MSP Archive
@msp-archive.bsky.social
Military Service Pensions Archive.
The largest collection in the Military Archives in Ireland.
Director MSPA: @cecilearchives.bsky.social
www.militaryarchives.ie www.militarypensions.wordpress.com
The largest collection in the Military Archives in Ireland.
Director MSPA: @cecilearchives.bsky.social
www.militaryarchives.ie www.militarypensions.wordpress.com
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@msp-archive.bsky.social
· Jun 4
MSP Archive Cinic!
Do you have any questions regarding the collection or the pensions legislation?
Can we help?
#MSPAC
Do you have any questions regarding the collection or the pensions legislation?
Can we help?
#MSPAC
We appreciate your patience. Service to the MSPC search has been restored.
October 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We appreciate your patience. Service to the MSPC search has been restored.
Hi all, access to MSPC search systems may be temporarily disrupted due to maintenance work. We appreciate your patience and will restore full service as soon as possible.
October 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hi all, access to MSPC search systems may be temporarily disrupted due to maintenance work. We appreciate your patience and will restore full service as soon as possible.
Release 18 Highlights (Pt. 3) – The Civic Guard in the Civil War, the veteran who repaid his pension, and some interesting documents
On the left - One of the few personal photographs found so far in the collection. Margaret Kelly, widow of Patrick Kelly MSP34REF19983
On the left - One of the few personal photographs found so far in the collection. Margaret Kelly, widow of Patrick Kelly MSP34REF19983
Release 18 Highlights (Pt. 3) – The Civic Guard in the Civil War, the veteran who repaid his pension, and some interesting documents
On the left - One of the few personal photographs found so far in the collection. Margaret Kelly, widow of Patrick Kelly MSP34REF19983
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June 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Release 18 Highlights (Pt. 3) – The Civic Guard in the Civil War, the veteran who repaid his pension, and some interesting documents
On the left - One of the few personal photographs found so far in the collection. Margaret Kelly, widow of Patrick Kelly MSP34REF19983
On the left - One of the few personal photographs found so far in the collection. Margaret Kelly, widow of Patrick Kelly MSP34REF19983
Release 18 Highlights – Kilkenny native jailed in Canada
John Keane (MSP34REF1992) was born in Kilkenny in 1892 and joined the Irish Volunteers in 1916. He later left his position as a draper’s assistant in Kenny’s, High Street, Kilkenny and became a member of the Active Service Unit (Flying…
John Keane (MSP34REF1992) was born in Kilkenny in 1892 and joined the Irish Volunteers in 1916. He later left his position as a draper’s assistant in Kenny’s, High Street, Kilkenny and became a member of the Active Service Unit (Flying…
Release 18 Highlights – Kilkenny native jailed in Canada
John Keane (MSP34REF1992) was born in Kilkenny in 1892 and joined the Irish Volunteers in 1916. He later left his position as a draper’s assistant in Kenny’s, High Street, Kilkenny and became a member of the Active Service Unit (Flying Column) under the command of George O'Dwyer (24SP12814). Keane took part in the ambush at Coolbawn, County Kilkenny on 18 June 1921 in which two IRA members…
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June 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Release 18 Highlights – Kilkenny native jailed in Canada
John Keane (MSP34REF1992) was born in Kilkenny in 1892 and joined the Irish Volunteers in 1916. He later left his position as a draper’s assistant in Kenny’s, High Street, Kilkenny and became a member of the Active Service Unit (Flying…
John Keane (MSP34REF1992) was born in Kilkenny in 1892 and joined the Irish Volunteers in 1916. He later left his position as a draper’s assistant in Kenny’s, High Street, Kilkenny and became a member of the Active Service Unit (Flying…
Release 18 is live and this is the first installment of a series of blog posts highlighting the best, the strangest, the go-against-grain stories of this new release. Enjoy!
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Release 18 Highlights (Pt. 1)
Highlights from Release 18 of the MSPC (June 2025)1. Key Highlights2. Parliamentary politics and civic life3. Interesting incidents4. Arms work and intelligence5. Interesting post conflict stories6…
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June 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Release 18 is live and this is the first installment of a series of blog posts highlighting the best, the strangest, the go-against-grain stories of this new release. Enjoy!
militarypensions.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/r...
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#R18 Here is a teaser about our release, along with a full nominal list. Over 2,100 files will enter the public domain tomorrow.
This month, we're clocking at 20,940 individual entries for Pensions only, all files digitised and FREE to access.
www.militaryarchives.ie/en/online-co...
This month, we're clocking at 20,940 individual entries for Pensions only, all files digitised and FREE to access.
www.militaryarchives.ie/en/online-co...
Military Archives | June 2025
Since 1990, the Military Archives has been the official place of deposit for records of the Irish Defence Forces, the Department of Defence and Ireland's…
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June 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#R18 Here is a teaser about our release, along with a full nominal list. Over 2,100 files will enter the public domain tomorrow.
This month, we're clocking at 20,940 individual entries for Pensions only, all files digitised and FREE to access.
www.militaryarchives.ie/en/online-co...
This month, we're clocking at 20,940 individual entries for Pensions only, all files digitised and FREE to access.
www.militaryarchives.ie/en/online-co...
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International Archives Week starts today!
The International Council on Archives have organised free webinars everyday open to everyone: www.ica.org/join-the-iaw...
Because making archives accessible is much more than digitising them. 🙌🏽
#IAW2025
The International Council on Archives have organised free webinars everyday open to everyone: www.ica.org/join-the-iaw...
Because making archives accessible is much more than digitising them. 🙌🏽
#IAW2025
June 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
International Archives Week starts today!
The International Council on Archives have organised free webinars everyday open to everyone: www.ica.org/join-the-iaw...
Because making archives accessible is much more than digitising them. 🙌🏽
#IAW2025
The International Council on Archives have organised free webinars everyday open to everyone: www.ica.org/join-the-iaw...
Because making archives accessible is much more than digitising them. 🙌🏽
#IAW2025
Happy to announce that the MSPA Project Team will proceed to its 18th Release on Tuesday 17 June.
More than 2000 files are in the starting blocks. More details soon.
#Archives #PublicRelease
More than 2000 files are in the starting blocks. More details soon.
#Archives #PublicRelease
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June 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Happy to announce that the MSPA Project Team will proceed to its 18th Release on Tuesday 17 June.
More than 2000 files are in the starting blocks. More details soon.
#Archives #PublicRelease
More than 2000 files are in the starting blocks. More details soon.
#Archives #PublicRelease
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Delighted to present at the @milwelfhist.bsky.social International Conf, in Austria: How @msp-archive.bsky.social enables the excavation of a multiplicity of meanings and how archives can shift our perspectives. From the BMH to the MSPA, our vision has been transformed.
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The programme for the 4th international Military Welfare History Network conference (9-11 July) is now live. Full details can be found at militarywelfarehistory.com/2025-confere.... Book your place now by emailing the organisers #milwelfhist
June 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Delighted to present at the @milwelfhist.bsky.social International Conf, in Austria: How @msp-archive.bsky.social enables the excavation of a multiplicity of meanings and how archives can shift our perspectives. From the BMH to the MSPA, our vision has been transformed.
@uni-graz.at
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The cataloguing + digitising of the Military Service Pensions Archive participates in making the archives of Ireland’s revolution one of the most documented and most freely accessible revolutionary archives in the world.
The Internal Archives Week 2025 is almost there!!
Accessibility for everyone
The Internal Archives Week 2025 is almost there!!
Accessibility for everyone
June 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The cataloguing + digitising of the Military Service Pensions Archive participates in making the archives of Ireland’s revolution one of the most documented and most freely accessible revolutionary archives in the world.
The Internal Archives Week 2025 is almost there!!
Accessibility for everyone
The Internal Archives Week 2025 is almost there!!
Accessibility for everyone
We believe that the MSPC has resumed its service during the day. Apologies for the inconvenience everyone. 🙌🏽
May 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We believe that the MSPC has resumed its service during the day. Apologies for the inconvenience everyone. 🙌🏽
John MacBride, executed in May 1916 for his participation in the Rising is present in the collection through Maud Gonne’s claim for an allowance on behalf of her husband. The file contains a copy of a marriage certificate in the parish de St Honoré d’Eylau, Paris, where Seán MacBride was born.
#MSPC
#MSPC
April 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
John MacBride, executed in May 1916 for his participation in the Rising is present in the collection through Maud Gonne’s claim for an allowance on behalf of her husband. The file contains a copy of a marriage certificate in the parish de St Honoré d’Eylau, Paris, where Seán MacBride was born.
#MSPC
#MSPC
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Sam McGrath, one of our @msp-archive.bsky.social archivists will present his research on Kilmacud's revolutionary residents at St Laurence's Parish Centre on Thursday 10th April at 8pm.
We invite you all to go see him.
We invite you all to go see him.
April 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Sam McGrath, one of our @msp-archive.bsky.social archivists will present his research on Kilmacud's revolutionary residents at St Laurence's Parish Centre on Thursday 10th April at 8pm.
We invite you all to go see him.
We invite you all to go see him.
🚨 Only 2 days left to apply for this amazing full time job! 😱
We're looking for a skilled and passionate professional archivist, to join our small team working on @msp-archive.bsky.social
It's a fantastic position for the right candidate. Could it be you? 🫵🏽
publicjobs.ie/en/?option=c...
We're looking for a skilled and passionate professional archivist, to join our small team working on @msp-archive.bsky.social
It's a fantastic position for the right candidate. Could it be you? 🫵🏽
publicjobs.ie/en/?option=c...
Job Details
Publicjobs.ie | Ireland's Premier Public Sector Recruitment Website
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March 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We're looking for a skilled and passionate professional archivist with a strong sense of public duty.
It's a fantastic project for the right candidate. Could it be you? 🫵🏽
👉🏽 Apply now to join our team! Deadline is March 28th!
#JobFairy
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It's a fantastic project for the right candidate. Could it be you? 🫵🏽
👉🏽 Apply now to join our team! Deadline is March 28th!
#JobFairy
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Job Details
Publicjobs.ie | Ireland's Premier Public Sector Recruitment Website
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March 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We're hiring!! We're looking for a professional archivist with a bit of experience for @msp-archive.bsky.social
Come join our small but mighty team! 💪🏽
🚨 Send CV and letter of interest before 28 March 2025.
More here: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/b25b6d-job-vacancies/
Come join our small but mighty team! 💪🏽
🚨 Send CV and letter of interest before 28 March 2025.
More here: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/b25b6d-job-vacancies/
March 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We're hiring!! We're looking for a professional archivist with a bit of experience for @msp-archive.bsky.social
Come join our small but mighty team! 💪🏽
🚨 Send CV and letter of interest before 28 March 2025.
More here: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/b25b6d-job-vacancies/
Come join our small but mighty team! 💪🏽
🚨 Send CV and letter of interest before 28 March 2025.
More here: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/b25b6d-job-vacancies/
Are you a qualified archivist? Are you highly motivated, energetic and .....passionate about archives?
Come join our team!
Come join our team!
Come work with us! We're looking for a professional archivist with a bit of experience for @msp-archive.bsky.social
If you fit the requirements, apply to join us!
Send CV and letter of interest before 28 March 2025.
More here: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/b25b6d-job-vacancies/
If you fit the requirements, apply to join us!
Send CV and letter of interest before 28 March 2025.
More here: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/b25b6d-job-vacancies/
March 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Are you a qualified archivist? Are you highly motivated, energetic and .....passionate about archives?
Come join our team!
Come join our team!
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It's lovely to have interns in the archive for the first time in a long time. It's a great exercise to try and verbalise how we do our work. Explaining process things that have become second nature over years in @msp-archive.bsky.social is in fact incredibly challenging 😅
March 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It's lovely to have interns in the archive for the first time in a long time. It's a great exercise to try and verbalise how we do our work. Explaining process things that have become second nature over years in @msp-archive.bsky.social is in fact incredibly challenging 😅
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The @msp-archive.bsky.social is going from strength to strength. The end of the Decade of Centenaries has opened a new, exciting chapter. Loads to do, some invisible work and some very visible changes. Numerous projects, short and long term. It's a good time to do deep work.
March 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The @msp-archive.bsky.social is going from strength to strength. The end of the Decade of Centenaries has opened a new, exciting chapter. Loads to do, some invisible work and some very visible changes. Numerous projects, short and long term. It's a good time to do deep work.
Archival folders delivery day!!
6,000 X 4-flap archival folders for MSPA.
We're a small team but we're going through 150 folders a week, easy.
6,000 X 4-flap archival folders for MSPA.
We're a small team but we're going through 150 folders a week, easy.
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January 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Archival folders delivery day!!
6,000 X 4-flap archival folders for MSPA.
We're a small team but we're going through 150 folders a week, easy.
6,000 X 4-flap archival folders for MSPA.
We're a small team but we're going through 150 folders a week, easy.
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Records and archives can be instruments of oppression and evidential objects leading to exoneration and restitution.
Because they are powerful tools to judge corruption and wrongdoings, records need to be kept well during dark times.
It is their way to speak truth to power.
Because they are powerful tools to judge corruption and wrongdoings, records need to be kept well during dark times.
It is their way to speak truth to power.
January 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Records and archives can be instruments of oppression and evidential objects leading to exoneration and restitution.
Because they are powerful tools to judge corruption and wrongdoings, records need to be kept well during dark times.
It is their way to speak truth to power.
Because they are powerful tools to judge corruption and wrongdoings, records need to be kept well during dark times.
It is their way to speak truth to power.
Cataloguing Wednesday with an only too rare but lovely find.
#Gaeilge #Irish #IrishArchives #Ireland
#Gaeilge #Irish #IrishArchives #Ireland
January 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Cataloguing Wednesday with an only too rare but lovely find.
#Gaeilge #Irish #IrishArchives #Ireland
#Gaeilge #Irish #IrishArchives #Ireland