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| File Reference |
DP5988
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| Name |
Patrick Murphy |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Carrigrohane
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| County |
Cork
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1893
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file but age at time of death given as 28 years on death certificate
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| Date of death |
1922-09-12
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| Place |
The Mercy Hospital, Cork, County Cork, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
2RB4021; 52APB677;
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| Civilian occupation |
Farmer's son;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
H Company
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| Brigade |
1 Cork Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Cornelius Neenan;
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| Other Service Numbers |
9736 - subject's British Army Irish Guards Regimental Number
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Section Commander
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| Unit |
Active Service Unit
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| Brigade |
1 Cork Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Herbert John Mitchell;
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| Other Service Numbers |
9736 - subject's British Army Irish Guards Regimental Number
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
No |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copy2RB4021 Patrick Murphy.pdf
Scanned/digital copy52APB677 Patrick Murphy.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP5988 Patrick Murphy.pdf |
| File dates |
2 December 1933 - 27 November 1957
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| Subject Information |
File relates to unsuccessful applications under the Army Pensions Acts by Thomas Murphy and Mary Ellen Murphy in respect of IRA Section Commander Patrick Murphy.
Thomas Murphy's application was rejected in 1941 as while it was found that he was partially dependent on his son Patrick Murphy, special or necessitous circumstances, necessary for the granting of an award were not found to exist - see copy typed letter dated 29 May 1941 from the Secretary, Department of Defence to Thomas Murphy.
Mary Ellen Murphy's application was rejected as she was found not to be dependent on her brother Patrick Murphy - copy of standard form A.P. 10 dated 28 October 1957 issued by the Department of Defence to Mary Ellen Murphy. Department of Defence recommendations, in January 1955 and July 1957, that a partial dependents' allowance be awarded to Mary Ellen Murphy, were rejected by the Department of Finance in March and September 1957 respectively.
Patrick Murphy died at the Mercy Hospital Cork on 12 September 1922 from the effects of wounds received by him during an engagement with National Army troops at Leemount, County Cork on 9 September 1922 during the Civil War. It is stated on file that Patrick Murphy was one of an IRA party which, during an operation to raid a train - to capture mails and copies of the Cork Examiner newspaper - came under attack by National Army troops who were dispersed by the IRA unit. Following this incident Murphy was brought to Cork by train and transferred by a unit of the Cork fire brigade from Cork railway station to the Mercy Hospital where he subsequently died of his wounds.
According to material on file Patrick Murphy served with the IRA from 1919 onwards and during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Patrick Murphy also served with the British Army during the First World War in the Irish Guards from 9 September 1915 until discharged, no longer physically fit for War Service, on 18 July 1918.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by Thomas and Mary Ellen Murphy in support of their respective applications; original signed and initialled handwritten and typed, and copy typed material, relating to Customs and Excise, Army Pensions Board, Social Welfare and Department of Defence investigations as to the circumstances and means of the Murphy family and the degree of dependency of Thomas Murphy and Mary Ellen Murphy on Patrick Murphy at the time of his death; medical certificates and reports in respect of Patrick Murphy's wounding and death; signed handwritten statements and letters regarding Patrick Murphy's service and the circumstances surrounding his wounding from Herbert John Mitchell (Sean Mitchell), Edward Horgan, [Paud] O'Donoghue and Patrick Walsh; handwritten copy of extract from the Cork Examiner newspaper of Monday 11 September 1922 regarding the wounding and hospitalisation of a man named Murphy from Carrigrohane, County Cork and noting report in the same newspaper on 13 September 1922 of the death of Murphy; typed signed copies of statement made by Herbert J. Mitchell on 1 November 1940 before [the Army Pensions Board] regarding the circumstances surrounding Patrick Murphy's wounding and the subsequent transporting of Murphy by train to Cork.
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