Talk:Seán Hayes (Cork politician)

"He had a total of 12 children - all deceased at this time"?

What...you're saying they might re-animate sometime?

Ken Burch02:39, 17 April 2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.237.7.36 (talk)

Newspaper articles referencing Sean Hayes

• Southern Star, Saturday, October 22, 1966; Section: Front page, Page: 1

States that a plaque will be unveiled next Sunday at the National School at Kilfachtnabeg, Glandore. … Hayes was farmer's son from Cregg, Glandore. With Collins, Gearoid O'Sullivan and Diarmuid O'Hegarty, he joined the I.R.B. in 1915. He was interned in Frongoch aft erh Rising and later underwet a 28 day hunger-strike.

• Southern Star, Saturday, February 25, 1928 | Page: 10

The Late Sean Hayes.
A hitherto unrecorded incident of 1916.
Froer "star" editor's heroism.
Apropos of the votes of condolence passwed with the relatives of the late Sean Hayes by the Skibberereen Urban Council and other bodies, a hitherto unrecorded exploit of his in 1916 my be chronicled here as of interest; particularly as Sean Hayes was of such a retiring nature that the part he played in Easter Week has never been blazoned fro the housetops. ...

• Southern Star 1892-current, Sunday, January 01, 1989; Page: 92

Two prominent T.D.s who aided "Star"
...
Born in 1888 of an old and respected West Cork family, son of Denis Hayes of Cregg, Glandore, entered the civil service in London in 1904 and after eight years there came to Dublin in 1912....
Failing health afflicted him during this period, a consequence of his internment in Wormwood Scrubbs. Having taken part in the memorable hunger strike in that prison in 1916, the experience caused a serious breakdown in his health and was considered directly responsible for his early death in January 1928. … Having been resident in Clontarf, Dublin, for several years, the former T.D. was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery …

• Southern Star , Saturday, January 28, 1928; Page: 4
  notice of death

Military Service Pension Index, 1916-1923

• http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/detail.aspx?parentpriref=

File Reference 24SP8159
Name Seán Hayes
Gender male
Address detail
Street 24 Kildare Street, Dublin
County Dublin
Country Ireland
Address detail
Street "Gleann Aluinn", Seafield Road, Clontarf
County Dublin
Country Ireland
Date of birth 1884
Date of death 1928-01-24
Associated files in MSPA 24D43;
Related files SDR1215 subject's National Army officers service number;
Civilian occupation Employee, General Post Office, O'Connell Street, Dublin; Editor, "Southern Star" newspaper;
Easter rising service Yes
Easter rising location/place General Post Office, O'Connell Street, Dublin
Moore Street, Dublin
Organisation Irish Volunteers
Rank Volunteer
Unit 1 Battalion
Company F Company
Brigade Dublin Brigade
Commanding Officer(s) Fionán Lynch; Diarmuid Lynch
National Army Service Number SDR1215
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Unknown
National Army Service Number SDR1215
Organisation Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces
Rank Commandant
Division Curragh Command
National Army Service Number SDR1215
Pension Claim Yes
Award Pension Yes
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 Yes
Grade D
Notes Awarded 13.642 years service for pension purposes
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyW24SP8159SeanHayes.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW24D43SeanHayes.pdf
File dates 23 February 1925 - 6 April 1972
Subject Information File relates to Sean Hayes’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the Irish Volunteers during the week of 23 to 29 April 1916, his subsequent internment until December the same year, his service with the Irish Volunteers and IRA during the War of Independence and his service with the National Army during the Civil War. Sean Hayes worked as an Irish Volunteer and Sinn Fein organiser in Cork and was returned unopposed as Sinn Fein representative for West Cork in 1918 general election - subsequently returned in 1921 and 1922 elections. Claimant was imprisoned from November 1919 to February 1920, from March to May 1920 and again from April to August 1921 when he was released to attend meeting of Dáil Éireann. He joined the National Army in August 1922 and during the Civil War served as Military Governor of Newbridge Prison in County Kildare. Although claimant resigned from the Defence Forces on 7 March 1924 at the rank of Commandant he was awarded rank of Colonel for pension purposes. File includes: signed statements regarding subject's service from Pádraig Ó Caoimh, J. J. Walsh T. D., Major General Joseph Sweeney, John F. Shouldice and Major Liam Archer; handwritten notes of evidence given by claimant before the Board of Assessors, Military Service Pensions Act, 1924; reference to subject's employment as a Higher Executive Officer in the Stores Branch of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs from 1924 until his death in 1928; material relating to his wife’s successful application for a posthumous award to him of the 1916 Service Medal including handwritten note dated 16 May 1941 recording Frank Henderson's support for this claim.

death

• “Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845–1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office, Republic of Ireland. "Quarterly Returns of Deaths in Ireland with Index to Deaths."

Name: Sean Hayes
Date of Registration: Mar. Q 1928
Death Age: 42
Registration district: Dublin North
Volume: 2
Page: 225
FHL Film Number: 101737

Irish Army Census Records

• http://census.militaryarchives.ie/pdf/Newbridge_Curragh_Command_Page_50.pdf

Name: Sean Hayes
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1884
Military Year: 1922
Military Place: Newbridge, Kildare, Ireland
Page Number: 50

Census

• 1911 England

Name: John Hayes
Age in 1911: 26
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Cork, Cork, Ireland
Civil Parish: Islington
Street address: 40 Gladsmuir Rd, Whitehall Park, Upper Holloway N
Marital status: S
Occupation: Sorter In General Post Office
Registration district: Islington
Registration District Number: 10
Sub-registration district: Upper Holloway
ED, institution, or vessel: 03
Piece: 802
Household Members:
Name Age
Daniel O'Donovan 32
Margaret O'Donovan 32
Eibhlin O'Donovan 3
Brighid O'Donovan 2
John Hayes 26
Cornelius Tobin 24
Emma Voldby 28
Edith Forder 39
Jennet Louise Forder 32

Year of birth

Various years of birth are given for Hayes

• Military file indicates 1890
• 1989 newspaper states 1888
• death registration states 1886
• 1922 military census for indicates 1884
• military pension records states 1884
• 1911 English census says about 1885, easily 1884

Going to take 1884 on the balance of probability that he most likely provided the information for the last three.