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| File Reference |
MSP34REF59760
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| Name |
Anne Malone |
| Gender |
female |
| Maiden/Other names |
Anne Cleary
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Bunmore, Ballycroy (Address in 1921)
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Lower High Street, Westport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1908-04-24
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| Notes |
Date of death not recorded on file
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34SP60684; DP52234
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| Related files |
MSP34REF59730 (Mary Cleary, sister)
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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 |
H Company (Ballycroy)
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Peg Malone
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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 copyMSP34REF59760 Anne Malone.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP60684 Anne Malone.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP52234 Anne Malone.pdf |
| File dates |
07 February 1941 - 09 February 1976
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Anne Malone’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 1919 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Subject was awarded a Service (1917-1921) Medal in 1947, information held on file.
Anne Malone (née Cleary) states that she was a member of H Company (Ballycroy), 2 Battalion, West Mayo Brigade, Cumann na mBan under the command of Peg Malone. During the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921), she claims that she took part in dispatch work and tended to wounded IRA men following ambushes of British forces at Skirdagh and Kilmeena in her home which was “turned into a temporary hospital as it was situated in a lonesome mountain district”.
During the Truce period, Mary Cleary claims that she attended first-aid classes in a training camp in Shean, Ballycroy, County Mayo under the command of Liam J Malone.
Taking the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War, the subject states under the command of Anthony Farrell she did typing work for dispatches on a typewriter in her home. Reference states that her home was Brigade headquarters during the period. Further states that she tended to IRA members in her home following ambushes of National forces in Glenamoy and other places. By the second critical date (July 1922), the branch had been re-organised into 3 Battalion, 5 Brigade (North West Mayo).
In her application in 1941 she wrote that that her “reason for not applying for pension before … was as I was member of Sinn Féin up till recently”.
File includes reference in support of the subject’s claim from William Chambers (1941; 1946) Michael [Forry] (1942); Sean Lynchehan (1942); James Grehan (1942); Brian Corrigan (1942); Michael Kilcoyne (1942); Anthony McNamara (1942); James Kilroy (1942); Thomas Cleary (1946); Patrick Fallon (1975) and JJ Connolly (1975). Subject did not appear before the Advisory Committee.
File DP52234 relates to subject's unsuccessful application for a Special Allowance under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of illness or disability. She was informed that she not eligible as applicants who were under the age of 70 had to be incapable of self-support owing to permanent infirmity. File includes application form and signed handwritten report from Social Welfare investigating officers regarding applicant’s financial circumstances (1975).
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