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| File Reference |
24SP9375
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| Name |
Michael Brennan |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Meelick
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| County |
Clare
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Sydney House, Cork
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| County |
Cork
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
South Hill, Killiney
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1896
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| Date of death |
1986-10-24
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| Place |
Meath Hospital, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
24E22
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| Related files |
SDR3338 subject's National Army and Defence Forces officers service number; 24SP2483 Patrick Brennan - subject's brother; 24SP11598 Austin Brennan - subject's brother;
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| Easter rising service |
Yes |
| Easter rising location/place |
County Clare
Bunratty, County Clare
Limerick, County Limerick
County Limerick
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| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Brigade Staff Officer
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| Brigade |
Limerick Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Michael Colivet
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR3338
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| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Brigade |
Clare Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Patrick Brennan
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR3338
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| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Brigade Officer Commanding
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| Brigade |
East Clare Brigade
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR3338
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Officer Commanding
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| Unit |
Flying Column (Active Service Unit)
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| Brigade |
East Clare Brigade
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR3338
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Divisional Officer Commanding
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| Division |
1 Western Division
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR3338
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Major General
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| Division |
1 Western Division
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR3338
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
Yes |
| Grade |
E |
| Notes |
Awarded 14 years service for pension purposes
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyW24SP9375MichaelBrennan.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW24E22MichaelBrennan.pdf |
| File dates |
10 January 1925 - 3 March 1987
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Michael Brennan's receipt of am ilitary service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers, IRA and National Forces between 1 April 1916 and 30 September 1923 during the 1916 Easter Rising, War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War.
Claimant states that as a Limerick Brigade Staff Officer his orders for the Easter Rising were to mobilise East Clare Volunteers and detail men to assist the transportation of arms to be landed by the Aud through Ennis and North Clare up to Galway. Applicant claims to have mobilised 100 men at Bunratty, County Clare before receiving countermanding order. He further claims to have attended a number of Limerick Irish Volunteer Brigade Staff meetings at which he and others including, Seán O Muirthile, Johnny Sweeney and Tom McInerney attempted unsuccessfully to persuade Limerick Irish Volunteer leadership to either fight or give their arms to those wanting to fight. Subject also claims to have unsuccessfully attempted to make his way to Galway when he heard of rising in Galway and to have been arrested but released on a number of occassions by the RIC during the week before finally being arrested by British Military on Saturday 29 April. He was subsequently interned until December of that year.
Claimant states he was deported to England in May 1917, imprisoned from July to December the same year and also from February to December 1918. Appointed Officer Commanding the East Clare Brigade in January 1919 serving in that position and as Officer Commanding the Brigade Flying Column (Active Service Unit) to the end of the War of Independence in July 1921 except for two months period recovering from wounding received in November 1920. He joined the National Army in February 1922 and during the subsequent Civil War Michael Brennan served for a time as Officer Commanding 1st Western Division of the National Army, continuing to serve with the Defence Forces as Adjutant General from October 1925 to October 1928, as Inspector General from 1928 to 1931 and as Chief of Staff from October 1931 until January 1940.
File includes: signed statements regarding claimant's service from Seán O Muirthile, Colonel David J. Reynolds, Colonel Austin Brennan, James Ledden TD, and Major Thomas McGrath; handwritten notes of evidence given by subject before the Board of Assessors, Military Service Pensions Act, 1924; reference to subject's membership of the IRB and Fianna Éireann prior to 1916; reference to burning of Brennan family home by British forces during the War of Independence; material and references relating to claimant's wife, two daughters, son and granddaughter (partly closed).
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