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| File Reference |
MSP34REF4420
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| Name |
Annie Mary Staunton |
| Gender |
female |
| Address detail |
| Street |
5 Lower Chapel Street, Castlebar
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1875-03-03
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| Date of death |
1948-12-25
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34SP4106; DP16253
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Cumann na mBan |
| Rank |
Branch Captain
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| Unit |
1 Battalion area
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| Company |
Castlebar Branch
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Annie Mary Staunton (Applicant herself)
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
SPASpecial Allowance (DP file)
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF4420 Annie Mary Staunton.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP4106 Annie Mary Staunton.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP16253 Annie Mary Staunton.pdf |
| File dates |
8 January 1935 - 22 february 1949
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Annie Mary Staunton’s unsuccessful application for a Military Service Pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934. Subject was awarded a Service (1917-1921) Medal in October 1946, information held on file.
Annie Mary Staunton states that her sister Lizzie Staunton was active with Cumann na mBan and her brother Patrick Staunton was a member of the IRA in Castlebar, County Mayo.
Subject claims that she helped organise Cumann na mBan in 1915 and attended the organisation’s second annual convention in Dublin in that year.
During the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921), Annie Mary Staunton states that she took part in: first aid training; catering for IRA men on the run in an Active Service Unit (ASU) under the command of James Chambers (MSP34REF2993) and procuring medical aid for wounded IRA members.
Annie Mary Staunton did not claim for Civil War (June 1922 – May 1923) service.
File includes some original documentation including a copy of a report from an Cumann na mBan convention (31 October 1915); a receipt for Miss Staunton, Castlebar Branch from Máire Ní Ragallaigh (5 August 1921); a receipt from Twigg’s family grocery, Castlebar for 4lbs of nuts which was paid for by Lizzie Staunton (27 October 1921) and a receipt from T. Lavelle & Co., Castlebar for 300 cigarettes paid by Miss Staunton (28 October 1921).
File includes handwritten and typed references in support of the subject’s claim from Lil M. O’Brennan (1937); James Chambers (1937-46); Nora Daly (1937) and Michael Kilroy (1946). File contains a summary of sworn evidence made by the applicant before the Advisory Committee on 23 July 1937. Representations were made by Michael Moran TD (1946).
File DP16253 relates to subject’s successful application for a Special Allowance under the Army Pensions Act. File includes representations by Michael Moran TD (1947); copy of subject’s birth certificate (1875) and signed handwritten reports from Social Welfare investigating officers regarding applicant’s financial circumstances (1947-48).
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