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File Reference MSP34REF36098
Name Michael McHale
Gender male
Address detail
Street Rosmindle, Kilmeena, Westport
County Mayo
Country Ireland
Date of birth 1898
Date of death 1968-04-24
Place Mayo County Hospital, Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
Associated files in MSPA 34E9679;
Easter rising service No
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Private
Unit 2 Battalion
Company Kilmeena Company
Brigade West Mayo Brigade
Commanding Officer(s) James Browne; Michael Kilroy;
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Private
Unit Active Service Unit
Brigade West Mayo Brigade
Commanding Officer(s) Michael Kilroy;
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 1/6 years service for pension purposes in 1951 following petition under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1949. Original application rejected after appeal in 1942.
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copy34E9679 Michael McHale.pdf
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF36098 Michael McHale.pdf
File dates 11 December 1934 - 26 November 1968
Subject Information File relates to Michael McHale’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service with the IRA in the service periods between 1 April 1920 and 11 July 1921 during the War of Independence. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for service in the periods between 1 April 1917 and 31 March 1920 on his application form. Elsewhere on the file he also claimed to have served during the Civil War. During the War of Independence Michael McHale claimed to have: carried despatches; taken part in raids for arms; made buckshot; blocked roads; joined an Active Service Unit in May 1921 and mobilised for an aborted attack in Westport. Subject states that he had to leave the Active Service Unit due to ill health less than a fortnight after joining it. During the Civil War he claimed that he assisted in the guarding of prisoners in Rosmoney Coastguard Station. File includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by Michael McHale in support of his application; typed summary (1 page) and transcript (3 pages) of sworn statement made by Michael McHale on 28 May 1937 before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934; handwritten notes dated 1 February 1938 and 19 November 1940 relating to discussions held with “Messrs Kilroy [and] Moane”; signed handwritten statements regarding subject’s service from Laurence McGovern, Edward Moane and Michael Gallagher; reference to subject’s civilian employment as a postman; and material relating to the settlement and closure of Michael McHale’s military service pension following his death on 24 April 1968.