"Dennis Ahern" <ahern@world.std.com> wrote in message news:d9rcpe$bpk$2@pcls4.std.com... > Graham Coward <cowardz@zalphalink.com.au> wrote: > : On 27/06/2005 5:56 AM, Jim McCormick wrote: > :> I am trying to locate information about my g-uncle who participated in > the > :> rebellion (1916 - 1921). He was an active member of the IRA and was > :> incarcerated by the British forces during that period. I understand > that if > :> I have his regiment, I may be able to get his service information from > the > :> GRO in Dublin. Can anyone tell me where I might be able to get a list > of > :> the IRA regiments by county? (He was from Cavan.) > :> > : I too would like to locate these documents. However as Ireland was part > : of the UK at the time and the "Volunteers" as I believe they were called > : were an illegal organization, I very much doubt that they exist. > > I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss the possibility of there having been > records of service in pre-Republic military units. Wasn't there some sort > of pension or allowance available for men who had served? They must have > had to been able to prove their service. > > -dja > Having recently attempted to get through Malachy McCourt's memoir, "Angela's Ashes", I believe you are correct that there were records kept. Mr. McCourt's father attempted to obtain such a pension according to the book. I don't believe that my g-uncle ever attempted to collect, however.