Irish Pensions Address

[SevenThree]

Hi aghadowey,

The site states that Ireland's Old Age Pension Act was introduced in 1908.  So firstly, your relative would have to still be alive at that time and 'old' enough to make a claim.  Then you would search on his name in the town he was living when he made his claim.  So looking at the results for that name I would be very tempted at £1 a go, to order the details for No 17415 in Antrim.

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[SevenThree]

By the way, the results of my own searches came back this afternoon and they were both complete as promised. They included the applicant's current townland, parish and barony, both parents names including mother's maiden name and one of them lists all the brothers and sisters of the applicant and their reported ages on both the 1841 and 1851 census. 

I would recommend this service to others and would welcome the information available being extended to the other counties of Ireland.

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[aghadowey]

Thanks for the advice. Since William Stevenson was born c1827 and died 1916 I figured there's a good chance he might have claimed a pension and will send for the Antrim one first.

[Leofric]

Today I received this reply from Pensear:

Until only a couple of weeks ago we did not believe it would be possible to do the Southern Counties or at best it would be a huge undertaking. We now think, however, that it is possible and should have more information shortly.  As soon as there is anything further to report we will get back to all our subscribers.

So - fingers crossed!

Leofric

[SevenThree]

That is terrific news and I'm sure many people will benefit by this decision and be able to move their research on, chipping away at those brickwalls.

Thanks Leofric for taking the initiative on this one.

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