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File Reference DP7026
Name John Joseph Stephens
Gender male
Address detail
Street 7 Gardiner Place, Dublin
County Dublin
Country Ireland
Address detail
Street Main Street, Belleek (Family Home)
County Fermanagh
Country Northern Ireland
Date of birth 1893
Notes Date of birth not recorded on file but age at time of death given as 28 years on death certificate
Date of death 1922-09-03
Associated files in MSPA 2RB716; 52APB420;
Civilian occupation Railway Porter;
Easter rising service No
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Battalion Vice Commandant
Unit 4 Battalion
Brigade Fermanagh Brigade
Commanding Officer(s) Sean Carty
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Private
Unit 1 Battalion
Brigade Dublin Brigade
Commanding Officer(s) Michael Fitzpatrick
Pension Claim No
Award Pension No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyDP7026 John Joseph Stephens.pdf
Scanned/digital copy52APB420 John Joseph Stephens.pdf
Scanned/digital copy2RB716 John Joseph Stephens.pdf
File dates 10 May 1922 - 28 September 1937
Subject Information File relates to Bridget Stephens' unsuccessful application under the Army Pensions Act, 1932 in respect of her brother IRA Private John Joseph Stephens. Bridget Stephens was deemed not to have been eligible for an award under the terms of the act as although she was an unmarried sister of the deceased she was not permanently invalided. The body of John Joseph Stephens was found during the Civil War on 3 September 1922 at Red Cow Lane, Inchicore, Dublin with several gunshot wounds. He had been taken by National Army forces from 7 Gardiner Place, Dublin the previous day - 2 September 1922. According to information on file John Joseph Stephens had served with the IRA in County Fermanagh and Dublin from 1920 onwards and during the War of Independence and Civil War. It is also stated that he served as a Battalion Vice Commandant while serving in Fermanagh. File includes: original handwritten and typed material submitted on behalf of Bridget Stephens in support of her application; signed handwritten statements regarding John Joseph Stephens service from Patrick McCann (Fermanagh), Michael Fitzpatrick (MSP34REF63535) and Sean Carty (MSP34REF18703); medical certificates, examinations and reports in respect of Bridget Stephens; signed handwritten statement dated 18 October 1933 regarding the circumstances and means of the Stephens family and the degree of dependency of Bridget Stephens on her brother at the time of his death from Roman Catholic Priest Patrick Freenan; representations on behalf of Bridget Stephens from Pádraig Ó Broin.