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  • WS Ref #: 1558 , Witness: Frank McGrath, Commandant IRA, Tipperary, 1921

    • ... Pedlar Rd. Murphy E. O'Dwyer T. Brosnan J. Robbins Kevin Riggins A. M'Neill E. M'Donnell Edward ... O'Shea William Murphy James Murphy William Jones Kevin Riggins Edmund Ryan J. Walsh Thomas Marrinan William M'Carthy John Barry Thomas Wallace James Rebinson James Clarke Jerh. Clancy Patrick Regarty J ...

  • WS Ref #: 1767 , Witness: Seamus Reader, OC Scottish Brigade, IRA, 1921

    • ... , and remanded in custody in Duke Street prison, Glasgow. The following is a copy of an extract from ... made against them. Last week Captain Joseph Robinson, 1st Glasgow Co., was arrested at his home in Glasgow. The operation was carried out by six Glasgow detectives in charge of ex-R.I.C. man Harrington ...

    • ... , and bearing the name of He was known to the Royal Irish Constabulary at Glasgow as a Captain in the Irish ... on the morning of the 20th January (12.15 a.m.) at his father's residence at Glasgow, on the charge ... . Sergeant Maguire, Royal Irish Constabulary, Glasgow, ascertained that the signer of the telegram ...

    • ... on page 18, 18th May, 1916:- "562. (Questions put to the R.I.C.) - Have you I.R.B. Branches in Glasgow? (Answer by the R.I.C.) - Probably there are members in Glasgow." This proves that the R.I.C. had ... of theirs stole high I explosives near Glasgow, and brought them to Dublin." This referred to my activity ...

    • ... 8. 8th January: On the 8th January, 1916, I presided at a meeting of Fianna officers in the Volunteer H.Q. Hall, Ann St., Glasgow, at 3 p.m. After the meeting, P. O'Neill, who was in the Hall, told ... féin Hall, London St., Glasgow. The business of the meeting concerned the transfer of youths over 14 ...

    • ... 21. to Scotland, Joe Robinson'5 home at No. 10 Robson's Street, Govanhill, Glasgow, was searched ... of Dublin addresses. In Joe Robinson's pocket were found the keys of the Glasgow Irish Volunteer ... officers, who were stationed in Glasgow, to the Glasgow Iris Volunteers Headquarters Hall, Ann Street ...

    • ... . Some hours before the Royal Irish Constabulary in Dublin were notified from Glasgow of fuller details ... in Glasgow and Dublin. Connolly had already taken precautions since the 19th January when he received ... demonstration in Glasgow Green against war and conscription, on the Sunday, the 30th January, offered his ...

    • ... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1,767. Witness Seamus Reader, 71, Pidgeon House Road, Coastguard Station, Ringsend, Dublin. Identity. 0/C, Scottish Brigade, 1920- Subject. I.R.B. & Irish Volunteer activities, Glasgow and Dublin, 1st Jan ...

    • ... 25. That I was taken to a room in the Glasgow County Buildings for questioning by the Special Branch of the Police. I think they must have realised that, owing to my sea journey and the excitement ... Irish Constabulary, Glasgow. He told me that Joseph Robinson had been arrested on Wednesday night ...

    • ... : On the 1st January, 1916, with Eamon Murray and Alec Carmichael, I arrived in Belfast from Glasgow ... McCullough's mother or to Mr. Dempsey, and then return to Glasgow that night so that he would ... that I wanted to see James Connolly to deliver a message from Tom McGill of Glasgow. I told her that I ...

    • ... on time, he was to be sent to Glasgow in connection with the billeting of I.R.B. and Volunteers in Dublin. I told him I understood that he was to arrange lodging for some of the Glasgow men in Navan ... that The O'Rahilly was in touch with John Carney of Govan, who was ex-Colonel of the Glasgow Regiment ...

    • ... to get reports and would send a communication to Glasgow for McGill within a few days. He wished me ... for Belfast, where I took the boat for Ardrossan and train to Glasgow. When making my report in Glasgow, I ...

    • ... 7. 4th January: On the morning of the 4th January, 1916, I arrived in Glasgow. I went to Liám ... , London St., Glasgow. Present were Denis Canning, Tom McDonald, Pat O'Neill, Tom White, Pat McCallum, Phil ... concerning 'A' Company, Glasgow Irish Volunteers. After my report, it was agreed to speed up ...

    • ... 9.1 1916 - Jan. 9th. On the 9th January, 1916, at 11 a.m., a Glasgow District Board meeting ... as the Glasgow A. Company, Irish Volunteers, was concerned, he could not know until after ... , in the Volunteer Headquarters Hall, Ann Street, Glasgow. ...

    • ... instea1 of to Dublin, as the Dublin boat train left Glasgow, early, for Greenock, but the Belfast boat train left Glasgow for Ardrossan at a later time in the night. It was agreed that Joe Robinson ... Headquarters Hall, Ann Street, Glasgow. After four o'clock, the Scouts, who included Torn MacAr1ane ...

    • ... 20. should go tomorrow, Wednesday, 19th January, from Dublin to Greenock, Glasgow. I agreed to db ... to No. 10 Robson's Street, Govanhill, Glasgow, stating, "Arrived safe and well", signed "Reader". Before ... ticket for the boat to Glasgow, and that evening I left Dublin. Andy Dunne was constantly at Surrey ...

    • ... was Sergeant Maguire, G. Division, Royal Irish Constabulary, operating in Glasgow. He said he had a detailed ... recent visit to Ireland. He said that I left Glasgow on the 15th January, and while in Dublin, sent a telegram to Glasgow. I told him that I had not sent any telegram (which, of course, was quite true). I ...

    • ... 35. prisoners in Glasgow, to Pat McCallum and Paddy McElroy of the I.R.B. The Partick and Whiteinch ... Eamonn McKay. The Irish Prisoners' Committee of Glasgow supplied Robinson and me with food while we were ... , that there was unrest in Glasgow and that there was intended revolt on the Clyde. which was to be crushed ...

    • ... and account of my activity since leaving Glasgow on the 31st December, 1915, with A. Carmichael and E ... , if it were possible, Capt. Joe Robinson and Pat McCullam or Tomás 6 Baun of Glasgow to be present ...

    • ... some of the supper. We then left the Hall and made our way to the Central Glasgow railway station ... into the guard's van, and members of Glasgow Cumann na mBan and Volunteers gave us a hearty send-off, by throwing ...

    • ... 18 communication between Glasgow and Dublin. This was to be carried out by the dockers on both sides, by seamen and cattle drovers. He said that the national leaders of Ireland were about to be faced ... . Mallin wanted to know about the new Glasgow Fianna I.R.B. bomb. I told him that I had not heard ...

    • ... routine of my movements prior to my arrest. I then admitted that I had left Glasgow on the 15th ... for the Glasgow Scouts in July, and that Joe Robinson had previously agreed to run ceili and concerts, to raise ...

    • ... on information of arrest of the Captain and the Sinn Fein Boy Scout officer in Glasgow on 20th. Some ...

    • ... 3. I had been crossing backwards and forwards to Ireland and thus had missed attending some meetings which had taken place while I was in Ireland. He said that should sortie rifles be procured in Glasgow, they intended to get them addressed to the Dublin Fruit Market, which would be arranged ...

    • ... 5. The report concerning the Volunteers in Ireland was put by MacDonagh (see New Ireland, 1917). The billeting of men from the I.R.B. Circles in Glasgow, Liverpool and London was discussed. I was to take orders back to Scotland for the sending over of A. Carmichael, (carpenter), B. Friel (plumber ...

    • ... , Glasgow. He told me that he had summoned, for 8 p.m. in the Hall, a number of Volunteers, some of whom ...

    • ... woman - and shouted, "No killing in my house!" At this point, I noticed Glasgow uniformed police ...

    • ... , after being brought into Cranstonhill police station, Glasgow, I was again searched, and it was only ...

  • WS Ref #: 665 , Witness: Francis O'Duffy, Captain IV, Enniskillen, 1913; Chairman Monaghan Dail Courts, 1919 - 1921

    • ... 2. Page 21. Death of Tadhg Barry. 25 22. Inquest on Tadhg Barry. 26 23. Disposal of Camp property. 27 ...

    • ... correspondence was a gentleman named Webb. (I do not remember his address). (17) Death of Death Barry. About ... Barry) were standing a few yards inside the gate of Camp II, the sentry in the block-house overlooking the gate fired at Barry and shot him dead through the heart. Another prisoner (con O'Halloran ...

    • ... whether Barry had disobeyed an order of his. The Coroner's jury were equally divided on the Question ... Barry reached the camp). Albert wood, K.C., one of our Counsel at the inquest, wished to make the case that Tadhg was known, and deliberately shot because he was Tadhg Barry-but we could not support ...

    • ... been more eagerly debated every day. Tadhg Barry had been very active and popular in all the camp ...

  • WS Ref #: 805 , Witness: Annie O'Brien, Officer Cumann na mBan, 1916 - 1921

    • ... else. When Kevin Barry was in Mountjoy under sentence of death in the autumn of 1920, we paraded around ...

  • WS Ref #: 868 , Witness: Patrick Kearney, Member IV and IRA, Dublin, 1913 - 1921

    • ... if they located the dump. They did not, however, succeed in locating the dump. Just before Kevin Barry was due to be hanged, we were mobilised and told to go to Parnell Square. There we were told ...

  • WS Ref #: 885 , Witness: Sean Kennedy, Lieutenant IV, Dublin, 1916; IRA, 1921

    • ... , namely, "H" and "Grocers" Companies. The late Kevin Barry, who was captured in King Street ...

    • ... arid on that occasion Kevin Barry, one of the attackers, was wounded and captured. The attack took ...

    • ... 22. and we escorted him from the vicinity. I met Seamus Kavanagh who was in charge of the ambushing party coming away from the scene of the attack and I asked him if he had got an his men away. He informed me that he did not know. As you are no doubt already aware, Kevin Barry was subsequently ...

  • WS Ref #: 908 , Witness: Michael O'Flanagan, Member IV, Dublin, 1916; IRA, 1921

    • ... subsequently took part in an engagement in North King Street in which Kevin Barry was captured, afterwards ...

    • ... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 908 Witness Michae1 O'Flanagan, 19 Ratoath Road, Cabra West, Dublin. Identity. Member of 'A' Company 1st Glasgow Brigade, 1913 -; Section Commander 'C' Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade, 1915 -. Subject ...

    • ... Brigade together with some oth4r Glasgow Irishmen, outside. Reader informed me that they had just ... and succeeded in reaching Glasgow. On Saturday the fighting died down and Republican Forces ...

    • ... means from the Glasgow and Liverpool centres of the Irish Republican Brotherhood ...

    • ... . Amongst these I recognised Thomas Cuffe, Kevin Halpin and Jim Lynch. I was kept in the 'cage ...

    • ... . It was during the visit of Staines and his British counterpart that Tadgh Barry, one of the prisoners, was shot ... . They felt that the shooting of Barry, who was a most lovable type and a Labour leader of repute from ...

    • ... whomI knew - Kevin Halpin and Jim Lynch. After about ten days or a fortnight we were brought out ...

  • WS Ref #: 979 , Witness: Robert C Barton, Signatory of Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921

    • ... and Kevin Barry). "Letters written before their mattyrdom by L. Mellows and Richard Barrett ...

    • ... and his party." Find out which side it is that is friendly with Bloody Balfour &c. Kevin O'Higgins's ...

  • WS Ref #: 1053 , Witness: Seamus Kavanagh, Member IV, Dublin, 1916

    • ... & Beatty'a, Long Lane; William's Place, Long Lane Gas Company yard, sir John Rogerson's Quay; Kevin Barry Memorial Hall, Parnell Square; small hall opposite Harold's Cross Park. "RMISTICE" - 1918 ...

    • ... Kevin Street. Jtose shotguns were afterwards collected singly by the men to whom they were allocated ...

  • WS Ref #: 1087 , Witness: Patrick Mullooly, Senior Officer IRA, Roscommon, 1921

    • ... 10. be lined with gibbets and hedged with bayonets, it leads to deliverance. Even Churchill respects the men who dare tread it. A freeman never doffed his hat to a tyrant. There are examples in plenty. History teams with them - William Tell, The Maid of Orleans and our own MacSwiney and Kevin Barry ...

    • ... Ireland! (Signed) Patrick Mullooly (Patrick Mullooly) Date: 2. 2. 55 Witners Matthew Barry Comd't (Matthew Barry) Comd't. ...