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| File Reference |
DP3072
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| Name |
James Meegan |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Barrack Street, Dundalk
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| County |
Louth
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1891
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file but age at time of death given as 30 years on death certificate
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| Date of death |
1922-09-02
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| Place |
Workhouse, Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
2RB370; 52APB155; Y239;
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| Civilian occupation |
Employee, [Kelly's] Wholesale Grocery, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland;
Employee, Lockington's, Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Volunteer
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
Dundalk Battalion (1 Battalion)
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| Division |
4 Northern Division
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| Company |
A Company
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| Brigade |
North Louth Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
John Toal; Thomas McCrave; James Larrissey; Felix Dawe; Sean Gormley;
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
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| Notes |
1.) Mary Meegan. Mother. Partial dependents' gratuity
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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 copyDP3072 James Meegan.pdf
Scanned/digital copy2RB370 James Meegan.pdf
Scanned/digital copy52APB155 James Meegan.pdf
Scanned/digital copyY239 James Meegan.pdf |
| File dates |
28 December 1932 - 3 October 1973
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Mary Meegan's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £100 (one hundred pounds sterling) in 1935 under the Army Pensions Act, 1932 in respect of her son IRA Private James Meegan. The Department of Defence had originally recommended an award of £112.10.00 (one hundred and twelve pounds and ten shillings sterling). This was reduced following the intervention/recommendation of the Department of Finance.
File also relates to the posthumous award of a Service (1917-1921) Medal in respect of James Meegan to Mary Meegan.
James Meegan's death on 2 September 1922 at the the Workhouse in Dundalk, County Louth from Broncho Pneumonia and Cardiac failure was deemed to have been attributable to his post-Truce IRA service. According to material on file Meegan had served with the Irish Volunteers and IRA from 1917 onwards and during the War of Independence and Civil War. References state that Meegan had been arrested and imprisoned in Belfast and Dartmoor prisons during the War of Independence - arrest variously stated to have vtaken place during 1920 and 1921 on file - and was released in early 1922. During the Civil War he served as part of the IRA forces that captured Dundalk from National Army forces in August 1922 and also took part in fighting near Riverstown. It is claimed that exposure endured at this time led to his illness and death.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted an dsigned by Mary Meegan in support of her various applications; medical certifiactes in respect of James Meegan's illness and death; signed handwritten reports dated 29 June and 4 July 1933 from Customs and Excise investigating officers regarding the circumstances and means of the Meegan family and the degree of dependency of Mary Meegan on her son at the time of his death; representations on behalf of Mary Meegan from Eamonn Rice TD; original signed and initialled handwritten and typed an dcopy typed material relating to discussions between the departments of Defence and Finance as to the amount of gratuity to be awarded to Mary Meegan; signed handwritten statements regarding James Meegan's service and deeath from Sean Gormley, John Toal and John McCoy
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