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| File Reference |
DP23650
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| Name |
Denis Lacey |
| Gender |
male |
| Maiden/Other names |
Dinny
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Attybrick, Dundrum
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| County |
Tipperary
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
James Street, Tipperary
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| County |
Tipperary
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file
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| Date of death |
1923-02-18
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| Place |
Ballydrehid, Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
DP5235; 2RB192; 52APB89;
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| Related files |
DP11247 Patrick McDonough - fatally wounded in the same incident in which Denis Lacey was killed; 3D211 William McGrath; DP23650 Denis Lacey; DP3369 Edmund Quirke; 3D288 Michael Ryan; - all also killed during the attempted round up of IRA Active Service Unit under the command of Denis Lacey; MSP34REF18335 Winifred Ryan; MSP34REF18333 Julia Ryan;
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| Civilian occupation |
Manager, Louis J. Dalton Coal & Provision Merchant, Main Street, Tipperary, County Tipperary, Ireland;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Battalion Quartermaster
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| Unit |
5 Battalion
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| Brigade |
South Tipperary Brigade
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Officer Commanding
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| Division |
2 Southern Division
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| Brigade |
3 Tipperary Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
William Quirke
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
YesNo |
| Type of Award |
DADependant's allowance
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| Notes |
1.) Mary Dwyer. Sister.
2.) William Lacey. Brother. No award
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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 copyDP23650 Denis Lacey.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP5235 Denis Lacey.pdf
Scanned/digital copy52APB89 Denis Lacey.pdf
Scanned/digital copy2RB192 Denis Lacey.pdf |
| File dates |
13 February 1933 - 24 January 1984
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Mary Dwyer's receipt of a dependents' allowance under the Army Pensions Acts in 1958 in respect of her brother IRA Brigade Officer Commanding Denis Lacey. File also relates to an unsuccessful application from William Lacey, brother of Denis Lacey.
Denis Lacey was killed in action against National Army forces at Ballydrehid, Cahir, County Tipperary on 18 February 1923 during the Civil War. See also DP11247 Patrick McDonough - fatally wounded in the same incident in which Denis Lacey was killed. According to material on file Denis Lacey had served with the Irish Volunteers and IRA from 1917 onwards and during the War of Independence and Civil War. It is also stated that he served as an IRA Battalion Quartermaster prior to his appointment as Brigade Officer Commanding 3 Brigade, 2 Southern Division, IRA.
See also files DP11247 Patrick McDonough, MSP34REF18335 Winifred Ryan and MSP34REF18333 Julia Ryan for claims that Denis Lacey and Patrick McDonough had been billeted at the Ryan family home at Cloghera, Bansha, County Tipperary when they came under attack from National Army.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by or on behalf of Mary Dwyer and William Lacey in support of their applications and appeals; original signed and initialled handwritten and typed, and copy typed documentation, regarding investigations by Customs and Excise, Social Welfare and Department of Defence officials as to the circumstances and means of the Lacey and Dwyer families, the degree of dependency of the various applicants on Denis Lacey at the time of the latter's death, and their situation at the time of their applications - partly closed for reasons of data protection; representations on behalf of Mary Dwyer from Dan Breen TD, M. J. Davern TD and Senator William (Bill) Quirke; representations on behalf of William Lacey from Senator W. Quirke and Michael Fitzpatrick; medical certificate in respect of William Lacey; signed handwritten statements regarding subject's service and death from Dan Breen and William Quirke; and material relating to the settlement and closure of Mary Dwyer's dependents' allowance following her death on 29 July 1958.
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