Is there any info on IRA - Easter Rising.

[Minister01]

I believe my Great-Great step Grandfather to be some form of member of the IRA (I’m presuming around the time of the Easter Rising).

My Gran said she had no idea and it was never spoke of before or after his funeral where members of the IRA did a gunfire salut in Dublin.

I have his first and surname but I’ve found not found anything on him. I’m just curious as that means my Great-Great grandmother and half GG uncles/aunts may have been involved as well.

You can look at the archives website, but I haven't used it so not sure how good it is

www.militaryarchives.ie/en/collections/online-collections/military-service-pensions-collection-1916-1923/easter-rising-1916/records-and-documents

@AnnieJ1985

Thanks for the link. While I wasn't able to find him there (or anywhere actually), the link has been handy for other family members.

Ah I was hoping this would have ended up as a Who Do You Think You Are Mumsnet special. Glad the link helped someone. Have you looked at old census online? Again, not something I have used myself.

@AnnieJ1985

I was grasping at straws that maybe someone may of known what he had done to get a gunfire salut - guessing that he must have done something to the cause - and just maybe there's a record somewhere (not sure if people would have wanted their name down but who knows).

I've searched censuses/ancestry/findmypast/Catholic records but nothing. Like a lot of Irish people of that era had a very generic name (with lots of variations) and so did his wife/kids.

@minister01

Have you looked on boards.ie? They have a history & heritage forum, with a genealogy sub forum. Generally, I find boards very useful for info and advice, some very clever and interesting folk who post on it.

Would love you to be able to find out more

A decent IRA member wouldn't be listed anywhere surely? They only listed the ones who gave their names.
That must be infuriating I'd be desperate to know as well!

Can you check the census records for more information, not sure if records would name him as IRA unless he was hung or a major figure.

@lilmishap

A decent IRA member wouldn't be listed anywhere surely? They only listed the ones who gave their names. That must be infuriating I'd be desperate to know as well!

A lot of the veterans were interviewed by the Irish state in the 40's and 50's. They saw the importance of recording the history and that generation was beginning to die off. Also on a practical level they were entitled to pensions and people had to apply for them.

I had more look finding info on my Great Grandad in the pensions records. Not much but it gave his brigade and commanding officers.

www.militaryarchives.ie/collections/online-collections/military-service-pensions-collection-1916-1923

Also OP if he was involved in the Easter Rising he was probably a member of the Irish Volunteers or the smaller socialist Irish Citizen Army.

The IRA that fought in the War of Independance were active from 1919-1922

Always worth checking newspaper archives for his name/dates/area.

I'm from a republican area originally so just wanted to throw my tuppence in that pretty much anyone involved in the struggle got a gun fire salute in certain places. I'd suggest you search via finding out where exactly he was at certain points then looking for IRA linked activity nearby.