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File Reference MSP34REF56001
Name Mary Foy
Gender female
Address detail
Street Lisgorman, Bohola, Kiltimagh
County Mayo
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not recorded in file.
Notes Date of death not recorded in file.
Associated files in MSPA 34SP56592
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 copyMSP34REF56001 Mary Foy.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP56592 Mary Foy.pdf
File dates 14 January 1938 - 24 January 1941
Subject Information File relates to Mary Foy’s unsuccessful application for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act 1934. Foy states she was a member of Bohola Branch of Cumann na mBan, East Mayo Brigade from 1917 up to the end of the Civil War in 1923. In the lead-up to and during the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921) Foy states she carried dispatches, did intelligence work, helped raise funds for the IRA, assisted in organising first aid classes and saved a wanted man from arrest owing to intelligence she gathered. She also states her home was raided by British Forces on multiple occasion while she was in possession of important IRA documents, arms and ammunition (she does not say if they were seized). During the Civil War (June 1922 – May 1923) Foy took the anti-treaty side and claims she made armlets for the funeral of Captain Moran, knitted clothes for IRA men in the area, raised money for supplies for prisoners and continued to carry dispatches and do intelligence work. Subject did not include references and did not appear before the Advisory Committee. File includes subject’s pension application and corresponding documents.