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File Reference 2D451
Name Martin Moloney
Gender male
Address detail
Street Quilty West, Miltown Malbay
County Clare
Country Ireland
Date of birth 1903
Date of death 1922-09-15
Place St Joseph's Hospital, Limerick
Related files 1144 subjects National Army and Defence Forces service number.
Civilian occupation Fisherman;
Easter rising service No
Organisation Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces
Rank Private
Division 1 Western Division
National Army Service Number 1144
Pension Claim No
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 copyW2D451MARTINMOLONEY.pdf
File dates 12 July 1924 - 13 August 1925
Subject Information File relates to Bridget Moloney’s application under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of the death of her son Martin Moloney who was wounded in Limerick in July 1922 and died in September 1922. Bridget Moloney was awarded a dependent’s allowance between March 1922 and March 1924 from Army Funds. Report states that Moloney was a member of the Cruise Hotel garrison in Limerick and was proceeding to William Street Barracks on 20 July 1922 when he was shot by a sniper. Letter from the Department to Reverend J Glynn "requesting suggestions as to how the money could be paid with the most beneficial results" given "a lump sum...would not be in the best interests of claimant and her family". Reverend J Glynn letter dated (12 December 1924) states that to award applicant a "lump sum would be altogether undoing her" and that she was not dependent on her son. The proposed award of £50 was withdrawn. Report from an Garda Síochána states that Bridget Moloney's husband, Martin Moloney, was drowned in the sinking of the SS Laurentic and that another son, Michael Moloney (18), was killed during the First World War.