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File Reference MSP34REF35986
Name Myra O'Donovan
Gender female
Address detail
Street C/o Upper Quay, Westport
County Mayo
Country Ireland
Address detail
Street The Station House, Tinahely
County Wicklow
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not recorded on file.
Notes Date of death not recorded on file.
Associated files in MSPA 34SP38019
Easter rising service No
Organisation None
Pension Claim Yes
Award Pension No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF35986 Myra O'Donovan.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP38019 Myra O'Donovan.pdf
File dates 6 December 1934 - 16 February 1942
Subject Information File relates to Myra O'Donovan's unsuccessful application for a military service pension in respect of her claimed service with Cumann na mBan for part of the periods between 1 April 1917 and 11 July 1921. Claims that she was a member of Ballineen Branch, 3 Cork Brigade and that she took part in routine Cumann na mBan activities. States that she joined Cumann na mBan in April 1917. States that she was involved in fund raising; delivery of dispatches, clothes and food to men on the run. States that she reported enemy movements. Applicant says that she received information regarding raids from a woman working in barracks and that she passed this to the IRA. Says that this information saved many from arrest. Mentions that men stayed in her home from time to time. File contains: typed summary of sworn evidence given by the claimant before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 (8 May 1941); references from Hanna C Cotter and Margaret L kennedy.