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Reference A21_4_B
Title Easter Week 1916 County Galway 
Date Date of creation of file: 4 April 1945-November 1946
Scope and Content Material relating to Irish Volunteer activity in County Galway during Easter Week 1916 including: transcription of sworn evidence given before the Referee and Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 by a number of former local Irish Volunteer members from various County Galway Irish Volunteer Companies; a submission made by Sean McBride Senior Counsel, to the Referee and Advisory Committee re Volunteer activity in County Galway; a copy of typescript document entitled “Activities in Easter Week 1916 in East Galway and Pension Awards Based Thereon”; copy of typescript document entitled “Easter Week 1916” giving a general overview and commentary on the operation of the 1924 and 1934 Military Service Pensions acts in relation to the definition and computation of 1916 pension awards as well as providing recommendations for the official recognition of certain defined categories of Volunteers who do not qualify for a pension; partial untitled document providing overview of 1916 Easter Week Service Pension awards and recommendations for dealing with complaints made relating to the existing system.
External document A21_4_B Galway Easter Week.pdf
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