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Where to start Researching Civil War Anti-Treaty Volunteers?

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  • 29-01-2013 10:22pm
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    Hi All,

    Could you give me a few suggestions as to where to start researching details of an individual (anti-treaty) civil war participant, arrested circa August 1922, interned Newbridge, participated in hunger strike and released December 1923.

    Thanks...

    PS: I am aware that they are varying descriptions to describe any "group" at a particular time, but is there a valid reason for trying to universally standardise the descriptive terminology used by historians when describing Irish history?


    eg:
    The anti-Treaty forces
    The Government of the Irish Free State
    A Provisional Government
    Pro-treaty IRA men
    Pro and Anti-Treaty leaders
    Free State forces
    Anti-Treaty units
    Free State troops
    Free State Forces
    Free State soldiers
    Anti-Treaty fighters
    Anti-Treaty IRA fighters
    Anti-Treaty leader
    National Army troops
    Limerick IRA men
    National Army officer
    Free State Garrison
    Republicans
    The Republicans
    The National Army
    Free State general
    Republican leader
    Flying Column Leader
    The Waterford Brigade
    IRA Army Executive
    Anti-Treaty members
    Anti-Treaty fighters
    Anti-Treaty wings of Sinn Féin
    Pro and Anti Treaty IRA forces
    Pro and Anti-Treaty factions and National Army troops
    Pro-Treaty troops
    Anti-Treatyites
    National Army troops
    Division of the Irish Republican Army
    RIC men and Anti-Treaty fighters.
    Anti-Treaty officer
    A Free State column
    A Free State expeditionary force
    RIC man
    Free State soldier
    Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
    Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin
    Anti-Treaty Four Courts garrison
    Provisional Government


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  • Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭Dr.Nightdub


    1. Start with the Bureau of Military History witness statements - most finish at the Truce, but not all do.
    2. If you're a direct descendant, write to the Veterans Admin section of the Dept of Defence in Galway to see if he applied for a military service pension in the 1930s - if he did, he would've had to support his application with details of his involvement, testomonials from former O/Cs, etc.


  • Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭Historybluff


    The Military Archives also possess National Army Prisoner Location Books. You might be able to find the IRA man's name in them, along perhaps with details as to the circumstances of his arrest.


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