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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Topic started by: sloppyjoe on Sunday 02 October 11 23:24 BST (UK)
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after ww1 my grandfather joseph oconnor joined the newly formed irish army and served till 1922.he was a luitenant in the latter years.i have pension records of his but would like to know if there any other type of records relating to his service.the story goes that because he looked a bit like michael collins the army used him as a decoy at times being driven round in the back of various vechaels.he never collected his pension and refused to acknowledge devalera.would these stories be on army records?
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A few links that may be of use. Possibly the Bureau of Military History may have something. If he was not in the Irish Army after 1922 it is unlikely that the Military Archives may have anything of relevance.
See link http://www.military.ie/info-centre/military-archives
annclare
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are you related to the poster COWIN as i am also related to her....