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WS Ref #: 132 , Witness: es Michael Spillane, P.C. Michael J. O'Sullivan
... and Twomey, Millstreet. On Wednesday morning a despatch rider named Jack O'Leary from Tralee arrived ...
... , 1914, the Company had no arms except four miniature rifles (.22) for target practice. In August, 1914 ...
WS Ref #: 470 , Witness: Denis Lordan, Captain IV, Cork, 1916; Commandant IRA, Cork, 1921
... Roche and Richard Twomey, were taken under heavy escort to Bandon Military Barracks ...
... at Bandon Post Office was one of our Intelli- gence Agents: her name was Miss May Twomey. Every ...
... my days pretty full. Whenever possible, and when .22 ammunition was available, Sunday evenings were ...
... -22- was under the charge of Tom Kelleher. About 6.45 a.m. the noise of a convoy of lorries was distinctly heard approaching from the Bandon direction. The Colunm 0.C. at this time was standing in the position occupied by my section and he asked for four Volunteers to take up positions ...
WS Ref #: 827 , Witness: Denis Collins, Lieutenant IRA, Cork, 1921
... in the district. We got about 22. We got .22 rifles at the same time but they were not very reliable. We ...
... and commenced a march to Kilcoe S.W. towards Schull. We actually did 22 miles on this march with only a few ...
... -22- camp routine and nothing exciting. I was moved from there before the revolt and the burning by the prisoners of their quarters. I was transferred to Bere Island on 28th May on a destroyer. Thirty of us travelled to our new prison. The sea was rough and we were kept below and were all very sick ...
WS Ref #: 850 , Witness: Patrick Colgan, Commandant IRA, Kildare, 1921
... 30. me it was our duty to help remove the wounded. We then decided to lay down our guns, which Father O'Flanagan threw over the G.P.O. wall. I still had my .22 revolver. I intended to hold ... individually if we had any other arms. I had to surrender my valuable .22 which he also threw across ...
... was 22, against us were 135. We had funds amounting to about £80; the treasurer came with us and I ...
... consisted of one .45 revolver, ten rounds ammunition, fifteen .22 revolvers with thirty rounds ...
... ; from under his overcoat he produced a .22 rifle and ammunition; we took him on. What a grand fellow he ...
... see I was an armed man; I had my little .22 revolver. Byrne, who was armed with a revolver, took my ...
... 22. could see the lower portion of a soldier's legs through Shortall's window. Tom Harris asked me if he would fire and I advised against it. After a time the soldiers withdrew; it was a narrow shave for us; we hadn't a chance of survival. Judging by the madness we displayed in the Exchange Hotel ...
WS Ref #: 907 , Witness: Laurence Nugent, Officer IV and IRA, Dublin, 1913 - 1921
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
WS Ref #: 1004 , Witness: Daniel Kelly, Centre IRB, Scotland, 1909; Officer IV and IRA, Donegal, 1913 -1922
... my wife was aware that there was a bayonet and a .22 rifle hidden in a wooden chest at the foot of the bed, and she took the bayonet and put it down her nightdress. I told her not to touch the .22 ...
... 22. side, McGurk from Gullaghduff, and Jimmie Grieves from Glenmornan. Louis Smith complained to me that they were very cruel in the prison. I asked him why. He said, "The bed they gave me has ... , the .22 rifle. We were marched to Trinity College. I remember the buildings; were all smouldering after ...
... brought a miniature rifle with him, a .22. I told Pym about these rifles, and he told me to tell this man ...
... 19. it, and it might stop them from wrecking the house. I was held downstairs. When the Sergeant from Falcarragh went into my wife's room, he got the .22 rifle. There was another wooden chest in the room where my wife kept the baby's clothes, and he asked her was there anything in it. She said ...
WS Ref #: 1023 , Witness: William Keane, Commandant IRA, Waterford, 1920 -1921
... in 1915, I didn't feel like joining but, instead, a couple of us bought a .22 rifle and ammunition ... with the .22 rifle, but we took no part at all in the Rising, for the simple reason that we never heard ...
... and the use of the .22 for practice on Sundays. Nearly all the lads in the company belonged ...
... 22. The Dunhill shotgun men would open up on any lorries stopped opposite their position, whilst the shotgun and rifle men on the Ballynatton Road, together with the riflemen at the junction of the Old and New Tramore-Waterford Roads, would pour their fire on the lorries at the Metal Bridge. When ...
WS Ref #: 1024 , Witness: James Power, Commandant IRA, Waterford, 1921
... practically no arms or ammunition, only one rifle, a shotgun or two and a few .22 rifles. This Company ... . There were about twelve shotguns in the Company and a few .22 rifles which were used before ...
WS Ref #: 1047 , Witness: Sean McNamara, Member IRB, Clare, 1910; OC Mid Clare Brigade IRA, 1921
... in the battalion area a number of .22 rifles which we used for training the companies in shooting. There was any amount of .22 ammunition available. Some of it was got from Dublin and the rest from ...
WS Ref #: 1048 , Witness: Sean Murnane, Centre IRB, Newmarket, 1911; Officer IRA, Clare, 1921
... or three .22 sporting rifles a and a good share of .22 ammunition. Such rifles and ammunition were ...
... Sunday a total of 22 men of the Newmarket Company met at the appointed place. Every man had a gun ...