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| File Reference |
MSP34REF44380
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| Name |
Margaret Hester |
| Gender |
female |
| Maiden/Other names |
McGovern
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Derrygarve, Newport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
4359 Glady's Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
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| Country |
United States of America
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file
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| Notes |
Date of death not recorded on file
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34SP45817
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
None |
| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
No |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF44380 Margaret Hester.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP45817 Margaret Hester.pdf |
| File dates |
12 May 1936 - 06 February 1942
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Margaret Hester’s unsuccessful application for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934. Applicant claimed membership of Cumann na mBan in the service periods between 1 April 1918 and 30 September 1923.
Margaret Hester (née McGovern) states that she was attached to the Newport Branch, [2 Battalion], West Mayo Brigade, Cumann na mBan under the command of John Connolly, Ned Lyons and Josie Doherty. During the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921), the applicant claims that she was engaged in routine activities including dispatch work; first aid training and sheltering/catering for IRA men on the run.
Taking the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War (June 1922 – May 1923), Margaret Hester took part in similar activities and also claims that her home was the Divisional Headquarters for a period.
File contains handwritten and typed references in support of the applicant’s claim from John Connolly (1938) and Annie Kilroy (1942). Subject did not appear before the Advisory Committee.
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