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| File Reference |
MSP34REF257
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| Name |
Edward O'Connor |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
The Square, Athea
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| County |
Limerick
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1877-07-07
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| Date of death |
1956-05-16
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34SP212; DP9031
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| Civilian occupation |
Employee, John Barrett, Church Street, Listowel, County Kerry;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
2 Battalion
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| Company |
A Company (Athea)
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| Brigade |
West Limerick Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
James Colbert; Michael Colbert; Michael Griffin; John Barrett; Timothy Quaid;
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
SPASpecial Allowance (DP file)
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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 copyMSP34REF257 Edward O'Connor.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP212 Edward O'Connor.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP9031 Edward O'Connor (1of2).pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP9031 Edward O'Connor (2of2).pdf
Scanned/digital copy1RB4080 Edward O'Connor.pdf |
| File dates |
19 September 1934 - 22 July 1955
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Edward O’Connor’s unsuccessful application for a military service pension. File also relates to subject's receipt of a Service (1917-1921) Medal [without Bar] in 1944. The ‘application for the issue of medals’ was signed and authorised but there is no date for when it was issued.
Applicant claimed membership of the Irish Volunteers and IRA from 1915 to April 1923.
In October 1917, applicant claims that he “forcibly removed” District Inspector Foley from the enclosure at a public meeting addressed by Countess Markievicz.
Attached to A Company (Athea), 2 Battalion, West Limerick Brigade, IRA, it is stated that the applicant took part in a number of IRA operations and general activity during the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921) including: dispatch-carrying; intelligence work; armed guard for Dan Breen and others when they were staying at Galeview, Athea (1919/20); armed guard for Active Service Unit when they returned from Abbeyfeale ambush (September 1920); prepared for attack on Crown Forces armoured car in Athea which was “prevented by the local curate" (November 1920); removing a “big gun” from Glin Castle (September 1921); was fired on by Black and Tans (‘RIC’) while attending the funeral of Captain [Patrick] Dalton (DP32858); acted as clerk of Sinn Féin court (May 1920 to June 1922); conveyed explosives from Athea to Barnagh for proposed attack on convoy of Black and Tans (‘RIC') and performed armed guard duty at Athea post office (June 1922).
Representation was made on behalf of the applicant by Éamon Kissane TD (1937).
File includes signed handwritten statements regarding subject's service from Donnchada Ó’Briain TD.
File DP9031 contains material relating to Edward O’Connor’s successful application for a Special Allowance under the Army Pensions Acts including application form; copies of Award Certificates (1947-55); verification of death of Edward O’Connor (1956); signed handwritten reports from Social Welfare investigating officers regarding her financial circumstances (1947-55); representations made on behalf of the subject (1948); copy of the applicant’s birth certificate (1877); copy of the applicant’s marriage certificate (1947); service certificates (1938) and completed application form (1937). File 1RB4080 contains filled out reference forms from Gearóid McAuliffe (1937) and Timothy Quaid (1937) and correspondence from The National Health Insurance Society (1937).
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