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Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Archive Project

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  • 23-06-2011 6:31pm
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    http://www.defence.ie/WebSite.nsf/eb9a86f46ada6f4280256c61003e1c58/01feb3569eb197c480257826003a3866/$FILE/Information Booklet - Archivist.pdf


    Approximately 270,000 files relating to the period from Easter Week, 1916 through the War
    of Independence and Civil War to 30th
    September 1923 comprise the Military Service
    Pensions Archive (MSPA) collection. The purpose of the Military Service (1916-1923)
    Pensions Archive Project is to make these records available to the public and to historians in
    good time for the Centenary of the Easter Rising in 2016. The work of processing the
    collection, under the direction of a Steering Committee comprising representatives of the
    Departments of An Taoiseach and Defence, the Defence Forces and the National Archives, is
    underway.
    A phased release of material into the public domain is planned. The current intention is that
    the first release will take place in 2011. This release will be online in the main and will
    feature the personal files of participants in the events of 1916, the membership rolls of The
    Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers, The Irish Citizen Army and the Kimmage Garrison as well
    as the activities of Irish Volunteers in Dublin City and County, Counties Meath, Wexford,
    Louth and Galway over Easter Week, 1916. Membership rolls of the Battalions and Companies of the 87 Brigades of the IRA from 1919-1922 and those of Cumann na mBan and
    Na Fianna will be ready for a follow on or concurrent release at that time. Thereafter,
    regular releases relating to the War of Independence and Civil War will occur in the run up to
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