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| File Reference |
MSP34REF47599
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| Name |
Mary Joyce |
| Gender |
female |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Snugboro, Castlebar
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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 |
34SP45270
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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 copyMSP34REF47599 Mary Joyce.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP45270 Mary Joyce.pdf |
| File dates |
10 June 1936 - 25 January 1941
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Mary Joyce’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 01 April 1916 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War.
Mary Joyce states that she joined the Castlebar Branch of Cumann na mBan in County Mayo in 1915.
During the War of Independence (January 1919 - July 1921), Mary Joyce states that she served under the command of Michael McHugh and James Chambers and took part in dispatch work; transporting small arms and feeding and washing for IRA men after ambushes.
Taking the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War (June 1922 - May 1923), the applicant states that she took part in similar activity.
Subject did not appear before the Advisory Committee and did not provide any references.
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