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File Reference DP2054
Name Seamus Devins
Gender male
Address detail
Street White Rose Cottage, Grange
County Sligo
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not recorded on file
Date of death 1922-09-20
Place Mount Benbulbin, County Sligo, Ireland
Associated files in MSPA 2RB1010; W50;
Related files DP654 Patrick Joseph Banks; DP1029 Henry Benson; DP1563 Patrick Carroll; DP5273 Thomas Langan; - all killed in the same incident as subject.
Civilian occupation Farmer;
Easter rising service No
Organisation Irish Volunteers
Rank Unknown
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Battalion Officer Commanding
Unit 2 Battalion (Grange Battalion)
Brigade Sligo Brigade
Commanding Officer(s) Frank Carty
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Brigade Officer Commanding
Division 3 Western Division
Brigade 1 Brigade
Commanding Officer(s) Liam Pilkington
Pension Claim No
Award Pension Yes
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 Yes
Type of Award DADependant's allowance
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyW50 Seamus Devins.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP2054 Seamus Devins.pdf
Scanned/digital copy2RB1010 Seamus Devins.pdf
File dates 7 October 1933 – 1 March 1983
Subject Information File relates to the award of a dependents’ allowance to Mary Devins and her son Patrick Pearse Devins under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of their husband and father IRA Brigade Officer Commanding Seamus Devins T. D. File also relates to the award of a posthumous Service (1917-1921) Medal [without Bar] to Patrick Pearse Devins in respect of his father Seamus Devins. According to Mary Devins, Seamus Devins was killed on Mount Benbulben on 20 September 1922 during the Civil War. There is no death certificate on file and other references give date of death as 22 September 1922 and October 1922. Frank Carty states that Seamus Devins was one of four IRA officers and men killed by National Army forces after having been taken prisoner, while Andrew Conway states that Devins and others were killed during a [National Army] attack on Rahilly (sic) Camp. See related files (DP654 Patrick Joseph Banks; DP1029 Henry Benson; DP1563 Patrick Carroll; and DP5273 Thomas Langan) for further details and information. According to other material on file Seamus Devins had been a member of the Irish Volunteers and IRA from 1916 onwards and during the War of Independence and Civil War. Pearse Devins states that his father took part in an IRA attack on RIC members in October 1920 between Grange and Cliffoney in County Sligo and that in November 1920 Seamus Devins was arrested by British forces. He further states that Seamus Devins was subsequently interned in Belfast and Dartmoor prisons – exact dates/period of imprisonment not on file. File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by Mary and Patrick Pearse Devins in support of their applications: reference to Mary Devins position as a National School Teacher; reference and material relating to payments made to Mary Devins by the White Cross on behalf of herself and her son; material relating to Mary Devins’ application to the Department of Defence for reimbursement of school/educational fees for her son; mortuary card with sepia photograph of [Seamus Devins]; material relating to the settlement and closure of Mary Devins’ dependents’ allowance account following her death on 16 October 1936; signed handwritten statements regarding Seamus Devins’ service and death from Frank Carty TD and Andrew Conway; and reference to an unsuccessful application made by Mary Devins to the Compensation (Personal Injuries) Committee in November 1924.