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| File Reference |
MSP34REF54160
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| Name |
Bartley Igoe |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Foster Place, Ballygaddy Road, Tuam
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| County |
Galway
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
17 Demesne, Tullinadaly Road, Tuam
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| County |
Galway
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1898
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| Notes |
Exact date of birth not recorded on file
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| Date of death |
1976-08-18
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34E6521
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| Civilian occupation |
Miner, Pendleton Colliery, Manchester, England;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
Manchester Battalion
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| Company |
No. 1 Company
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Patrick O'Donoghue; Frank Ryan; M. Wallace; Patrick O'Meara;
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Unit |
Active Service Unit
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| Brigade |
North Galway Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Patrick Dunleavy
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
Yes |
| Grade |
E |
| Notes |
Awarded 4 and 3/4 years service for pension purposes in 1942
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF54160 Bartley Igoe.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34E6521 Bartley Igoe.pdf |
| File dates |
28 July 1937 - 21 October 1976
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Bartley Igoe’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the IRA 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 1919 and 31 March 1919.
Bartley Igoe states that he joined No. 1 Company, Manchester Battalion, IRA in June 1919 under the command of Paddy O’Donoghue (Patrick O’Donoghue) and Frank Ryan.
It is stated that the applicant took part in IRA operations and general activity in Manchester during the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921) including: procuring 20lbs of blasting powder from Pendleton Colliery where he worked (1920); purchasing around 14 revolvers from ex. British Army soldiers in the Manchester Docks area; the attempted destruction of Stuart Street power-house (2 October 1920); the burning of Bridgewater House (29 October 1920); the burning of Reddish Vale [Print Works] warehouse in Stockport with Volunteers Kelleher, [Matthew] Lawless (MSP34REF56118), Healy and O’Keeffe [February 1921]; the burning of cotton warehouse in Tipping Street with Volunteers [Patrick] Dillon (MSP34REF4131), Smith and Scanlon (January 1921); the burning of warehouse in Portland Row with Volunteers Kelleher, Leahy and [Patrick] O’Meara (MSP34REF16217) (February 1921); the attempted destruction of Manchester reservoir; burning barns and house at the Hardy Farm, Chorlton with Volunteers O’Keeffe and Martin Regan (1921); burning signal boxes and the failed operation to burn The Central Hotel, Manchester.
Following the arrest of his Patrick O’Donoghue (Battalion Commandant), Bartley Igoe returned to Ireland in April 1921 where he joined up with the North Galway Active Service Unit (ASU) under the command of Patrick Dunleavy (24SP1721). Claims that he lay in ambush twice at Annagh, County Galway and cut wires at Ballyglunin, County Galway.
Bartley Igoe returned to Manchester in July 1921 just before the signing of the Truce. Claims that he served under the command of M. Wallace (Martin Wallace) (MD39913) and Patrick O’Meara (MSP34REF16217) and took part in procuring ammunition; a failed operation to shoot hangman Ellis and formed a No. 5 Company in Salford with Frank Ryan.
Taking the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War (June 1922 – May 1923), the subject states that he served under the command of Walsh. Bartley Igoe took part in an IRA bank robbery in Prestwich in July 1922 with Francis Breen, John Foley and Patrick Gavin. He was arrested on 24 July 1922. Sentenced on 23 November 1922 to 10 years penal servitude, he served 7.5 years in Parkhurst Prison and Maidstone Jail and was released in 1929.
File includes hand-written and typed reference in support of the subject’s claim from Patrick O’Donoghue (Undated; 1942) and Patrick Dunleavy (1939). File also contains a typed sworn statement and summary made by the applicant before the Advisory Committee on 7 December 1939.
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