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File Reference MSP34REF52977
Name Bridget Walsh
Gender female
Address detail
Street c/o Mr M Quinn, Mount Gordon, Castlebar
County Mayo
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not recorded on file
Notes Date of death not recorded on file
Associated files in MSPA 34SP52938
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 copyMSP34REF52977 Bridget Walsh.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34SP52938 Bridget Walsh.pdf
File dates 29 December 1936 - 18 November 1948
Subject Information File relates to Bridget Walsh’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 1 April 1918 and 11 July 1921. During the War of Independence (January 1919 – July 1921), the applicant states that she was active with the Brockagh Branch of Cumann na mBan in County Mayo and took part in routine activities including: fundraising; dispatch work; catering for IRA ASU (Active Service Unit) in locality; rendering first-aid to wounded IRA man after engagement with British forces at Kilmeena (May 1921) and transporting revolvers. File includes handwritten and typed references in support of the applicant’s claim from Laurence McGovern (1941); James Flaherty (1941); James Swifte (1941); Michael Kilroy (1941) and Annie Kilroy (1942). File contains a summary of sworn evidence made by the applicant before the Advisory Committee on 13 March 1941.