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| File Reference |
MSP34REF56078
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| Name |
Anna Gibbons-Hynes |
| Gender |
female |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Carrincleg, Westport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded in file.
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| Notes |
Date of death not recorded in file.
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34SP57077
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Cumann na mBan |
| Rank |
Member
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| Company |
Killavally Branch
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
L McGlynn
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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 copyMSP34REF56078 Anna Gibbons Hynes.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP57077 Anna Gibbons Hynes.pdf |
| File dates |
17 January 1938 – 22 February 1951
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Anna Gibbons-Hynes’s unsuccessful application for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act 1934 and her successful application for a service (1917-1921) medal which was issued in 1951.
Gibbons-Hynes states she was a member of Killavally Branch of Cumann na mBan in County Mayo 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) Gibbons-Hynes states she attended meetings and classes, helped organise dances to raise funds, housed and fed IRA men and assisted Active Service Unit/ASU (Flying Column) men before and after Tourmakeady ambush. During the Truce period she states she attended first aid classes. During the Civil War (June 1922 – May 1923), taking the anti-treaty side, she claims she assisted the IRA after Newport ambush and carried dispatches.
Subject did not provide references and did not appear before the Advisory Committee.
File contains: application for service (1917-1921) medal (issued 21 February 1951).
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