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| File Reference |
MSP34REF44077
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| Name |
Bessie O'Hanlon |
| Gender |
female |
| Maiden/Other names |
Elizabeth
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| 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 P O'Hanlon, Market Square, Dundalk
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| County |
Louth
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
5 The Crescent, Blackrock
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| County |
Louth
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
c/o Red Rock, 22 Achill Road, Drumcondra
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1901
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| Notes |
Exact date of birth not recorded on file
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| Date of death |
1980-05-10
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34E4844
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| Related files |
MSP34REF59647 (Sarah O'Hanlon, mother); MSP34REF20993 (Michael O'Hanlon, brother); MSP34REF4268 (Bernard O'Hanlon, brother); MSP34REF42603 (Patrick O'Hanlon, brother); MSP34REF42604 (Peter O'Hanlon, brother)
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Cumann na mBan |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Unit |
3 Battalion
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| Division |
4 Northern Division
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| Company |
Mullaghbawn Branch
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| Brigade |
1 Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Rosaleen Byrne; Nano [Magennis]
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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 3 and 3/4 years service for pension purposes in 1940.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF44077 Bessie O'Hanlon.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34E4844 Bessie O'Hanlon.pdf |
| File dates |
30 December 1935 - 18 February 1981
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Bessie O'Hanlon's receipt of a military service pension in respect of her service with Cumann na mBan for part of the periods between 1 April 1919 and 30 September 1923. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for other periods.
Subject claims that she joined Cumann na mBan in 1919 and that she was involved in attending first aid lectures, election work, anti-conscription work and collecting funds. During the War of Independence O'Hanlon states that she carried despatches; transported arms and ammunition; cleaning of arms; use of her premises by men on the run. Claimant states that her home was raided from December 1920. Claims that following Dr. Davis escape from Mountjoy he stayed at her property. Applicant states that she travelled to Dublin with a Miss. McCoy [Brigid McDermott, née McCoy - MSP34REF48466] and on her return brought two suitcases with bombs and ammunition by train to Dundalk and by pony and trap to Mullaghbawn. States that her home was used for harbouring Brigade and Divisional Officers on the run.
In the Truce period O'Hanlon declares she collected funds; provided parcels for IRA prisoners; carried despatches; reporting on movement of British forces; scouting for ambush parties. Following the outbreak of the Civil War O'Hanlon says she carried despatches; charge of Tom Rogers for two months following his escape from hospital. States that her home was raided in late 1922 and that her home was used as an arms dump by men on the run. Applicant says that her brother (unnamed) was wounded, resulting in his leg being amputated in August 1922. Claims she carried arms to Dundalk on three or four occasions. States that in March 1923 she was in charge of distributing the Prisoners' Dependents fund.
File contains: six page handwritten statement of activities submitted by applicant in support of her pension application; typed transcript and summary of sworn evidence given by the claimant before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 (04 August 1939); correspondence relating to change of address and receipt of pension; obituary newspaper clippings; material relating to payment of balance of pension to sister; material relating to family partly closed under Data Protection Act.
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