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  • WS Ref #: 1163 , Witness: Patrick McCarthy, Member IV, Cork, 1916; Commandant IRA, Cork, 1918 - 1921; Con O'Regan, Member IV, Cork, 1916; Officer IRA, Cork, 1921

    • ... . Adjt. Tom Barry, Glanworth (Castletownroche Battn.) Q.M. George Power, Fermoy. Shortly after these appointments had been made George Power and Tom Barry interchanged positions and the final set up was: Adjt. George Power, Fermoy Q.M. Tom Barry, Glanworth Early in 1919 (February I think) a strong ...

  • WS Ref #: 1234 , Witness: Jack Hennessy, Member IV, 1917 - 1920; Officer IRA and member Brigade Flying Column, Cork, 1921

    • ... (Tom Barry) was to enter the town of Bandon from the north side and another party under Vice Comdt ... . The main party of the column under Tom Barry were entering the town from the north or Dublin road side ... p.m.). Tom Barry entered the town to locate the patrol and he ran into some Tans. One of the ...

    • ... to join the Brigade Flying Column under Comdt. Tom Barry. We assembled at Coolmountain and moved under ... of the Dunmanway Battalion and Comdt. Tom Barry had already picked the ambush position ...

    • ... road under Tom Barry, without result. I also was with a party that lay for three nights ...

    • ... disbanded for Christmas. The column was reassembled at Clubhouse on the 1st January, 1921, under Tom Barry and Charlie Hurley. We ...

    • ... a letter addressed by Tom Barry to the 0/C of the Essex in Bandon warning him that in view of the fact ...

  • WS Ref #: 1239 , Witness: Daniel McCarthy, Lieutenant IRA, Lombardstown Cork, 1921

    • ... Lynch, Fermoy. 0/C - Dan Hegarty Mallow. Adjt. - Tom Barry, Glanworth. Q/M - George Power, Fermoy. After a short time Tom Barry and George Power interchanged position, but I think that before the end of 1919 Tom Barry re1inquished the job of Q/M and returned to his battalion (Castletownroche) where ...

  • WS Ref #: 1275 , Witness: Timothy Warren, Captain, IRA Cork, 1921

    • ... 13. We left Shanacrano on 16th February 1921, and halted at Droumfeigh where Tom Barry rejoined us ... rested and received orders for our next operation. The column was divided. Tom Barry took one part ... or unarmed. Tom Barry was entering the town from the Cork Road end to do the same. We moved down ...

    • ... was very bad. Tom Barry told us we were going to attack Rosscarbery Barracks. About midnight we moved ... was continuing to fall. We were ordered to take cover and open fire on the barracks while Tom Barry ... to the barrack door as we stood in cover round a corner. The mine went up and we rushed forward led by Tom ...

    • ... to Shanacrane. Comdt. Liam Deasy was then in charge. Comdt. Tom Barry had gone to Ballydehob for a rest. Volunteer Tim Allen went as gird with Tom Barry. ...

    • ... in training at Clogher. We continued training for a week, under the column 0/C. Tom Barry, moving from ...

    • ... and Drinagh. Commandants Charlie Hurley and Tom Barry joined us at Bealad and we moved to Rosemore where we ...

    • ... 10. Bealad. A party of our men was picked to shoot police at Rosscarbery and Clonakilty. The party was divided into two sections. Commandant Burley took one and Tom Barry the other. Comdt. Hurley placed me in charge of the remainder of the column during their absence. The whole column later left ...

    • ... into the house. He was Interviewed by Tom Barry and, after a short while, he was released. We heard that he ...

    • ... 14. and then moved to Ballyhandle where we went into billets. The column bad been divided into sections. I was in No. 4 section under Thomas Kelleher. We were not long in billets when we were called out and ordered to proceed to Crossbarry Cross. When we arrived at the Cross Tom Barry spoke to us ...

  • WS Ref #: 1295 , Witness: Timothy Keohane, Lieutenant IRA, Member Flying Column, Cork, 1921

    • ... to the Column 0/C (Tom Barry). St Kilmacaimon Quay r met Liam Deasy, Tom Barry and some other members ... was paraded by the O/C (Tom Barry), Who told us that we were going to attack a convoy of Auxiliaries ...

    • ... 7. in the rear. Tom Barry then called on the enemy to surrender and some of them put up their hands ... . The WC (Tom Barry) immediately ordered: an all-out attack, and after a few sharp bursts the enemy ... , the column were assembled by the 0/C (Tom Barry), who, in a short address, congratulated us on the figxt ...

    • ... 6. end. where the O/C (Tom Barry) bad 3 riflemen. Mick McCarthy (Vice O/C Dunmanway Battn.) was with: a party of 4 just underneath our position on the rock and behind the wall of stones which had ... , but the surivors from the second lorry continued to fight for about 20/30 minutes. At this; stage Tom Barry blew ...

  • WS Ref #: 1353 , Witness: Denis O'Brien, Lieutenant IRA, Ballinhassig, Cork, 1921

    • ... where the O/C. (Tom Barry) had also established his H.Q. I should have mentioned that, following ... and western ends of the position were moved on to the roadway by Tom Barry, and collected the arms ... . The 0/C. (Tom Barry) now ordered the whole party to line the fence of the boreen and to open fire ...

    • ... 6. Towards the end of September 1920, a training camp for selected men from Cork III Brigade was established at Clonbuig in Kilbrittain Company area. Tom Barry was in charge of this camp and set up ... were similarly engaged as this was the duty allocated to them by the Camp 0/C., Tom Barry. Guard duty ...

    • ... 7. time afterwards. The Column 0/C. - Tom Barry - was in charge of both attacks. On each occasion I was a member of a rifle party which was in position behind a low fence about 20 yards from the front of the barrack. Following the second attack on Kilbrittain R.I.C. Bks. I joined the column ...

    • ... household. He was held up by our sentries. He was taken before our 0/C. (Tom Barry) and other officers ...

    • ... . About 2.30 a.m. all sections of the column were alerted. We were then paraded by the 0/C. (Tom Barry ...

    • ... the grave had been closed, Tom Barry delivered a short oration and fired three revolver shots over ...

  • WS Ref #: 1362 , Witness: William Roche, Commandant IRA, Cork, 1921

    • ... Tom Barry Glanworth); Q.M. George Power, (Fermoy). Tom Barry was appointed adjutant, but retained ... recollect: O/C. Tom Barry; V.O/C. Ned Creed Adjutant Dan Shinnick; Q.M. Sean Curtin. The companies ...

    • ... . Tom Barry. ...

  • WS Ref #: 1445 , Witness: Sean Murphy, Captain IRA, Cork, 1921

    • ... into three sections two sections of six seven each and the main body of about thirty. Tom Barry (Column 0 ... not make any contact with the enemy. Tom Barry and some members of the main body, however, made contact ... the firing had ceased in the centre of the town, where Tom Barry and the main body were operating, the signal ...

    • ... Pat Crowley, James Hennessy, 'Wm. Forbes, Seán Murphy (Battalion 0/C). The Brigade Column, under Tom Barry (0/C) and Liam Deasy (Brigade Adjutant), together with some locals, took up positions ...

    • ... under Tom Barry at Clogher for three days, moved to Ahalinane, Ballineen, from where. it moved to take ...

    • ... was in the vicinity of seventy, Tom Barry was in charge. After a few days training we took up positions ...

  • WS Ref #: 1481 , Witness: Patrick O'Sullivan, Officer IRA, Skibbereen, Cork, 1921

    • ... /C. (Tom Barry), arrived in the area. It was decided to make arrangements to carry out the Brigade ... . As a result the Column withdrew from the area, and net night Tom Barry moved into Skibbereen with the Column. The attack on Skibbereen is described in "Guerilla Days in Ireland" (Tom Barry) chapter 14 ...

    • ... 11. them transported to the Workhouse. All rooms in the building were then sprinkled with the paraffin and the building set on fire. While we had been operating in Skibbereen, Tom Barry, with his section of the Column and the men of Bandon Battalion, had been carrying out a similar operation ...

    • ... O'Sullivan) was in charge of the Camp. Tom Barry was training officer. The men present underwent a thorough ...

    • ... (Quarter- master), Tom Barry (Colonel, 0/C.) and Denis Lordan Colonel, Adjutant) were in our area near ...

    • ... under Tom Barry (Column 0/C). Liam Deasy's section, in co-operation with several men from Skibbereen ...

  • WS Ref #: 1530 , Witness: Christopher O'Connell, Member IV, Eyeries, Cork, 1916; Commandant, 1921

    • ... at (1). The other members were: Tom Barry (column 0/C), Mick Crowley, Ted O'Sullivan (brigade vice 0/C ... the barrack. Tom Barry (column 0/C) now advanced towards the enemy post and ascertained that the gate ... and Ted, O'Sullivan. Tom Barry moved ahead to open the gate, and we carried the mine to the barrack ...

    • ... was in Beasley's, and "Spud" Murphy's in Harold's. Knowing what a stickler for detail Tom Barry was, we ... assembled. It was now about 2.30 a.m. The column was now addressed by the O/C (Tom Barry), and we ...

    • ... . I reported to the column 0/C (Tom Barry). Within a day or two of joining the column, we moved ...

    • ... by the column 0/C (Tom Barry). He informed us that arms were to be dumped for the moment and the column ...

    • ... by the column 0/C (Tom Barry), but I remained with my section on the western flank. The mine which had ...

    • ... (Tom Barry) to raid the mails at Leap. Accompanied by Bob Hales, I drove in a commandeered pony ...

    • ... by Tom Barry (column 0/C), our storming party and the second section of torch bearers dashed towards ...

    • ... -25- thrown through the hole in the door by the column 0/C (Tom Barry). The first 1ot having been set on fire, a steady supply was maintained and, in a short time, the stairway leading to the upper floor of the building was on fire. The fight went on for about four hours when the garrison were ...