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| File Reference |
MSP34REF35966
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| Name |
Margaret Kilroy |
| Gender |
female |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Main Street, Newport
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1893
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| Notes |
Exact date of birth not recorded on file
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| Date of death |
1962-12-16
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34E8323
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| Related files |
MSP34REF3450 John Kilroy - subject's husband; MSP34REF839 Michael Kilroy (brother-in-law); MSP34REF35964 Annie Kilroy (sister and Michael Kilroy's wife)
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Cumann na mBan |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Company |
Newport Branch
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| Brigade |
West Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Josie Doherty; Jack Connelly
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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 1 and 3/4 years for pension purposes in 1943, following appeal
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF35966 Margaret Kilroy.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34E8323 Margaret Kilroy.pdf |
| File dates |
17 December 1935 - 28 May 1981
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Margaret Kilroy’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of her service with Cumann na mBan in the service periods between 1 April 1920 and 31 March 1923, during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. Kilroy also claimed unsuccessfully for the periods between 23 April 1916 - 31 March 1920 and 1 April 1923 – 30 September 1923.
Margaret Kilroy states that she was involved in Cumann na mBan before 1916. She was active in County Mayo during the War of Independence carrying out the usual activities such as attending meeting and fund-raising. She says her house was a dispatch centre and her business address was used as a covering address for dispatches. The house was used to host meetings for officers and rifles and revolvers were stored there. Margaret Kilroy’s sister Annie (MSP34REF35964) was married to Michael Kilroy (MSP34REF839), who was Officer Commanding of the 4th Western Division. On 18 May 1921 Black and Tans [RIC] fired on the subject’s house and she was forced to flee with her five children. She went to the country to stay with friends and continued her activity by supplying information on troop and police movements and sending food to Column men [Active Service Unit]. Following the shooting at the house it was subsequently burned. In the Truce period Kilroy supplied goods and food to IRA training camps.
The subject was in back in Newport, County Mayo when the Civil War broke out and she continued with her activities such as distributing funds, supplying food and receiving dispatches. When National Army troops entered Newport her house was guarded by soldiers and she was forbidden from leaving the town. She says she was in bad health in this period.
File contains material relating to Margaret Kilroy’s application for a Military Services Pension including; handwritten references from Jack Feehan (7 July 1940) and John Connolly (8 July 1940); typed transcript of sworn statement by the subject to Advisory Committee (Military Service Pensions Act, 1934) on 11 July 1940 and Advisory Committee notes for discussion with Moane and Kilroy (19 November 1940), Mr. and Mrs. Kilroy (16 December 1941) and M.L. Kennedy (18 March 1943). Some material closed for Data Protection reasons.
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