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| File Reference |
MSP34REF48449
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| Name |
Tillie McDonnell |
| Gender |
female |
| Maiden/Other names |
Kilroy
Matilda
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Newport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Newcastle, Galway
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| County |
Galway
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Derrylahan, 48 Upper Newcastle, Galway
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| County |
Galway
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
no information on file
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| Date of death |
1984-07-26
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34E5986; DP44538
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| Related files |
MSP34REF3420 (Peter J McDonnell, husband); MSP34REF839 (Michael Kilroy, brother)
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Cumann na mBan |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
2 Battalion
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| Company |
Newport Branch
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Michael Kilroy; PJ McDonnell
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
Yes |
| Grade |
E |
| Notes |
Awarded 2 and ¼ years of service for pension purposes in 1942 following an appeal.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF48449 Tillie McDonnell.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34E5986 Tillie McDonnell.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP44538 Tillie McDonnell.pdf |
| File dates |
23 December 1935 - 13 November 1984
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Tillie McDonnell’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of her service with Cumann na mBan which, following an appeal in 1942, was successful for the service periods between 1 April 1920 and 30 September 1923 during the War of Independence, Truce period and the Civil War. Her first application was refused and she also claimed unsuccessfully for service in all other periods between 1 April 1918 and 30 September 1923.
Tillie McDonnell states she joined the Newport branch of Cumann na mBan in late 1917 early 1918, was appointed Secretary and was engaged in routine activities including attending parades, drilling, collecting funds, organising dances and attending First Aid lectures. Her brother Michael McDonnell (MSP34REF839) was in the Irish Volunteers, and another sister assisted her in her work. She states she lived in her parents’ home a mile outside Newport, County Mayo.
Throughout the War of Independence McDonnell states she received dispatches at the house frequently, carried some for her brother to the Active Service Unit, catered and did laundry for IRA men, made haversacks and dressings for the men. She claims she observed and reported information for her brother including following the shooting of an RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary) Sergeant in Newport (19 May 1921). It is also alleged that her home was raided several times.
In the Truce period applicant states she was involved in routine activities and also spent two months at headquarters in Ross House nursing the Deputy Divisional Officer in Charge who was sick with pneumonia. Handwritten notes from the assessor state that this wounded IRA man was PJ McDonnell who the applicant married in 1921.
During the Civil War period, applicant states she continued carrying dispatches, observing and reporting enemy movements, catering and doing laundry for IRA men calling, supplying the Active Service Unit with food and sending parcels to IRA prisoners.
File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by Tillie McDonnell in support of her application including a typed statement signed by Annie Kilroy; typed transcript of summary of sworn evidence given by claimant before Interviewing Officer on 17 September 1940 and material relating to the settlement and closure of claimant's service pension following her death on 26 July 1984. File also contains note about request for application form for Special Allowance but no evidence application was made. File partly closed for reasons of data protection.
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