Austin McCurtin; Frank McGrath
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
A Company
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| Brigade |
1 Tipperary Brigade
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
First Lieutenant
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
C Company
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| Brigade |
1 Tipperary Brigade
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Battalion Commandant
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Brigade |
1 Tipperary Brigade
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Company |
Active Service Unit
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| Brigade |
1 Tipperary Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Patrick McDonnel; Patrick Ryan
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
Yes |
| Grade |
D |
| Notes |
Awarded 6 and ½ years service for pension purposes in 1938.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF42924 Michael Gaynor.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP55281 Michael Gaynor.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34D1495 Michael Gaynor.pdf |
| File dates |
4 November 1934 – 20 August 1990
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| Subject Information |
The file relates to Michael Gaynor’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers in the service periods between 1 April 1917 and 31 March 1919 and his service with the IRA in the service periods between 1 April 1919 and 30 September 1923.
File also relates to subject's unsuccessful application for a Special Allowance under the Army Pensions Acts - disallowed due to excess means. This material is partly closed for reasons of data protection.
During the War of Independence the applicant claims to have carried dispatches between Dublin and Limerick; claims to have raided for arms; claims to have been arrested under the Defence of the Realm Act, June 1918, interned for six months in Belfast Jail; claims to have been involved in the destruction of evacuated RIC barracks; claims to have raided Nenagh Station for petrol, military stores and Belfast goods; claims to have been involved in an attack on Borrisokane barracks (June 1920); claims to have joined an Active Service Unit; claims to have been involved in an engagement with the RIC in Nenagh after shooting a member of the RIC; claims to have been involved in the shooting of Lieutenant Hambleton at Lisboney (November 1920); claims to have been involved in an ambush at Letteragh; claims to have cut roads; claims to have been involved in Intelligence work; claims to have been involved in Republican police work, claims to have been involved in arresting a criminal carrying arms, Dwyer. During the Truce period the applicant claims to have served in training camps in Puckane and Silvermines. During the Civil War the applicant claims to have been involved in engagements in Nenagh (July 1922); claims to have been injured in August 1922; claims to have been involved in the destruction of Nenagh Workhouse; claims to have been arrested, claims to have escaped from hospital; arrested, February 1923, interned in Limerick Jail and Tintown No. 3.
The file contains a handwritten application form signed and submitted by the applicant, also contains reference from Denis O’Neill; three page typed statement of activities of Michael Gaynor, undersigned by John Kirwan, Martin Nolan, Seán Gaynor and Frank [Flannery]; handwritten notes between Mr. Seán Gaynor and Major [Hoolan]; material relating to the closure of Michael Gaynor’s service pension account; material relating to the closure of Eileen Gaynor’s widows pension account; material relating to surviving family closed.
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