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| File Reference |
2RB70
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| Name |
James O'Connor |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Cappauniac, Bansha
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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 |
1922-12-19
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| Place |
The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland
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| Related files |
RO513 - nominal roll for C Company, 2 Battalion, 7 (Kildare) Brigade, 1 Eastern Division IRA - lists "J. Connor, Bansha, Co. Tipperary, (Executed)" as a member on 1 July 1922
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
Active Service Unit
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| Division |
1 Eastern Division
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| Brigade |
7 Brigade
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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 |
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 copy2RB70 James O Connor.pdf |
| File dates |
9 March 1933 – 10 April 1933
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| Subject Information |
Partial file relates to Bridget O’Connor (Black)’s receipt of a partial dependents’ gratuity of £112.10.00 (one hundred and twelve pounds and ten shillings sterling) under the Army Pensions Act, 1932 in respect of her son IRA Private James O’Connor.
According to material on file James O’Connor was executed by the National Army during the Civil War on 19 December 1922 at the Curragh, County Kildare. It is stated that he had been sentenced to death by Military Court for being in possession of rifles, ammunition, detonators and exploder at Rathbride, County Kildare on 12 December 1922. It is also stated that James O’Connor had served with the IRA from 1920 onwards and during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War.
RO513 - nominal roll for C Company, 2 Battalion, 7 (Kildare) Brigade, 1 Eastern Division IRA - lists "J. Connor, Bansha, Co. Tipperary, (Executed)" as a member on 1 July 1922
File includes: original signed handwritten statements and letters regarding subject’s service and death from John Breslin, Patrick Brennan, James Houlihan, William Byrne and Christopher Tracey.
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