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| File Reference |
MSP34REF54948
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| Name |
Bridget Corcoran |
| Gender |
female |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Bohaun, Killavally, Westport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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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 |
34SP55990
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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 copyMSP34REF54948 Bridget Corcoran.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP55990 Bridget Corcoran.pdf |
| File dates |
21 October 1937 - 24 January 1941
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| 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.
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