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File Reference MSP34REF62262
Name Catherine Hyland
Gender female
Address detail
Street Carramore, Louisburgh
County Mayo
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not recorded in file.
Notes Date of death not recorded in file.
Associated files in MSPA 49SP3506
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 copyMSP34REF62262 Catherine Hyland.pdf
Scanned/digital copy49SP3506 Catherine Hyland.pdf
File dates 7 February 1951 - 10 May 1955
Subject Information File relates to Catherine Hyland’s unsuccessful application for a military service pension under the Military Service Pensions Act 1934 for the pre-Truce (1917-1921) Period only. Hyland states she was a member of Louisburgh Branch of Cumann na mBan 1 Battalion, West Mayo Brigade for part or all of the service periods between 01 April 1918 up to up the end of the War of Independence on 11 July 1921. She states she partook in the usual activitiesincluding attending first aid training, carrying dispatches, concealing and transporting arms and doing intelligence work. Hyland did not claim for active service during the Truce period or Civil War (June 1922 – May 1923). Subject did not provide references and did not appear before the Advisory Committee. File includes correspondence and memoranda related to subject’s application.