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| File Reference |
24SP2913
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| Name |
Joseph Aloysius Sweeney |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Burtonport (address in 1922)
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| County |
Donegal
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Keane House, Curragh Camp
|
| County |
Kildare
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
26 Orchardstown Park, Dublin 14
|
| County |
Dublin
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded.
|
| Date of death |
1980-11-25
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| Associated files in MSPA |
24D78;
|
| Related files |
SDR3080 subject's National Army and Defence Forces officers service number
24SP11143 (Bernard Sweeney, brother)
|
| Civilian occupation |
Student;
|
| Easter rising service |
Yes |
| Easter rising location/place |
General Post Office, O'Connell Street, Dublin
Moore Street, Dublin
|
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Volunteer
|
| Unit |
4 Battalion
|
| Company |
E Company
|
| Brigade |
Dublin Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
Liam Clarke; Patrick Pearse
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR3080
|
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Unknown
|
| Company |
University College Galway Company
|
| Brigade |
Galway Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
P. J. Molloy
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR3080
|
| Organisation |
Irish Volunteers |
| Rank |
Battalion Officer Commanding
|
| Unit |
West Donegal Battalion
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR3080
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Brigade Officer Commanding
|
| Division |
1 Northern Division
|
| Brigade |
West Donegal Brigade (1 Donegal Brigade)
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Commandant General
|
| Division |
1 Northern Division
|
| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Major General
|
| Division |
1 Northern Division
|
| National Army Service Number |
SDR3080
|
| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
Yes |
| Grade |
D |
| Notes |
Awarded 14 years service for pension purposes
|
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyW24SP2913JosephAloysiusSweeney.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW24D78JosephAloysiusSweeney.pdf |
| File dates |
27 November 1924 - 4 December 1981
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Joseph Sweeney's receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers during the week of 23 to 30 April 1916, his subsequent internment until July of that year, his service with the Irish Volunteers and IRA from 1916 and through the War of Independence and Truce period to 1922 and with the National Army from 1922 through the Civil War to 30 September 1923.
Joseph Sweeney served as a Battalion, Brigade and Divisional Officer Commanding with the Irish Volunteers and IRA from 1917 to 1922. Sweeney was also arrested and imprisoned from May to July 1920. He joined the National Army in [February] 1922 serving at the rank of Major General as Officer Commanding 1 Northern Division. At the time of his service pension application in 1924 Joseph Sweeney was serving in the Defence Forces as General Officer Commanding Curragh Camp and later served as Chief of Staff from June 1929 to October 1931.
File includes: signed handwritten and typed statements regarding Joseph Sweeney's service from Acting Major J. V. Joyce, Commandant Peter Slattery, Captain Michael O' Farrell, Acting Major P. King, Colonel Joseph McLaughlin, R. Ua Maolcatha (Richard Mulcahy), Commandant Bernard Sweeney, Acting Captain Peter Fahy, Eoin Ua Dubhthaigh (Eoin O' Duffy), Captain Denis Houston, Commandant William O' Reilly, Captain James McCole and Seamus Murphy; handwritten notes of evidence given by Joseph Sweeney before the Board of Assessors, Military Service Pensions Act, 1924; and material relating to the closing of Sweeney's service pension account following his death.
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