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File Reference 2D224
Name Thomas Kehoe
Gender male
Maiden/Other names Keogh, Thomas
Address detail
Street Rathduffmore, Hacketstown (address given by Thomas Kehoe's mother)
County Carlow
Country Ireland
Address detail
Street Rathnagrew, Hacketstown (address given by Thomas Kehoe's father)
County Carlow
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not recorded on file
Date of death 1922-09-16
Place Carrigaphooca, Macroom, County Cork, Ireland
Associated files in MSPA C21; 3MSRB38;
Easter rising service Yes
Easter rising location/place Jacob's Biscuit Factory, Bishop Street, Dublin
Organisation Irish Volunteers
Rank Unknown
Unit 2 Battalion
Company E Company
Brigade Dublin Brigade
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Unknown
Unit Active Service Unit
Division General Headquarters (GHQ)
Organisation Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces
Rank Colonel Commandant
Pension Claim No
Award Pension Yes
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 YesYes
Type of Award DADependant's allowance
DADependant's allowance
Notes (1) Julia Keogh. Mother
(2) Simon Keogh. Father
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyW2D224THOMASKEHOE(KEOGH).pdf
Scanned/digital copyW111MSRBTHOMASKEHOE(KEOGH).pdf
Scanned/digital copyWC21THOMASKEHOE(KEOGH).pdf
File dates 21 November 1923 - 31 March 1967
Subject Information File relates to successful claims by Julia Keogh (mother) and Simon Keogh (father) in respect of Colonel Commandant Thomas Keogh/Thomas Kehoe killed by a land mine explosion while serving with the National Army during the Civil War on 16 September 1922. Noted on file that he was killed at Carraphooka (Carrigaphooca), County Cork. File refers to Thomas Keogh's service from 1916 to his death, with the Irish Volunteers, IRA (GHQ Active Service Unit - the Squad) and National Army and includes: signed handwritten statements regarding Keogh's service from Lieutenant General Gearoid O'Sullivan, Adjutant General of the Defence Forces, James J. Slattery, Vincent Byrne and Patrick McCrea; reference to a dependants allowance paid to Julia Keogh from her son's death to March 1923. representations on behalf of Julia Keogh from Margaret Collins O'Driscoll TD (3 April 1924); Garda Síothchána (Garda Síochána) report on the means of Julia Keogh and the level of her dependency on her deceased son; material relating to Simon Keogh's unsuccessful application in 1932 and 1933 including representations on his behalf by Sean Gibbons TD (6 April 1932) and Sean Moore TD (24 July 1933) and material relating to his successful application in 1954 following the death of his wife in 1932; and reference to Thomas Keogh's surviving brother, step brother and step sister.