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WS Ref #: 631 , Witness: Bernard C Byrne, Member IV, IRA and 'The Squad', 1913 - 1921
... for the other men who were there. My point of view was that although Kevin Barry was her brother ... visit, thus creating the position that Barry, instead of being brought back to his cell from ... fixed for the rescue. When Byrne and Ahston arrived in Fleet Street they found that the Barry family ...
... Page 1. Brigade Intelligence 2 2. Detectives Barton & Gibney 2 3. Raid on Kingsbridge Station 5 4. Attack on armoured car at Phibsboro' 7 5. Effort to secure arms 12 6. Attempted rescue of Kevin Barry 14 7. Attempted attack on Igoe 18 8. John Ryan, British spy shot 5/ 2/ .21 20 9. Three R.I.C. men ...
... of Kevin Barry: Contrary to general belief, Headquarters were very concerned about the position in relation to Kevin Barry and his impending execution. For a considerable time prior to the date fixed ...
... , would take a visit with Barry at approximately twenty minutes past three. At that time Kevin Barry's ... vicinity, but they were to take no action unless and until we were making our get-away with Barry ...
... into the main building. By that time I should have arrived in the Governor's office, and, as Kevin Barry ... -17- We had planned that when Miss Barry had taken her visit I would ask for a visit immediately on her heels. I would then be ushered into the room immediately on the right of the main door, where ...
WS Ref #: 865 , Witness: John (Jack) Plunkett, Brother of Joseph Plunkett, executed 1916; Lieutenant IV, Dublin, 1916; Member GHQ Engineering Staff, IV and IRA
... 44. I have not yet mentioned the efforts to get Kevin Barry out of Mountjoy after he was condemned ... arrived at the house. Katty, Mrs. Barry and Michael were in, the dining-room. The younger members ... an unsuccessful attempt would be such a loss, as. Kevin would be surely killed as well as his would ...
... 46. would have been futile and would have been seized as an opportunity to kill Kevin "while attempting to escape". Mick Collins said "If Kevin is to be killed, it should not be through any act of ours". The whole situation caused him intense anxiety and at a time too when he had other very serious ...
... to call on Rory in Exchequer St. where he was working with Kevin O'Higgins in the Dáil. Local Government ...
WS Ref #: 899 , Witness: Laurence, Friend of Canon Watters who attended Kevin Barry before his execution
... were walking along the paths through the grounds, t11dng. He told me he said the Mass for Kevin Barry in the condemned cell on the morning of the execution and Kevin served his Mass. "As long as I ... on an old stool in the condemned cell repeating the Thanksgiving prayers with Kevin after Mass ...
... , 196. Subject. Kevin Barry's last moments as recalled by Canon Watters. Conditions, if any ...
... . they did. He told me that Kevin was extraordinarily brave and never once faltered but died most ... . Kevin was an altar boy in our church for a couple of years. Brother Joseph, who died last February ...
WS Ref #: 838 , Witness: Sean Moylan, OC 3 Southern Division IRA, 1921; Member Dail Cabinet 1951 - 1954
... MacSwiney had marched through his native city and Kevin Barry had been hanged in Dublin ...
... . Barry Galvin, Solicitor, of Cork City, would to see me. I protested. I said, "I don't want to see Mr. Barry Galvin. The man I want to see is Mr. Barry Sullivan of Mallow". very anxious to meet Barry ...
... 257. attack on Mallow Military Barracks. My desire to meet Barry Sullivan was not rooted in any ... documents and arms and ammunition which I had secreted. After some discussion it was agreed that Mr. Barry ... a conversation with Barry Sullivan. There were three men in the office. One was Barry Sullivan ...
... . The officer sent to take charge of the Volunteers was the late Captain David Barry, recently Secretary ...
... -127, R. Barry O'Brien quotes a secret R.I.C. circular : "Furnish without delay a list of persons ...
... against whose sardonic and cynical humour Davis was warned in l842 when he wrote to Barry ...
... tongue. Leaving him for dead the British marched away. It was a glorious victory. Father Barry and Dr ...
... 225. comedian but a serious man of keen intellect. If he had a sense of humour it was of that sardonic and devastating type peculiar to Cork. I had heard so mach of Tom Barry and of his high reputation as a leader of troops in action that I was anxious to see him. Here he was; like Ernie O'Malley ...
... the communication and its authors to ribbons. Tom Barry added his quota and others chimed in, glad ...
WS Ref #: 627 , Witness: Seamus Reader, OC Scottish Brigade, IRA, 1921
... of Flanna Eireann, Glasgow, 1911 Member of I.R.B. Glasgow, 1914. Subject. (a) Fianna Eireann, Glasgow, 1911 (b) I.R.B. Glasgow, 1914 (c) Transport of ammunition from Glasgow to Ireland January 1915 ...
... STATEMENT BY SEUMAS READER, 71 Pigeonhouse Road, Coastguard Station, Ringsend, Dublin. I was born in Glasgow. As long as I can remember frczu my earliest years I had a good national. background. I ... , Glasgow there was a Wolfe Tone Flute Band and another called the Emmet Flute Band. I can remeniber ...
... in Glasgow, Motherwel1, Kiloyth, Paisley, Port Glasgow and Govan. SIGNED Seámus Reader SEUMAS READER ...
... 2. The Wolfe Tone Band met in Albion Street, Glasgow; the Emmet Band in Turner Street. There were ... Anderson, spent a lot of his money and time on these Sunday Schools. In Glasgow there were a number ... . Tom Anderson acted on the south side of Glasgow where the Young Irelanders and Gaelic League met ...
... -end, When you arrive in Glasgow, you deliver the messages, and you will come back here with other ... , and there will be a Fianna pipe band sent down to welcome you". I left Dublin on Wednesday night for Glasgow. When I ... revolver on me a 5 Chamber revolver and the despatches and five pounds. On arrival in Glasgow I got off ...
... 3. a scout leader on account of my previous training with the Baden Powefl Scouts. The first man to start the Pianna was Tom Gilleafle in High Street, Glasgow, with the assistance of the Gaelic ... to Ireland in 1912. We brought boys over and bought equipment for camping purposes. In Glasgow we used ...
... the sinn pein hall, London Street, Glasgow, and so I knew that important meetings were being held ... of the following areas Paisley, Glasgow and ...
... . expenses were paid. McDermott had been in Glasgow and was thought a lot of over there. while in Ireland ... and others came over to Ireland. They were mostly Belfast men. In Glasgow we made bombs and had ...
... then. Cathal O'Shannon was in Glasgow during one of my visits to Ireland. It was proposed that I should get ...
... had already arranged the journey. We got the train at Glasgow and proceeded to Ardrossan; there we ...
WS Ref #: 1770 , Witness: Kevin O'Shiel, Judicial Commissioner, Dail Land Courts, 1920 -1922
BMH.WS1770 Section 7.pdf, on page 121
... 1,O2O Miss Eileen Barry, sister of that fine young patriot, Kevin Barry, who died so nobly at the scaffold at the age of 18, refusing to buy his life by the betrayal of his comrades. Outside the Minister (Art O'Connor), the three Commissioners, the Secretary, the chief Registrar and the two lady ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 1.pdf, on page 1
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1770. Witness Commissioner Kevin R. O'Sheil, B.L., 21, Ailesbury Drive, Dublin. Identity. Judicial Commissioner, DáiL Éireann Land Courts, 1920-1922; Commissioner, Irish Land Commission, 1923 to date ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 2.pdf, on page 1
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DUCUMENT NO. W.S. 1770. Witness Commissioner Kevin R. O'Sheil; B.L., 21, Ailesbury Drive, Dublin. Identity. Judicial Commissioner, Dáil Éireann Land Courts, 1920-1922; Commissioner, Irish Land Commission, 1923 to date ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 3.pdf, on page 1
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1770 Witness Commissioner Kevin R. O'Sheil, B.L., 21, Ailesbury Drive, Dublin. Identity. Judicial Commissioner, Mil Eireann Land Courts, 1920-1922; Commissioner, Irish Land Commission, 1923 to date. Subject ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 4.pdf, on page 1
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1770. Witness Commissioner Kevin R. O'Sheil, B.L., 21, Ailesbury Drive, Dublin. Identity. Judicial Commissioner, Dáil Éireann Land Courts, 1920-1922; Commissioner, Irish Land Commission, 1923 to date ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 5.pdf, on page 1
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1770. Witness Commissioner Kevin R. O'Sheil, B.L., 21 Ailesbury Drive, Dublin. Identity. Judicial Commissioner, Dáil Éireann Land Courts, 1920-1922; Commissioner, Irish Land Commission, 1925 to date. Subject ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 6.pdf, on page 1
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1770. Witness Commissioner Kevin R. O'Sheil, B.L., 21 Ailesbury Drive, Dublin. Identity. Judicial Commissioner, Dail Eireann Land Courts, 1920-1922; Commissioner, Irish Land Commission, Subject. 1923 to date ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 7.pdf, on page 1
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1770. Witness Commissioner Kevin. R. O'Sheil, B.L., 21 Ailesbury Drive, Dublin. Identity. Judicial Commissioner, Dáil Éireann Land Courts, 1920-1922; Commissioner, Irish Land Commission, 1923 to date ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 8.pdf, on page 1
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21 STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1770. Witness Commissioner Kevin R. O'Sheil, B.L., 21, Ailesbury Drive, Dublin. Identity. Judicial Commissioner, Dáil Éireann Land Courts, 1920-1922; Commissioner, Irish Land Commission, 1923 to date. Subject ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 7.pdf, on page 60
... of the Dáil Ministry, I issued a warrant to Kevin O'Shiel as a Special Lands Commissioner. During the months of May, June and July, and part of August, Kevin O'Shiel was engaged practically every week ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 7.pdf, on page 147
... . Given this 28th day of June, 1920, by Kevin O'Shiel, President of the Court at Castlerea ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 7.pdf, on page 148
... their own costs so found by the Chief Registrar. Given this 11th day of February, 1921, Kevin R. O'Shiel ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 8.pdf, on page 37
... of this Court, KEVIN R. O'SHIEL President, Land Court. 2. The Gradwell Case. I have already described ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 8.pdf, on page 82
... proved a fatal blow to the supremacy the National Government." E N D. SIGNED: Kevin R. O'Sheil DATE ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 3.pdf, on page 20
... not care tuppence whether it is treason or pot". At Glasgow in October 1912: "The Attorney-General ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 3.pdf, on page 134
... in the cemetery at Helensburgh near Glasgow, his wish was ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 4.pdf, on page 14
... ". He could not stand the unmannerly little Glasgow bourgeois, and who could blame him? My readings ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 7.pdf, on page 124
... , captured Joe Vize on the premises, who had only about a month before been brought over from Glasgow ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 1.pdf, on page 2
... STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER KEVIN R. O'SHIEL Irish Land Commission, Upr. Merrion St., Dublin. 1. Background. I belong to an old Irish family that originally lived in Co. Antrim. Though not one of the kingly families, it seems to have held a considerable area of land in the North Co. Antrim up ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 5.pdf, on page 107
... was profoundly touched by this gesture. "Ha, Kevin.'", he exclaimed, pouring out his stout, "Yesterday I ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 8.pdf, on page 19
... , comprising about 200 Irish acres. In a letter dated December 18, 1922, to Kevin O'Higgins, T.D ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 8.pdf, on page 20
... a form to abide by the result of the said court in October, 1920. The judgment given by Mr. Kevin ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 5.pdf, on page 120
... - they were hazel, very much the same colour as the eyes of his friend, Kevin O'Higgins. He had a head ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 8.pdf, on page 76
... to realise the amount of a Judgment mortgage against one Andrew McGowan, John Barry became owner ...
BMH.WS1770 Section 8.pdf, on page 77
... an order in favour of Barry, confirming him in possession of the lands and ordering McGowan ...
WS Ref #: 821 , Witness: Frank Henderson, Captain IV, Dublin, 1916; Commandant IRA, 1917 - 1921
... taken place. On the eve of the execution of Kevin Barry - or perhaps the day previous to that - I ... to hear that a plan to rescue Kevin Barry had not been successful. In March, 1921, Patrick Moran ...
... and myself. Miss Leslie Price (afterwards Mrs. Tom Barry) was present and assisted at identifying ...
WS Ref #: 921 , Witness: Martin Finn, Captain IRA, Dublin, 1921
... , for the rescue of Kevin Barry from Mountjoy Jail. At the time Kevin Barry was under sentence of death ...
... 10. appointed Intelligence Officer to the Company. Miss Lyons' house wag; used by Volunteers generally and wanted men on the "run' Among these were the late Kevin O'Higgins who was known as "Mr. Hennessy"; the 1st Eastern Division Staff Officers; when in Dublin on I.R.A. duty, including the late ...
... until the raid had ended, Kevin. O'Higgins, my brother Jack, Jerry Tuohill and I were taken out ...
... students there whom. I did not previously know. They were law students.. One. was Barry 0'Brien, now ...
WS Ref #: 994 , Witness: George F.H Berkeley, Officer IV, 1914
... would no longer address any remarks to me at all". That case was the case of Kevin Barry. ADDENDUM (l954) Kevin Barry. At the time when I tried to save his life, I did not know that he had been ...
... statement from a leading Sinn Feiner to that effect; and a year later, when I asked Mr. Barry Egan ...
... in Dublin. Under his direction there would be Father Hackett in Limerick and Mr. Barry Egan in Cork ...
WS Ref #: 687 , Witness: M.J. Curran, Rector, Irish College, Rome, 1921
... -481- immediately following the death of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, and the execution of Kevin Barry, and particularly in view of the declaration of the Irish Bishops, the Catholic ... , on the occasion of the execution of Kevin Barry, had intimated their their intense indignation ...
... on the execution of the eighteen-year-old student, Kevin Barry. I interrupt the story to note that on the 6th ...
... affected by the execution of Kevin Barry, he never again recovered his good spirits. These executions ...
... events reported at great length in the continental papers.. Then followed the execution of Kevin Barry. Italy, at least, this too excited much sympathy and horrified, more especially, the more ...
... . Their indignation at the execution of Kevin Barry was the immediate occasion. The organisation of the meeting ...
... during the first week of June in the British press. For instance, "The Glasgow Herald" forecast ...
... . The Trades Union Congress at Glasgow at its concluding session on 13th September, 1919, unanimously ...