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  • WS Ref #: 395 , Witness: Thomas Fitzpatrick, (Bob McDonnell) Captain IRA, Belfast, 1921; OC Antrim Brigade, 1921

    • ... . Identity Captain C/Company 2nd Battalion Belfast Brigade; O/C. Antrim Brigade 1921-22; O/C. Belfast Brigade June-October 1922. Subject (a) National activities Belfast-Antrim 1919-22; (b) Belfast Pogrom ...

  • WS Ref #: 618 , Witness: Sean M O'Duffy, Lieutenant IV Dublin, 1916; Registrar and Organiser, Republican Courts, 1920 -1921

  • WS Ref #: 492 , Witness: John McCoy, Commandant IRA, Armagh, 1921

    • ... . Down from March, 1922 to end of June, 1922. 11/3/22. Roads barricaded and trenched over wide areas ... barricades. l/4/22. On Wednesday, 29th March, a police patrol from Crossmaglen was attacked at Coloville, Co ... and Constable Dougall seriously wounded. l/4/22. Shortly after 2 a.m. on the 31st March six Special ...

    • ... ROINN COSANTA. BIJREAIJ OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21 STATEMENT BY WITNESS DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 492 Witness John McCoy, Greenhills, Kill, Co. Kildare. Identity Battalion Adjutant 1918-19; Brigade Adjutant 1919-21; Divisional" 1921-22; Member of Bureau of Military History, 1913-1921. Subject ...

    • ... 160. 3/6/22. Several brisk exchanges of fire took place on Saturday and Sunday, 28th-29th May on the ArmaghMonaghan ArmaghMonaghan Border near Newtownhamilton. 10/6/22. Mr. James Wolf Flanagan R.M., was shot dead leaving the Newry Cathedral after 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, 4th instant. 17/6/22 ...

    • ... 161. 24/6/22. Peter Murray, a Catholic worker, was found shot dead at Longbridge, Goraghwood. Another Catholic workman named Kieley had a narrow escape as he was fired on and received a bullet wound ... of the premises. The house was completely looted. 24/6/22. On Saturday, 17th June, the premises of Mr ...

    • ... 22. make that cause a success. Our reasons for not giving immediate help was to say the least, rather selfish. No cause could prosper if all the people in favour of the Cause refused to make sacrifices. As a matter of fact, both of us later forgot our sage ideas. South Armagh Election 1918 Dr. Chas ...

    • ... , of course, a collection of small bore .22 and .25 weapons and other antiquated pin fire pieces ...

    • ... by the officer and two small .22 pin fire revolvers of antique pattern. The plan of the operation ...

    • ... a small box of .22 Morris tube ammunition was found by a Constable Harney. When this stuff was found I ...

    • ... of the R.I.C. gave evidence and proved the finding of the .22 ammunition in my bedroom. There was another ...

    • ... 159. at Jacksons House, Drumack. Firing lasted about thirty minutes. 3/6/22. Jonesboro, Co. Armagh. A Light started on 26th May by Specials raiding Paul Gallagher's Public House at Flurry Bridge. The fight which started subsequently lasted for 30 hours. Several Specials were wounded. Five girls ...

  • WS Ref #: 1065 , Witness: James Coss, Officer IRA, Cork, 1921

    • ... , do. Adj. - Moss Twomey, do. Q/M - Con Leddy, Araglen. Beyond the usual parades there was nothing ...

    • ... for same, as well as about half dozen .22 rifles. I think we also had some service rifles ...

  • WS Ref #: 1080 , Witness: James Hackett, Captain IRA, Cork, 1921

    • ... Twomey. 2nd Lieut. - Dave Sinnott. These officers continued to serve until the Truce on July 11th ...

    • ... , was arrested in a round-up in the Clondulane area. The Battalion Adjutant (Moss Twomey) was captured ...

    • ... -9- were:- William Desmond, John Casey, Maurice Kenny, witness (James Hackett) as well as Billy Twomey and a number from Clondulane. Early in July, 1921, I got a message asking me to pick up some members of the battalion column (Con Leddy, "Bronco" Buckley, Dick Willis and Jackie Bolster ...

    • ... -2- with .22 rifles. This was usually held on Sunday evenings. The next event of importance in the area, with which I was concerned, was the capture of General Lucas of Kilbarry on June 26th, 1920. This job was carried out by Brigade officers selected by the 0/C (Liam Lynch). I was engaged ...

  • WS Ref #: 1506 , Witness: Henry O'Mahony, Captain IRA, Cork, 1921

    • ... , Buckley and Moss Twomey, I escaped from Spike. We tunneled through a wall surrounding the prison which ...

  • WS Ref #: 263 , Witness: Thomas Slater, Member IRB, Dublin, 1905; IV, 1915 - 1916; IRA, 1917 - 1921

    • ... at the time. They got through alright with the provisions. Among them was Jack Twomey. On Thursday ...

    • ... 22. they could get. The rumours were so prevalent that MacDonagh brought the officers round and told them not to pay any attention to them. It was fairly well known at the time that things were bad. The fires and tiring had been fierce since early on Thursday and I think about Saturday morning ...

  • WS Ref #: 397 , Witness: Thomas Pugh, Member IV, Dublin,1916

    • ... Twomey was with me ...

    • ... kicks and I think Twomey got some too, but somebody fired a shot to clear them off and they went ...

    • ... in the college of Surgeons and Jack Twomey and some of the others went down there, The word ...

    • ... -21- for the Customs, inspecting boats on the Quays. I did not succeed in getting to America. Afterwards I was Secretary of my Circle of the I.R.B., and a certain number of us were told not to do any drilling or marching with the others. We were a sort of a Labour crowd - john Rooney, Joe Twomey ...

    • ... -22- out again. I had all the names and addresses of the members of the Circle in that exercise book, and after that experience I put down my foot and said I would not have any names and addresses written down, that each man who had men under him with whom he should keep in-touch should keep ...

    • ... collection of books and I gave him a complete set of books the 22 volumes bound in calf of Duffy ...

  • WS Ref #: 558 , Witness: Mark Wickham, Officer, IRA, Cork, 1921

    • ... of the I.R.B:- Mark Wickham Sean Twomey Maurice Fitzgerald William Cronin. SIGNED Mark Wickham ADDRESS ...

    • ... Twomey 2nd Lieutenant Sean Lucey Adjutant Michael Riordan Quartermaster Sean Sullivan Section ... . Barracks. The Captain (Mark Wickham) and lst Lieutenant (Sean Twomey) took part in the attack ...

    • ... Barrington were now attached to Cork City Active Service Unit, Sean Twomey being 0.C. the Unit, The Company ... and detained at the Bridewell R.I.C. Barracks Sean Twomey was fired on when attempting to escape ...

    • ... . The Company Staff now was:- Captain Sean Twomey 1st Lieutenant Sean Lucey 2nd Lieutenant Maurice Fitzgerald ...

    • ... . Arthur White 1st Lieutenant Mark Wickham 2nd Lieutenant Sean Twomey Adjutant Michael Riordan ...

  • WS Ref #: 779 , Witness: Robert Brennan, Publicity Department, Dail Eireann, 1921

    • ... morning air, we were all miserably cold. Moss Twomey, who was on our lorry sang Sean o Duibhir ...

    • ... their chums away. "They wouldn't do it away." "All very magnificent," said Moss Twomey to me, "but itls ...

    • ... Affairs, Dail Eireann, 1921-'22; Irish Minister at Washington, 1938-1947. Subject. Text of his book ...

    • ... , Dail Eireann, 1921-'22; Irish Minister at Washington, 1938-1947. Subject. Text of his book ...

    • ... Affairs, Dail Eireann, 1921-'22; Irish Minister at Washington, 1938-1947. Subject. Text of his book ...

    • ... 22 a confectionery firm, mapptned to visit Wexferd and I enrolled his warvicas in my Collection. He complained afterwards. with great deliet. that I had parsusdcd him to get shaved three times in one day and that we got only one pound for his torture. The Sinn Fein daily was an evening paper ...

    • ... 22. Pages 277-9. Re. Captain Captain Thompson was the name he mentioned. It is not outside the bounds of possibility that he meant Sir Basil Thompson, the head of Scotland Yard, but as he referred all the time to Captain Thompson, it is hardly likely. This man, Hardy, made the statement ...