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| File Reference |
24SP5817
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| Name |
Timothy Kelly |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Moycullen, Maurice's Mills
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| County |
Clare
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Ballyhee, Larchill, Ennis
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| County |
Clare
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1891-09-06
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| Date of death |
1973-03-02
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| Place |
St. Joseph's Hospital, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
24A1529
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| Related files |
49759; 66311 (National Army Service Number)
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| Civilian occupation |
Labourer;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Company Captain
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| Unit |
7 Battalion
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| Company |
D Company (Dysart)
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| Brigade |
Clare Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
H. Hunt
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| National Army Service Number |
49759; 66311
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Company |
D Company (Dysart)
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| Brigade |
Mid Clare Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Seán Hynes
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| National Army Service Number |
49759; 66311
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Private
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| Division |
1 Western Division
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| National Army Service Number |
49759; 66311
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
Yes |
| Grade |
A |
| Notes |
Awarded 2.655 years service for pension purposes in 1926
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copy24SP5817 Timothy Kelly.pdf
Scanned/digital copy24A1529 Timothy Kelly.pdf |
| File dates |
29 January 1925 - 18 January 1973
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Timothy Kelly’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the IRA and National Forces in the service periods between 1 April 1920 and 31 March 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for service in the periods between 1 April 1917 and 31 March 1920.
Applicant claims membership of the Irish Volunteers and the IRA from July 1917 onwards. In the 1918-19 period,
Timothy Kelly claims that he was Company Captain of his local D Company (Dysart) of the Volunteers and drilled them for nine months. He also states that he helped organise the local Sinn Féin club.
During the anti-Conscription crisis (1918), Kelly states that he helped to source arms, ammunition and “some old pikes” for the Volunteers.
When martial law was declared in County Clare, the applicant states he had to keep in “constant communication” with Battalion Headquarters (HQ) and attended meetings (both day and night) in “castles and vacant houses”.
During the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921), references on file state that the applicant was involved in a number of IRA operations in the Clare area including: the purchase of arms, ammunition and knives from British Army soldiers (1920); the attack and capture of Ruan RIC barracks (1920); the ambush at Monreal Bridge/Cullinagh River (1920); an ambush of Crown Forces at Toonagh “badly wounding one man” (no date) and raiding [the homes] of Rate Collectors and taking over £800 (February 1921).
Timothy Kelly claims he was his company’s Intelligence Officer (IO) for nine months the 1920-21 period.
When the IRA split in March 1922, the applicant supported the Treaty and states that he “kept … 31 out of 39” of Volunteers loyal to GHQ in his company. He also helped to recruit men into the National Army and the Civic Guards (Garda Síochána).
Applicant enlisted with the National Army on 8 November 1922 at Ennis, County Clare and served in the areas of Ennis, Ennistymon and Corofin in County Clare.
Kelly took up work with Clare County Council as a Rate Collector on 9 December 1922 and was “irregularly discharged” from the National Army on 13 January 1923. On 23 January 1923, he was held up by armed men and he had his bicycle stolen. It is unclear from the file whether money was taken in this incident.
In August 1923, the applicant stated that he took part in canvassing for the [Government] in the General Election and helped to organise cars to bring older people to the [voting] booths.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by Timothy Kelly in support of his service pension application; original signed handwritten statements regarding subject's service from H. Hunt; Michael Hegarty; Captain P. Keirse; Captain Seán Hughes; undated unsigned handwritten notes [of evidence given by Timothy Kelly before the Board of Assessors, Military Service Pensions Act, 1924]; and material relating to the settlement and closure of Timothy Kelly’s service pension account following his death on 2 March 1973.
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