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| File Reference |
MSP34REF52791
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| Name |
Bride K Sheridan |
| Gender |
female |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Linen Hall Street, 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 |
34SP51673
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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 copyMSP34REF52791 Bride K Sheridan.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP51673 Bride K Sheridan.pdf |
| File dates |
03 July 1936 - 25 January 1941
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Bride K Sheridan’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.
Bride K Sheridan states that she was attached to the Castlebar Branch, Cumann na mBan in County Mayo from 1916 under the command of James Chambers. Claims that she was engaged in dispatch work and supplying cigarettes, food and clothes to IRA members on the run during the War of Independence (January 1919 - July 1921). From 1921, she states that she was active in the Newport area, County Mayo under the command of Eamon Moane and once had to cycle 20 miles to notify an IRA ‘Flying Column’ (Active Service Unit) that British forces were approaching.
Taking the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War (June 1922 - May 1923), Bride K Sheridan claims that she was active in 1923 in Islandeady, County Mayo under the command of Mark Killilea and refers to an incident when a train was held up by IRA forces and arms taken from [National Army] soldiers.
Bride K Sheridan did not appear before the Advisory Committee and did not provide any references.
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