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File Reference
MSP34REF54948
Name
Bridget Corcoran
Gender
female
Address detail
Street
Bohaun, Killavally, Westport
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
Notes
Date of birth not recorded on file.
Notes
Date of death not recorded on file.
Associated files in MSPA
34SP55990
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 copy
MSP34REF54948 Bridget Corcoran.pdf
Scanned/digital copy
34SP55990 Bridget Corcoran.pdf
File dates
21 October 1937 - 24 January 1941
Subject Information
File relates to Bridget Corcoran‘s unsuccessful application for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act 1934. Corcoran claims she was a member of KIllawalla (Killavally) Branch of Cumann na mBan. West Mayo Brigade. During the War of Independence (January 1919 - July 1921) Corcoran states she helped organise dances and concerts, attended first aid lectures, hid arms and ammunition, and supplied the IRA with information about movements of enemy. During the truce Corcoran states she did dispatch work and during the Civil War (June 1922 - May 1923) took the anti-treaty side and helped with first aid and raising funds to send prisoners supplies. Subject did not provide references and did not appear before the Advisory Committee. File includes subject’s pension application and corresponding documents.
