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WS Ref #: 1726 , Witness: Cornelius Cronin, Member Cork 1 Brigade Flying Column, 1921
... Cronin, Gougane Barra Hotel, Ballingeary, Co. Cork. Identity. Section Leader, Ballingeary Coy., Irish Volunteers, Co. Cork; Member of Brigade Flying Column, Cork No. 1 Brigade. Subject. Ballingeary ...
... CORNELIUS CRONIN, Gougane Barra Hotel, Ballingeary, Co. Cork. I was born In Cctober, 1903, in Gugane Barra, Ballingeary, County Cork. I attended the local National School at Keimaneigh until I was about ... period. A Company of the Irish National Volunteers was formed in Ballingeary about the latter end of 1913 ...
... , with the Ballingeary Company, I was present at a review of troops by Mr. De Valera at Coolavokig, Coolnacaheragh. In the month of October, again with the Ballingeary Company, I was present in Cork City at a review ...
... 4. Inchigeela, and Sergeant Appleby, R.I.C., of Ballingeary barracks, the search of the upper rooms ... Battalion were Kilnamartyr, Ballyvourney, Collea, Ballingeary and Inchigeela. With John Con. Cronin (Captain ... (Lieuterant), John McSweeney and other members of Ballingeary Company, I participated in an attack ...
... time in the Ballingeary area. Later, Tom Barry and his Column, evading an encircling movement ... in the Bantry Peninsula, but Barry outwitted him by reaching the Ballingeary area. With the presence ... , the Ballingeary Company were on duty for twenty-four hours a day, scouting, on guard duty, dispatch carrying ...
... File S.2924. Bureau Of Military History, 1913-1921. STATEMENT BY Cornelius Cronin, Address Gougane Barra Hotel, Ballingeary, Co. Cork. Date January, 1958. OROANISATIONS WITH WHICH ASSOCIATED. Irish ... in the Ballingeary area should be on record. This statement was dictated to Mr. Daly at one interview ...
... present from Ballyvourney, Kilnamartyra, Ballingeary and other areas. Mr. De Valera reviewed the Volunteers on the occasion. I joined the Ballingeary Company that day and was present at the review ... and pike-heads were made in the local forge in Ballingeary. The homes of the Loyalists in the area were ...
... Ballingeary R.I.C. barracks was evacuted. On the instructions of the Battalion 0/C., Patrick O'Sullivan ... by the friend. In the month of July, Ballingeary Company, in charge of their Captain, John Con. Cronin ... . Having placed sentries at the Pass of Keimaneigh and the Ballingeary side of the second lorry, we ...
... twenty men from Cork City Battalions; eleven of these men were from the. Ballingeary Company, including ... members of Ballingeary Company, I took part in all the activities of the Column including Coolnacarragh ... details of the activities of the Column, so I will confine my statement to the activities of Ballingeary ...
... roads were The Pass of Keimaneigh, Currahy on the road from Macroom to Ballingeary, Glen road, a back road leading from Ballyvourney to Ballingeary, and a mountain bye-road leading from the County ... , the Column arrived In the Ballingeary Company area via Reenaree. They billeted in the farmhouse ...
... of Ballingeary Company - John Con. Cronin, John Lynch, Jeremiah O'Shea, William and Timothy Twomey ... and from then onwards Ballingeary was raided continuously. It was known to the military that Tomas ...
... to Ballingeary. From here thy were ordered to proceed to Inchigeela military post. As a number of our men were ... of Keimaneigh, and Timothy O'Callaghan, as wail as two students from the Irish College, Ballingeary - were ...
WS Ref #: 103 , Witness: Tadhg Twomey, Member, IV Cork, 1916
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21 STATEMENT BY WITNESS DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 103 Witness Sean O'Hegarty Sean Lynch Tadhg Twomey Jeremiah O'Shea Identity Joint statement Members of Ballingeary Coy. I.V. Subject Ballingeary Coy. I.V. - 1914-1916 Conditions, if any, stipulated by Witness ...
... , REÁNOREE, MACROOM. TADG TWOMEY, BALLINGEARY, and JEREMIAH O'SHEA, BALLINGEARY, CO. CORK. PERIOD: AUGUST, 1914 TO MAY, 1916. UNIT: BALLINGEARY COMPANY, I.V. In August, 1914, Pierce Beazley started a Company of Volunteers in Ballingeary. It grew rapidly to a strength of about 100 men. John Shorten ...
... to the effect that the Company was to parade with all arms and equipment and a week's provisions at Ballingeary ... they visited him at Ballingeary on the Sunday before Easter Sunday. They had then informed, him that his mission on raster Sunday was to take charge of the Bantry and Ballingeary Companies at Kealkil ...
... to Tuirindubh with them and they left in the oar, going towards Ballingeary, about 3 o'clock. 0n Monday night ... and Ballingeary men and attack the R.I.C. post in Macroom. Seán O'Hegarty replied that he did ... had been organised by Seán O'Hegarty, existed in Ballingeary in 1916. There were no Fianna ...
... to Ballingeary and dispersed to their homes. On Monday, about 12 or 1 o'clock, Tomás MacCurtain ...
WS Ref #: 92 , Witness: Tadhg O'Leary, Member IV, Cork, 1916
... not sure of where they were. He thought they may be in Ballingeary, and be directed me to go out at once ... and went to Jack Lynch there. He got a horse and covered oar and in it he and I went to Ballingeary, arriving there about 9 or 10 o'clock at night. MacCurtain or MacSwiney were not in Ballingeary ...
WS Ref #: 54 , Witness: Sean O'Hegarty, Officer IV and IRA, Cork, 1914 - 1921; Brother of P.S. O'Hegarty
... From June 1915 Thad been living at Inemor Keimoneigh & had no touch with anybody outride one Ballingeary Company where parades I attended on Police Sunday 1916 after dinner I was at Tinrinduble & met ... the Ballingeary Coy to Kealtine meet "the Bunty Company there, take charge of "both, and where you get word to go ...
WS Ref #: 873 , Witness: Charles Browne, Officer IRA, Cork, 1921
... , Ballingeary, Inchigeela and Kilnamartyra - were formed into a separate Battalion. This was known henceforth ... Ballingeary to Ballyvourney and captured some rifles. The result was the imposition of Martial Law ...
... - 7 - the work of organisation vent on, Companies were formed at Canovee, Crookstown, Aherla, Toames, Kilmichael, Inchigeela, Ballingeary and Ballyvourney. Dan Corkery was elected O.C. of the Battalion; John Lynch, Vice O.C.; I was elected Adjutant and Harry Murphy, Quartermaster. ACTIVITIES DURING ...
... in Dublin On Sunday morning I was directed by Dan Corkery to cycle to Ballingeary to warn Seán ...
WS Ref #: 1654 , Witness: Cornelius Kelleher, Officer, IRA, Cork 1 Brigade, 1921
... -3- from Battalion Headquarters (Macroom), I picked up these Brigade officers at Bealnablath, and escorted them to Ballingeary. They billeted in our area (Kilmichael) on the night of April 1st, 1918 ... escorted to their destination (Ballingeary) next day. About this time, my home was being raided ...
... , from company headquarters were: Headquarters to Macroom 9 miles Ballyvourney 12 Ballingeary 13 ...
WS Ref #: 1701 , Witness: Maurice A McGrath, Adjutant IRA, Tipperary, 1921
... October, 1920). Adjt. - Wm. Casey, Ballingeary, Cahir, Co. Tipperary. (arrested October, 1920). ...
... , Knockgraffin, Cahir. Adjutant - Wm. Casey, Ballingeary E., Cahir, Co. Tipperary do. - Maurice A. McGrath ...
WS Ref #: 1532 , Witness: Daniel Harrington, Officer IRA, Cork, 1921
... , the Ballingeary Company were successful in capturing fourteen rifles; and two lorry loads of military stores ... Cork City to Bantry. When about two miles west of Ballingeary, one of the lorries, for some unknown ... . The local company in Ballingeary took action immediately. They mobilised and armed themselves ...
... formed in Kilnamartra and Ballingeary. No officers had been appointed for either of the three ...
... 'A', Killnamartra, 'B', Ballyvourney, 'C', Coolea, 'D', Ballingeary, and 'E', Inchegeela. New ...
... into Ballingeary village, where they were entertained to tea, after which they were told to march ...
WS Ref #: 128 , Witness: Ralph P Keyes, Member IV, Cork, 1913 - 1916
... . There were no rifles, shot guns or pikes in the Company. We had no equipment. We met the Ballingeary men at Kealkil. In a field near the village Sean Lynch, Captain of the Ballingeary Company, put us ... of the Ballingeary men, but Sean O’Hegarty intervened and the police did not persist. The police were armed ...
... rations. We would meet the Ballingeary Company at Kealkil; Sean O’Hegarty would be there and would take ...
WS Ref #: 93 , Witness: Dan Corkery, Member IRB Cork, 1913 - 1916
... Ballingeary, who worked in Suttons, brought me a verbal message from Seán Murphy, the Brigade ... to arms. I understood he was going on to Ballingeary. The Macroom Company stood to arms ... they were at Ballingeary. I had no information of their movements. I got a covered car and sent John Lynch ...