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File Reference MSP34REF35334
Name Kate Noone
Gender female
Address detail
Street Furnace, Newport
County Mayo
Country Ireland
Date of birth 1880
Date of death 1964-04-09
Place County Home Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland
Associated files in MSPA 34E5009
Easter rising service No
Organisation Cumann na mBan
Unit Newport Battalion
Company Shramore Company
Commanding Officer(s) Jim Gibbons; Ed Lyons; J.Doherty; John Connolly; P.J.McDonald
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 1/4 years service for pension purposes
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyWMSP34REF35334KATENOONE.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW34E5009KATENOONE.pdf
File dates 23 December 1935 - 27 June 1964
Subject Information File relates to Kate Noone's successful application for a military service pension in respect of her service with Cumann na mBan for parts and full periods between 1 April 1920 to 30 September 1923 (applicant claims full service from 1 April 1917 to 30 September 1923). Awarded 2 and 19/36 years of service for pension purposes in March 1941. Applicant states that she joined Cumann na mBan in 1917 and had soon charge of the Shramore Section of Cumann na mBan. Applicant was involved in routine duties until 1920/1921 (first aid lectures, collecting funds...). In 1920/1921, applicant carried dispatches, mainly to Newport and provided support to the column men. At the onset of the Civil War, her house was used by Divisional Officers and meeting were held there regularly. The house was raided frequently. Activities continued until the cease fire. File contains: material relating to the pension application and its payment to the applicant; application for pension (completed and dated 23 December 1935); life certificate dated February 1941; reference letters from Michael Kilroy, Tom Cleary and John Connolly, P.J.[McDonald], Annie Kilroy; handwritten statement of activities (1917-1923) signed by applicant; typed summary of evidence and typed sworn statement made by applicant before Advisory Committee dated 11 March 1938.