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WS Ref #: 790 , Witness: Robert Brennan, Publicity Department, Dail Eireann, 1921
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 790 Witness Robert Brennan, 42 Lower Dodder Road, Rathiarnham, Dublin. Identity. Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Dail Eireann, 1921-22; Irish Minister at Washington, 1938-1947. Subject. First and Second ...
WS Ref #: 1595 , Witness: Seamus Babington, Officer IRA, Tipperary, 1921
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. Witness Seamus; Babington, 95, Main St., Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. Identity. Brigade Engineer, 3rd Tipperary Me. Subject. Activities of Carrick-on-Suir Battn., Tipperary 111. Brigade, I.R.A., 1916-22 ...
... -22- it's possible the spirit would not re-kindle like it did. But with their intensive hostile action, their ruthless treatment of the civil population and their unbridled hatred of any suspects at genuine Republicanism and nationalism, this open tyranny at the time was a God-send ...
WS Ref #: 1642 , Witness: Edward Halley, Vice-Commandant IRA, Kilkenny, 1921
... 22. Company Area. Company O/C. "A" Company, Coolagh James Cody. "B" Company, Mullinahone Patrick Egan. later JamesO'Brien. "C" Company, Ahenure Michae1 Doolan. "D" Company, Ballycloven (1st ThomasGleeson. (2nd) Edward Halley (self). then Patrick Cody. "E" Company, Kilmanagh Patriok Duggan. "F ...
WS Ref #: 1686 , Witness: Ruaidhri Henderson, Son of Frank Henderson, Officer IRA, Dublin Brigade
... : 18 EXECUTED LEADERS : PAGES : 19/21 KILLED IN ACTION : PAGES : 22/23 ...
... 22. KILLED IN ACTION 1916. Where Killed. South Dublin Union. Records Wing, Four Courts South Dublin Union. Bolend's Mills Area City Hall. College of surgeons city Hall. College of Surgeons. G.P.O. - Moore St. Area. Boland's a Mills Area G.P.O. - Ashbourne church Street. Mills Area. Roof of Henry ...
... Axplanatory Note Mr. Oscar raynor who was in charge of the Metropole plock states that he occupied that building at about 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday with a force of 22. Later he was ordered to extend his line to. the corner of Manfie1ds and was given an additional 10 or 11 man. He also estimates 10. p.m ...
... to occupy the Imperial Hotel, Reinforced at 8 p.m. Tuesday by about 22 of Fairview contingent. Engaged ...
... 4. METROPOLE-MANFIELD'S BL0CK Metropele occupied at 8 p.m. Tuesday by a force of about 22 under Mr. Oscar Trayner, and later the line was extended by boring through the walls to Nanfield's corner for which purpose reinforcements of about 15 were received. Under very heavy M.G. and artillery fire ...
... 15. CHURCH ST. BRIDGE. Commander : Peadar Clancy. Strength : initially 12, increased to 22 by reinforcements on Tuesday morning from the G.P.O. At about 12.15 p.m. Monday barricades were erected on the Bridge and at the mouth of Church St. where two houses were fortified to cover them. on Monday ...
WS Ref #: 1721 , Witness: Seumas Robinson, Officer IV, Dublin, 1916; Senior Officer IV and IRA, Tipperary, 1917 - 1921
... Iv 22, Sundrive Park, Kimmage. 17/3/54. Dear Mr. Editor, The enclosed letter is not mere news: it is history. Please publish it in full. If you cannot see your way to do so, could you kindly state your reason or reasons, & oblige, Yours sincerely, (Signed) Kathleen Kincaid. The Editor thanks you ...
... 2. (5) Dan Breen received only two bullet wounds in the Republican Army (a) At Knocklong, below the collar-bone. (b) Thro' the calf of the leg at Azhtown. At Fernside he received cuts only from the broken glass of the green-house. Doctor Alice Barry and certain Cummanna mBan girls attended him ...
... 22. weeks time - he could not find out the exact date, which was kept under sealed orders. He wanted to know should we capture it. When I looked surprised that anyone should ask for such an obvious answer he added that there would be from two to six R.I.C. guarding the cart, that they would ...
... . Kathleen Kincaid (née Keating) 22, Sundrive Park, Kimmage, Dublin. SR ...
... THE ASHTOWN AMBUSH PREVIOUS PLANS TO KIDNAP LORD FRENCH AN ADVENTOROUS CYCLE RIDE ASHTOWN. Some time before the Ashtown (By Senator Seamus Robinson. ambush I was present at a meeting O/C. South Tipperary Brigade, of the Active ServiceUnits, drawn I.R.A., 1918-22, and then O/C. from ...
WS Ref #: 1768 , Witness: Andrew McDonnell, Officer IV and IRA, Dublin, 1915 - 1924
... ., then at 2, Dawson St., armed with a .22 Nickel-plated revolver. Reporting there for duty about ... entered the hall from the street and made for the stairs. I told him my orders and produced the .22 ... , but the arms were a very mixed lot - revolvers of all sizes from .22 to 45 Bulldogs, shotguns, pikes ...
... on the Scalp, behind the rocks. Pat Hayden, Stephen Barry (Enniskerry), Mick Dunne (Dosey), Ned Cannon ...
... dead at Cabinteely Barracks. Stephen Barry, Mick Dunne and Tom Fox made vain attempts to get Major ...
... on at least two nights each week, with firing practice on Sunday morning in the hall with a .22 bore rifle ...
... 22. bit of information was that I had been seen with a batch of prisoners in Ballsbriclge. My home had been searched by military and police sometime after the surrender, most likely after the interrogation in Richmond Barracks. They found nothing and gave no information beyond the fact that I ...
WS Ref #: 832 , Witness: William Desmond, Captain IRA, Cork, 1921
... -28- and blocking roads preparatory to a Column Operation. The Column moved into ambush positions the following morning at Mawbeg on the main road between Bandon and Enniskean. Torn Barry ... expected the military would come out to remove the body. Comdt. Barry had made sure that they were made ...
... to Comdt. Barry at Lisnagalth. They ware all tried and fined £100 each. The was ordered out ... , just East of the cross coming down from Ballyhandle. The next thing I was called out by Barry and Deasy ... was and to stay with him. I proceeded to carry out the order, bringing with me a Short Webley, Barry having taken ...
... . and Black and Tans. Comdt. Barry was in charge of half the Column on the South Bide or the town ...
... was a farmer named Cotter and lived at Curraclough. Tom Barry was in charge of the Column which was now ...
... practice with rifles sighting, trigger-pressing and so on. Tom Barry was in complete charge of the camp ...
... in billets in this area, notvery fat away from each other until the half-Column under Comdt. Barry ...
... must pay a tribute to Comdt. Barry the Column leader, for, apart from his handling of action that day ...
... -22- The affair vies too hurried to take up proper positions and in the dark it was hard to know where the next man was. The British replied to our fire, though Seán Hales had called on them to surrender. On his orders we fell back to the next boundary ditch while keeping up our fire. The lorries ...
WS Ref #: 872 , Witness: Thomas Ketterick, Officer IRA, Mayo, 1921
... Ketterick) Date: Jun 27th 1953 Witness: Matthew Barry Comd't (Matthew Barry) Comd't. ...
... 22. the safety catch on, in my pocket. I had a chat with Rush at the counter in Shanleys and at one point had to take my hands out of my pockets to take some papers from him. The 45 toppled, over in my pocket. I put; my hand into my pocket, pulled over the gun, at the same time putting my finger ...
... Westport next day. We now only numbered about 22 men for the section who had been on the Leenane side ...
WS Ref #: 898 , Witness: Sean Brunswick, Lieutenant IRA, Dublin, 1921
... in Mater Hospital and later under Drs. Barry and Fluery. I then had to go into the Eye and Ear Hospital and. have my left eye removed, from where I again, went in charge of Dr. Barry. By the time. I ...
WS Ref #: 907 , Witness: Laurence Nugent, Officer IV and IRA, Dublin, 1913 - 1921
... . Kevin Barry was captured, courtmartialled and later executed. The hall now known as The Kevin Barry ...
... removed:- 50 Rifles .303 50 Rifles .22 A quantity of .303 ammo. Almost 250,000 Rnd. of .22 ammo. ...
... Department started to work in 22 Upr. Mount St. as stated previously, Mrs. Nugent, myself and the family ... Fitzgerald, T.D., 22 Upr. Mount St., Dublin, Ireland. The paper was delivered safely and no notice ...
... military raided 22 Upper Baggot St. for me personally. They made no search for arms or documents ... with the exception of 22. They never connected the coincidence in the numbers. And so ...
... 199. Chapter XV. Belfast Boycott, Hardy the spy, Kevin Barry, Death of Terry MacSwiney, Seizure of Dublin Corporation books, The Bulletin escapes, The Pressmen of the world, British Military establish their own spy system from London, Elimination of British spies on November 21st 1920, Peace Talks ...
... . Enda's College, Rathfarnham. During the first week of July Tom Barry and P. Higgins were on hunger ...
... 22. populace, men, women and children: in Scotland there was a policeman for every 1,000 of the population and at the same time there was no crime in Ireland. But he did not mention that they were part of an army of occupation and the eyes and ears of that army. Alex McCabe of Sligo was found ...
... mountains for practice with a .22 bore rifle. They claimed that they were the first Republican Army ...
... in a good supply of .22 bore rifles and ammunition for practices: and so we continued training ...
... transferred to 22 Upper Baggot Street and elsewhere. Had we not seized the Hall, the British military would ...
... . By the middle of November 22 prisoners on hunger strike in Mountjoy and Dundalk were released under ...
... O'Connor and Liam Tannom, and said goodbye to the Dundrum Boys and removed to 22 Upper Baggot Street, ...
... prior to the attempted rescue, Dick Mulcahy, Chief of Staff, called to see me at 22 Upper Baggot Street ...
... at 22 Upper Baggot Street was a small arsenal, during these troubled times. Most of the stuff was under ...
... in various districts, the greater portion of them were Block Commanders. I was living in 22 Upper Baggot ...
... of drums of petrol buried for some time; this was lifted and taken away to my yard at 22 Upper ...
... of the escaped prisoners at the rere of 22 Upper Baggot Street and sent them off in cars to ...
... ), Kavanagh and some others continued their work in a room at 22 Upr. Baggot St. Many men all over Ireland ...
... 174. By the end of September Mountjoy prison was the scene of serious trouble. The prisoners were on hunger strike. They were mostly untried men and were demanding political treatment. They were simply arrested and no charges were preferred against them. In the month of July 22 Upr. Mount St ...
... commandeered police cars in the garage at the rere of 22 Upr. Mount St. I had to be there when the cars were ...
... 185. from lunch to see if we had any news of importance. Joe O'Reilly also called every day on some errand or other. (Joe was Mick Collins's official messenger). I have his statement to the effect that from the date of the German Plot in 1918, he rarely missed a day without calling to 22 Upper ...
... , a souvenir from the war. When the arms were loaded in the car they were brought to 22 Upper Baggot St ...
... at the appointed time and this nearly cost him his life, as when he arrived at the rere of 22 Upr. Baggot ...
... House to take effect on Monday 11th July at 22 noon. And so came an end to the greatest and most ...
... in York Street, I found Cope waiting for me in the sitting room in 22 Upper Baggot Street. He ...
... with two others in a raid by the Free State troops on 22 Upper Baggot Street: he was interned ...
... 2nd Dublin Brigade, was waiting in 22 Upper Baggot St. for orders from H.Q. It was not a very ...
... . another Boy's Brigade boy. This house was kept very secret and we in 22 Upper Baggot St. were the only ...
... in 22 Upper Baggot St. It took them about a week to clear their arrears of work. Mrs. Carolan ...