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| File Reference |
MSP34REF46205
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| Name |
Margaret Moran |
| Gender |
female |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Newfield, Rosturk Post Office, Westport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1896-11-21
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| Notes |
Date of death not recorded on file
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34SP47911
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| Related files |
MD32300 (Subject's successful Service (1917-1921) Medal. Available in Military Archives)
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Cumann na mBan |
| Rank |
Member
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| Unit |
2 Battalion
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| Company |
Tiernaur Branch
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Michael McMannamon; John J Connolly; Lawrence McGovern
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| 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 copyMSP34REF46205 Margaret Moran.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP47911 Margaret Moran.pdf |
| File dates |
15 November 1936 - 13 September 1963
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Margaret Moran’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 1917 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Subject was awarded a Service (1917-1921) Medal, see file MD32300.
Margaret Moran states that she joined Tiernaur Branch, 2 Battalion, West Mayo Brigade, Cumann na mBan. During the War of Independence (January 1919 - July 1921) under the command of Michael McMannamon, John J Connolly and Lawrence McGovern, she claims that she took part in fundraising; first-aid training; catering for IRA Active Service Unit (ASU) members and looking after sick and wounded IRA men. Also refers to a local IRA banner which was commissioned featuring Patrick Pearse and St Patrick.
Margaret Moran states a Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) policeman named Butler was shot in Newport, County Mayo. Claims that the authorities suspected her cousins were involved and four masked policeman broke into their house and badly beat her cousins Jim, Patrick and Thomas Moran. States that the RIC men lit their hair with matches, stick their heads in bags of flour, hit them with rifles and dragged Patrick by the feet and threw him into a pool of water.
Taking the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War (June 1922 - May 1923), the applicant claims that she took part in similar activity and that her first cousin IRA Staff Captain Jim Moran (DP7741) was killed in action at Glenhest Mountains on 07 Mach 1923.
File also contains handwritten references in support of the applicant’s claim from Mrs H Scullen (née Moran) (1938; 1954); John Connolly (1953); Michael Kilroy (1953); Tilly O’Donnell [1954].
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