Irish Archives - Military Archives (1924 onwards)

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For those researching Irish ancestors
www.militaryarchives.ie/about-military-archives/about-military-archives

ABOUT MILITARY ARCHIVES

The Military Archives has been the official place of deposit for records of the Defence Forces, the Department of Defence and the Army Pensions Board since 1990, as defined in the National Archives Act, 1986. Our brief is to collect material from the foundation of the State up until the present day, including records from overseas missions. From as early as 1924, the National Army, recognising the importance of the War of Independence, undertook to preserve historical documents from that time. Some of the earliest collections preserved by the Historical Section include the Collins Papers, Civil War Operations and Intelligence files and Captured Documents (Civil War up to 1925), which continue to be made available today.

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2017 Online Launch of the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection

On October 24th, the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Project will release almost 5,000 new scanned files (relating to 1,576 individuals). This will bring will the number of files from the collection online to approximately 20,000 (relating to 6,564 individuals). These files relate to claims lodged by the participants of the revolutionary period or by their dependents and contain a wealth of new and unique information for the period.

http://www.militaryarchives.ie/collections/online-collections/military-service-pensions-collection-1916-1923/release-history/release-history-2017-2019