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File Reference
MSP34REF3423
Name
Michael McDonagh
Gender
male
Address detail
Street
Derrycoosh, Raheens, Castlebar
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
Notes
Not recorded in file.
Notes
Not recorded in file.
Associated files in MSPA
34SP3971
Related files
MD31448 Medal file available in the Military Archives. Possibly same individual.
Easter rising service
No
Organisation
None
Pension Claim
Yes
Award Pension
No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924
No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934
No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949
No
Digital file
Scanned/digital copy
MSP34REF3423 Michael McDonagh.pdf
Scanned/digital copy
34SP3971 Michael McDonagh.pdf
File dates
8 January 1935 - 1 September 1983
Subject Information
File relates to Michael McDonagh’s unsuccessful application for a military service pension in respect of his claimed service with the Irish Volunteers and the IRA for part of the periods between 1 April 1917 and 30 September 1923. Claims that he was a member of Castlebar Company and that he took part in raids for arms, dispatch work. During the War of Independence applicant claims that he was involved in activities in County Mayo: blocked roads; dispatch work. Claims that in the Truce period he was on guard in barracks. During the Civil War McDonagh again claims he carried dispatches and blocked roads.
