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| File Reference |
MSP34REF4006
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| Name |
May Burke |
| Gender |
female |
| Maiden/Other names |
Lonergan
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Kedra, Cahir
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| County |
Tipperary
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1889
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| Date of death |
1974-07-19
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34E6282
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Cumann na mBan |
| Rank |
Section Commander
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
Mortlestown Branch
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| Brigade |
3 Tipperary Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
G Simpson (nee Purcell)
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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 2 years service for pension purposes
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF4006 May Burke.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34E6282 May Burke.pdf |
| File dates |
23 April 1935 to 10 October 1974
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| Subject Information |
Files relate to May Burke’s successful claim for a military service pension in respect of service rendered during the period 1 April 1919 to 30 September 1923.
In connection with her application for a military service pension, Burke attended an interview with members of the Advisory committee on 30 May 1940. A summary of the interview and a full transcript is on file. Burke claimed that she became associated with the Irish Volunteers from October 1920 and joined Cumann na mBan in February 1921. Broadly, her activities centered on attending to the needs (food, clothes, medical attention) of men who used her home during the period – during the Civil War, Burke claimed that a ‘secret room’ in her house was used by Seamus Robinson, Jeremiah Davin, Jim Cussen and Kennedy Davin. Part of Burke’s interview focused on her activities connected with the execution of D.I. Potter and three officers at Woodruff (Woodrooff) – Burke confirmed that she posted letters to Mrs. Potter following the execution of D.I. Potter, and also posted a parcel of belongings to the relatives of three officers executed at Woodruff (Woodroof). She noted that during the Civil War, she received couriers from Dublin who had dispatches and once drove a female courier to Cashel. During the same period, she also claimed she provided accommodation to men who had escaped from jail including Seamus Davin and Seán Guiry.
Burke’s case for a pension was supported by Geraldine Simpson (nee Purcell) and John Lonergan, who both addressed letters to the Army Pensions Board and endorsed aspects of Burke’s service during the period under investigation.
File includes: pension application prepared and submitted by Burke. Files also contain paperwork regarding the progress of Burke’s application and eventual award of pension. There is also paperwork regarding the winding up of Mrs. Burke’s estate following her death in 1974.
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