The Clare Revolution
1916-1923: Part One
by Ger Browne
This is the first part of the Clare 1916-1923 project. It includes (thanks to the Military Service Pensions Collection, The Military Archives and ancestry.com) over 3,200+ Volunteer/IRA/ National Army Pension and Medal applications, with another 400+ for Cumann na mBan. It presents the Nominal Rolls for the East, West and Mid-Clare Brigades (6,500+ names at MSPC) and Cumann na mBan (also at MSPC) . It also includes the Activity Files for the Brigade Volunteers and links to the Clare Witness Statements and to Clare County Library. It includes over 8,200 names in all. Also available are valuable Court and RIC records from the period at findmypast.ie
The second part will include (thanks to findmypast.ie, ancestry.com and David Grant at theauxiliaries.com) over 2,000+ profiles of all the RIC, Black and Tans and Auxiliaries in and from Clare for the period, along with details of all the 58+ Clare RIC Barracks, Huts and Protection Posts with the roll of officers in each one for each year from 1916-1921, their location, photos and maps, and a timeline of their attacks and closure. The British Army Regiments in Clare, their numbers, Barracks, location, photos and maps, along with some individual profiles will also be covered (see the The 6th Division in Munster page 352).
The third part (thanks to the Clare Local Studies Centre and Clare Newspapers) will give a list of civilians affected by the period, the destruction caused, along with a timeline, a list of the Revolutionary Dead (Pre and Post Treaty) and newspaper reports.It is hoped to have this project completed by the 24th May 2023.
Ger Browne
Updated September 2020
Cumann na mBan Pension and Medal applications 1916-1923 (PDF)
