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| File Reference |
24SP7800
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| Name |
John McCormack |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Castleconnell
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| County |
Limerick
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Cappavilla House, Clonlara
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| County |
Clare
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1898-09-23
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| Date of death |
1956-05-07
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| Associated files in MSPA |
24B539
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| Civilian occupation |
Farmer's son;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Company Captain
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| Unit |
2 Battalion
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| Company |
D Company
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| Brigade |
East Clare Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Michael Brennan; Austin Brennan
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR2100
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Company Quartermaster
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| Unit |
2 Battalion
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| Company |
D Company
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| Brigade |
East Clare Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Michael Brennan; Austin Brennan
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR2100
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
7 Battalion
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR2100
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| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Company Captain
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| Unit |
60 Battalion
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| Company |
B Company
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| National Army Service Number |
SDR2100
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
Yes |
| Grade |
B |
| Notes |
Awarded 5 and 34/137 years service for pension purposes in 1926
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Grade |
B |
| Notes |
A
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copy24SP7800 John McCormack.pdf
Scanned/digital copy24B539 John McCormack.pdf |
| File dates |
19 December 1925 - 25 January 1982
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| Subject Information |
File relates to John McCormack’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 30 September 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.
John McCormack states that he was originally attached to C Company, 1 Battalion, Mid Limerick Brigade, Irish Volunteers under the command of Liam Forde from 1917-18.
As Company Captain and Company Quartermaster of D Company, 2 Battalion, East Clare 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: an attack on Scariff Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Barracks and ambushes of British forces at Cratloe, Glenwood, O’Brien’s Bridge and Woodcock Hill.
Taking the pro-Treaty side in the Civil War (June 1922 – May 1923), John McCormack enlisted with the National Army at Strand Barracks, Limerick on 28 February 1923. Applicant was attached to the 7 Battalion and later B Company, 60 Battalion. He was discharged on 6 March 1924.
Material on file shows that John McCormack married Shelia McCormack (née Coghlan) on 9 January 1923.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed from John McCormack in support of his service pension application; original signed handwritten and typed statements regarding subject's service from Major-General M. Brennan (1925); Major Thomas McGrath (1925); Chief Super Harry O’Mara (1925); undated unsigned handwritten notes [of evidence given by John Cassidy before the Board of Assessors, Military Service Pensions Act, 1924]; and material relating to the settlement and closure of John McCormack’s service pension account following his death on 7 May 1956. Material on file shows that John McCormack married Shelia McCormack (née Coghlan) on 9 January 1923.
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