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| File Reference |
MSP34REF59647
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| Name |
Sarah O'Hanlon |
| Gender |
female |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Bridge House, Mullaghbawn
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| County |
Armagh
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| Country |
Northern Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
c/o Miss Sadie O'Hanlon, Eimear Restaurant, Dundalk
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| County |
Louth
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
5 The Crescent, Blackrock, Dundalk
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| County |
Louth
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1877-08-15
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| Notes |
Date of death not recorded on file. Envelope returned "gone away" in 1960
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34E7807
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| Related files |
MSP34REF44077 (Bessie O'Hanlon, daughter); MSP34REF20993 (Michael O'Hanlon, son); MSP34REF4268 (Bernard O'Hanlon, son); MSP34REF42603 (Patrick O'Hanlon, son); MSP34REF42604 (Peter O'Hanlon, son)
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| Civilian occupation |
Business Owner;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Cumann na mBan |
| Rank |
Member
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Division |
4 Northern Division
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| Company |
Mullabawn Branch
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| Brigade |
1 Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Nano Aiken; Roisin O'Byrne
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| 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 17/18 years service for pension purposes.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF59647 Sarah O'Hanlon.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34E7807 Sarah O'Hanlon.pdf |
| File dates |
5 March 1941 - 31 August 1960
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| Subject Information |
Files relate to Sarah O’Hanlon’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of her service with Cumann na mBan during the period 1 April 1920 to 31 March 1923. O’Hanlon claimed for acknowledgement of service during the period 1 April 1917 to 31 March 1920 and was not successful in that pursuit.
Based on her interview with the Army Pensions Board in consideration of her case for a military service pension and details contained in her application for a military service pension, O’Hanlon is mainly associated with being an active member of Mullabawn branch, Cumman na mBan during the period claimed for successfully. O’Hanlon is mainly associated with activities including allowing full use of her business premises (two public houses) and other houses owned by her for accommodating IRA men who were in need of food and lodgings. It is noted that men ‘on the run’ following an attack at Newtownhamilton and ambushes at Egyptian Arch, Camlough, Adavale, Mullabawn (Mullaghbawn) and four men ‘from Dublin after Bloody Sunday’ availed of these facilities. It is further noted that O’Hanlon’s premises was a despatch centre and used as such between April 1921 and 31 March 1923; at one point O’Hanlon, by virtue of this fact had overall responsibility for acting as an intermediary between men who came to the house who wanted to get in contact with divisional headquarters, and in particular, Frank Aiken . It is also noted in both the statement and application that O’Hanlon’s business suffered as a consequence of her involvement, and the involvement of her family, and thus her premises were raided and robbed on occasion. The interviewing officer notes for the attention of the Advisory Committee that ‘Applicant is a fairly old woman and it was difficult enough to keep her to the periods outlined in the form. It is quite possible that she did much more than she mentioned in the evidence above’.
File includes: pension application prepared and submitted by O’Hanlon; typed summary of sworn evidence given by O’Hanlon to the Army Pensions Board in connection with her pension application on 2 July 1941. Also held on file is paperwork charting the management of service pension payments paid to O’Hanlon. All paperwork ceases in 1960.
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