Irish Army Questions

[onyxandopal]

Is he here?
Military Census 1922 (National Army)
http://census.militaryarchives.ie/

No, he's not on there. 

I've got some paperwork in my possession, but he kind of goes 'missing' after leaving the Connaught Rangers until he has his first child in 1926.

[Sinann]

If he needed a job that joining the Irish Army makes sense, he may not have joined until after the Civil War.

[heywood]

What was his occupation on his marriage?
Was he married in his home area?

[Sinann]

Have you got his marriage cert and the birth cert of 1926, both should have an occupation.

Snap heywood

[onyxandopal]

Yes, you're right. It does fit time wise.

The Connaught Rangers disbanded in 1922, but he wasn't officially discharged until 1924. It states Royal Dublin Fusiliers Reserves on some paperwork I've seen (which didn't really make sense to me till now). So he possibly was transferred from the Connaught's to the RDF, and then possibly to the Irish Army in 1924. 

He was a general labourer, and married in May 1922 in Dublin, his home area.

[onyxandopal]

Yes, you're right. It does fit time wise.

The Connaught Rangers disbanded in 1922, but he wasn't officially discharged until 1924. It states Royal Dublin Fusiliers Reserves on some paperwork I've seen (which didn't really make sense to me till now). So he possibly was transferred from the Connaught's to the RDF, and then possibly to the Irish Army in 1924. 

No, this cant be right. The Fusiliers also disbanded at the same time.

[Sinann]

Labourer is the usuall occupation on Certs when someone has just left the Army.
Is it also labourer on the birth cert?

[onyxandopal]

Labourer is the usuall occupation on Certs when someone has just left the Army.
Is it also labourer on the birth cert?

I don't have the birth certificate unfortunately. But everything else I have, or have seen, during this period states he was a labourer.

[onyxandopal]

Although he got married in May 1922, On the back of the marriage certificate, there is date stamp of from 15 December 1923 from the Record and Pay Office Warwick.

In August 1924, he was officially discharged from the Conaught Rangers after his first period of engagement. He served his country for seven years and 28 days with the Colours and four years 337 days in the Army Reserve. He was discharged in Warwick.