Talk:Séamus Doyle

2016 news article referencing Doyle
Easter Rising, Enniscorthy 1916: writing about a revolution in the Irish Times, Sat, Mar 26, 2016

Military Service Pensions Collection
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File Reference	MSP34REF23837 Name	Seamus Doyle Gender	male Maiden/Other names	Doyle, Seamus Address detail Street	Baile Raincín, Sruth Airt, Fear na Mór County	Wexford Country	Ireland Address detail Street	Ballyrankin, Strahal, Ferns County	Wexford Country	Ireland Address detail Street	21 Parnell Avenue, Enniscorthy County	Wexford Country	Ireland Date of birth	1885 Date of death	1971-05-01 Associated files in MSPA	34A23; Easter rising service	Yes Easter rising location/place	Enniscorthy, County Wexford Organisation	Irish Volunteers Rank	Brigade Adjutant Brigade	Wexford Brigade Commanding Officer(s)	(Peter) Paul Galligan Organisation	Irish Volunteers Rank	Brigade Officer Commanding Brigade	Wexford Brigade Organisation	Irish Republican Army Rank	Unknown 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	A Notes	Awarded 5 and 23/56 years service for pension purposes Military Service Pensions Acts 1949	No Digital file	Scanned/digital copyW34A23SeamusODubhghaiSeamusDoyle.pdf Scanned/digital copyWMSP34REF23837SeamusODubhghaill(SeamusDoyle).pdf File dates	14 December 1935 - 26 January 1977 Subject Information	File relates to Seámus Ó Dubhghaill (Seamus Doyle) receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service between 1 April 1916 and 11 July 1921 with the Irish Volunteers and IRA as a Brigade Adjutant, Brigade Officer Commanding and member of the Executive of the Irish Volunteers from 1915 to 1916 and from 1917 to his arrest in May 1920. File also contains: seven (7) page handwritten signed statement, typescript of sworn evidence given by the claimant, and notes of evidence given by T. D. Sinnott and [?] Allen and [?] Brennan before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Board, 1934 regarding subject's service; typed signed certificate from Tomás Ó Sinnód (T.D. Sinnott), regarding subjects Easter Week service; copy typed letter from Oscar Traynor, Minister for Defence to Dr. James Ryan, Minister for Health (15 April 1947) regarding the request for awarding of additional service for pension purposes to a number of individuals including the claimant; reference to his employment as an examination superintendent by Wexford Vocational Education Committee; and his wife.

the second linked document contains an interesting written statement of the events (from p.21 to 27/53) of the uprising with regard to Enniscorthy as recounted in 1938, and includes a summary by the Dept. of Defence assessing his application for a pension. — billinghurst  sDrewth  10:59, 23 November 2019 (UTC)