Military Monday: Irish Military Archives

If someone of interest for your family history served in the Defence Forces in Ireland from 1922 onwards, or received a medal or pension for service during the Easter Rising or War of Independence, there may to be reference to them within The Irish Military Archives genealogy section.

New features in the popular online-only Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection include a fatalities map, which notes 1,077 individuals who died in the period 28 June to 31 December 1924; a Fatalities timeline; admin files; selected operations from Brigade Activity Reports & an online exhibition called Stories of the Dependents.

via blog post at Irish Genealogy News.

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