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WS Ref #: 1412 , Witness: Michael Hennessy, Member IV and IRA, Limerick, 1914 - 1921; Member Flying Column, 1921
... Kilfinane with a section of the column, I saw a British army aeroplane flying low and landing in a field ... of the aeroplane. I held him up, and Sean McCarthy, who was in charge of our party and who was with me, took charge of him. I climbed into the aeroplane in the hope of finding some arms ...
WS Ref #: 783 , Witness: Thomas Ryan, Commandant IRA, Tipperary, 1921
... 103. One of these incidents concerns the shooting down of an aeroplane. This occurred some time ... a military aeroplane came flying low over us. Vie concluded that the occupants were searching ... to assemble our arms and open fire on the aeroplane. All six of us who were present at the time took very ...
... 34. The match was in progress for about ten minutes when an aeroplane flew overhead and fired a Verey light signal. Tipperary was playing Dublin on this occasion and the play was concentrating about the Dublin goal. A penalty had been awarded against the Dublin team and I was about to take the free ...
WS Ref #: 474 , Witness: Liam Haugh, Senior Officer IRA, Clare, 1921
... 2. pages 14. Capture of a British aeroplane with Intelligence reports 28 15. Activities by the combined East Clare and West Clare columns 28 32 16. Destruction of the home of the Brigade Adjutant (Comdt. Haugh) by British forces. 32 33 17. General conditions in Clare early 1921 33 35 18. Execution ...
... at the other end. There was nothing under it. In May of this year, an enemy aeroplane, carrying ...
... aeroplane, the many almost too timely raids on houses sheltering the brigade O/C. etc ...
WS Ref #: 808 , Witness: John Bolster, Member IV and IRA, Cork, 1917 - 1921
... , were captured, because just as the action was in progress an aeroplane from Fermoy arrived and hovered ... miles, the aeroplane followed us up and we only lost it on getting into a wooded area on the mountain ... positions every day, and on the fourth day an aeroplane flew very low over our position on a few occasions ...
... -17- On one occasion we burned an aeroplane in transit (less the wings), and for this purpose we used a fairly large amount of petrol consigned to Thompson's garage at Mallow. Intense activity followed all those burnings, and even though the enemy must have known that the railway employees were ...
... -29- the members of our Column was an ex-Naval man and he reported to the Column Leader that from his experience he was sure the aeroplane had us spotted, and as the Column Leader did not want to be caught in a trap, owing to the proximity of Fermoy and other garrisons, we withdrew from ...
WS Ref #: 883 , Witness: John M McCarthy, Commandant IRA, Limerick, 1921
... of Kilfinane. Here occurred the capture of a British aeroplane in circumstances which are correctly ... , Martinstown and Cush, when they observed, flying low, an aeroplane which, it transpired later, was. flying ... the Column Commander decided that they should make an attempt to bring the aeroplane down. Accordingly ...
... as the safety of the Column dictated. Following the destruction of the aeroplane and the capture ...
... ambush, 80-81 36.. The shooting down of a British aeroplane in the Martinstown area. 82-87 37. Thee ...
... -88- Another change of direction was now made in the vicinity of Sheerin's Cross and the Column turned to the east traversing in the opposite direction the route previously followed after the capture of the aeroplane. Veering south through Elton (see map) the unit continued towards the Co. Cork ...
... captured. Lorries, rifles and revolvers captured. Aeroplane captured and destroyed. Documents seized ...
... captured. D.O'Hannigan. Lorries, rifles and revolvers captured J.M.Maccarthy. Aeroplane captured ...
WS Ref #: 1280 , Witness: Eamon Broy, IRA Intelligence Agent in British Police, Dublin Castle
... 144. Canadian requiring the aeroplane for a Canadian project. The result was the purchase of a Martinside aeroplane, variously stated to be capable of carrying anything from five to ten passengers ... in readiness in a London aerodrome. The aeroplane was maintained on this aerodrome during the entire ...
... was devoted to this danger and eventually Major General Emmet Dalton proposed that an aeroplane ... of MacSweeney in the aeroplane project and enquiries through the Dublin Brigade eventually resulted ...
... than one beholds even from an aeroplane, when colours appear to acquire a special splendour. I ...
WS Ref #: 821 , Witness: Frank Henderson, Captain IV, Dublin, 1916; Commandant IRA, 1917 - 1921
... 60. of an aeroplane were captured without the firing of a single shot. The captured material was all safely conveyed to pre-arranged dumps and was never re-captured. All the men engaged were safely withdrawn when the raid had been completed. The Collinstown raid had an important bearing ...
WS Ref #: 600 , Witness: Donnchadh O'Hannigan, OC Limerick Brigade IRA, 1921
... -2- page. Shooting down of British aeroplane 8th Feb. 1921, near Kilfinane 27-28 East Limerick column move into West Limerick Brigade area to encourage action there 28-29 Attempt by the enemy to round up our column at Ballyhahill near Foynes leads to a running fight lasting about three hours 30-34 ...
... with the Chaplain, Reverend D.R. McCarthy, now deceased. An aeroplane came flying rather low over ...
... , and felt rather sorry at his departure. The aeroplane was a De Havilland and was then value for 3,000. I ...
WS Ref #: 1018 , Witness: Martin Fahy, Officer, IRA, Galway, 1921
... and made use of at least one aeroplane. They took with them every able-bodied man they found and brought ... intimation I had of the round-up was at 4 a.m. when I was awakened by the sound of an aeroplane. My brother ...
... on our way from Kilmacduagh we heard an aeroplane in the distance. About ten or twelve from Peterswell ...
... 23. Soon after hearing the noise of the aeroplane we heard the voices of the British Forces as they came towards our hiding place. We could not distinguish anything they said. My brother John looked out through the heather door of the cave and said "The mountain is swarming with soldiers". We lay ...
WS Ref #: 1021 , Witness: Amos Reidy, Member Fianna Eireann, IV and IRA, Limerick, 1917 - 1921
... by an aeroplane We withdrew as best we could, while the aeroplane kept spotting us all the time. Taking cover ...