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| File Reference |
DP2292
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| Name |
Denis Creedon |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Lower Horsemount, Ballinagree, Macroom
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| County |
Cork
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1889
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file but age at time of death given as 32 years
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| Date of death |
1922-09-16
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| Place |
The Mercy Hospital, Cork, County Cork, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
2RB173; 52APB168; Y252;
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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 |
6 Battalion
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| Company |
C Company
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| Brigade |
1 Cork Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
John J. O'Leary
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
YesYesYes |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
DADependant's allowance
DADependant's allowance
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| Notes |
1.) Partial Dependents' gratuity
2.) Mary Creedon
3.) Michael Creedon
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyY252 Denis Creedon.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP2292 Denis Creedon.pdf
Scanned/digital copy52APB168 Denis Creedon.pdf
Scanned/digital copy2RB173 Denis Creedon.pdf |
| File dates |
16 January 1933 - 6 May 1977
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Denis Creedon Senior's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £100 (one hundred pounds sterling) in 1936 under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of his son IRA Private Denis Creedon Junior. File also relates to the award of dependents' allowances under the Army Pensions Acts to Mary and Michael Creedon, sister and brother respectively of Denis Creedon Junior. Mary Creedon received her allowance from 1954 until her death in 1962 while Michael Creedon was in receipt of an allowance from 1962 until his death in 1976.
Denis Creedon Junior died on 16 September 1922 at the Mercy Hospital, Cork from the effects of wounds received by him in action against National Army forces near Donoughmore, County Cork on 14 September 1922 during the Civil War. According to material on file, Denis Creedon Junior had served with the IRA from some time in 1919 onwards and during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by Denis Long on behalf of Denis Creedon Senior in support of the latter's application; original handwritten material submitted and signed by Mary Creedon and Michael Creedon in support of their various applications; signed handwritten reports and related documentation, regarding investigations by officers of the Customs and Excise and Social Welfare as to the circumstances and means of the Creedon family, the dependency of the various applicants on Denis Creedon Junior at the time of his death, and the circumstances and means of the individual applicants at the time of their applications; original signed handwritten and copy typed correspondence and related handwritten documentation (6 April 1934 - 31 March 1936) involving officials of the departments of Finance and Defence regarding the question of how great an award to grant to Denis Creedon Senior; representations on behalf of Denis Creedon Senior from Denis Long and C. Healy; representations (1954-1962) on behalf of Mary and Michael Creedon from Con Meaney TD; material relating to the settlement and closure of Mary Creedon's dependents' allowance account following her death on 4 February 1962; material relating to the settlement and closure of Michael Creedon's dependents' allowance account following his death on 20 November 1976; and signed handwritten statements regarding Denis Creedon Junior's service and death from John J. O'Leary, Humphrey Kelleher, Thomas Sexton and Maurice Breen.
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