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WS Ref #: 251 , Witness: Richard Balfe, Captain IV, Dublin, 1916
... "The Army of the Irish Republic". I got orders to take the General Post Office in O'Connell Street ...
... " Office was surrounded, I and a number of the Fianna got into the Freedom Offices and removed all ...
WS Ref #: 264 , Witness: Aine Ceannt, Widow of Eamon Ceannt, executed 1916
... on the Irish. To show the anti-Irish feeling that existed, suffice it to say that the post-office refused ...
... , including Easter Week Rising 1916; (c) The Surrender; (b.) National Organisations post 1916; (e) Biography ...
... was elected Vice-Chairman of the Board, which post I held until I retired in 1922. When the Irish Courts were ...
... the Volunteer poet, An P.G., i.e., "An Post Gaelach". Various houses offered to be reception depots for letters ...
... -17- any reference to a post for Eamonn de Valera, who was a Commandant, and I asked, "What of de Valera?". He replied, "Oh, he says he'll go down in the fight, whereas Tomás MacDonagh says that he will come through, as he always falls on his feet". The other posts do not come to my memory in any ...
... brothers, to be delivered next day by the Volunteer Post service, and then went out to Confession ...
... -40- STATEMENT BY ÁINE B.E. CEANNT. PART III. My sister's story was that on the Sunday of the surrender, Captain Colbert - who had occupied a post at Watkin's Brewery in Ardee St. and who bad found his way up to the Distillery with his handful of men - had promised: to give the girls a good dinner ...
... a broken leg. This letter, having been tapped in the post, drew the attention of the Black and Tans ...
... Week Eamonn informed me that he was taking a week's holiday from his office as he did not wish ...
... to the entrance hall where the Commandant's office was situated. The Commandant told them that they could leave ...
... its President, voluntarily retired from that office in favour of Eamon de Valera. It was a gracious ...
... had been the Women's Franchise rooms. We held that office until the Truce in 1921. The Labour ...
... , Lily O'Brennan, was his private secretary They occupied an office in a private house on Terenure ...
WS Ref #: 267 , Witness: Seamus Pounch, Captain Fianna Eireann, Dublin, 1916; Assistant Quartermaster General Fianna Eireann, 1920 -1921
... in for delivery. The main point in this was to deprive the British Post Office of revenue ...
... disbanded about 1.30 a.m. Later a post office official called and was bluffed about the wireless ...
... this post he took a similar one with the Volunteers after their formation, and was appointed to lead ...
... represented in every post and fire point of the 1916 ...
WS Ref #: 268 , Witness: William T Cosgrave, Member of Marrowbone Lane Garrison, 1916; Minister Dail Eireann, 1919 - 1921; President Dail Eireann, 1922 - 1932
... the Post Office nor to escape. My recollection, which is hazy, is that Ceannt was not favourable ...
... to an office in the Barracks, and left standing under the Guard of escort until 9 p.m. having at breakfast ... into the office and after deposition of Major Armstrong had been read, was looked to f ...
... to an office in the Barracks, Heft Standing under the Guard of Blort Until Q.P.M. Laving had ... Calced into Me office & After deposition of Major Armstrong had Men Read was Locker ...
... or experience. My recollection is that I did not post sentries. Coming on duty on Easter Tuesday, a couple ...
WS Ref #: 270 , Witness: Eily O'Hanrahan O'Reilly, Member Cumann na mBan, 1914 - 1921; Sister of Michael O'Hanrahan, executed, 1916
... occasion, through a post office clerk I knew, we got certain important information which we passed ...
... " office and ask for Seamus Doyle. Don't give it to anyone else". It was that day I guessed ... . Doyle. A young man in the office asked had I an important message and must I give it to Doyle ...
... -16- paid a deposit and left our card. The following day we got back by post the deposit and, card, with a note of regret that we could not have the flat. We then thought we would not go at all, but at length the priests and Sean Maxwell said we would have to. and Sean Maxwell Went to search ...
... in the morning and arrived at Enniscorthy. I went to the "Echo" office again but was told that Seamus Doyle ...
WS Ref #: 273 , Witness: Margaret Keogh, Officer Inghini na hEireann, 1900
... into their hands. A decent girl could not walk down the Post Office de without being molested. mien such girls ...
... in a would-be society paper - I think 'Figaro' was the name of it - it had an office in Lower ...
WS Ref #: 288 , Witness: Charles Saurin, Member IV, Dublin, 1914 - 1916; Officer IRA, Dublin, 1917 - 1921
... in the, Post Office doorway in Prince's Street. This door was closed and. he told me there was a way ...
... on our morals by saying with an air of disgust that we had woman with us in. the Post Office. He ...
... in the sun. I was withdrawn from this post about half an hour. after and we were all fallen ...
... watched Conway McGinn crouched behind a gate post at the corner of Leinster Avenue, and Seamus Daly who ...
... would have to give me another tour of sentry duty in the back garden. I went down to my previous post ...
... . AS dusk was comuencing to fall we were ordered to evacuate the post and fell in outside in two ranks ...
... Aid Post which I found had apparently been cleared out by this time. Only Miss Julia Grenan ...
... mentioned that the first thing I noticed in the halt darkness as we had entered the grounds the night before was a British machine-gun post on the root of the Rotunda Hospital, not by any means a form of comfort for the particular kind of patients within, when it had been in action. At intervals ...
WS Ref #: 299 , Witness: Patrick Ronan, Lieutenant IV, Wexford, 1916; Officer IRA, Wexford, 1917 - 1921
... 4. evacuated, our Hqrs. We also took over the local post Office. We took up the railway line and felled trees on all roads leading into Ferns, keeping the one to Enniscorthy open. The area towards Arklow was particularly barricaded and numerous trenches were dug. There were plenty of volunteers ...
WS Ref #: 307 , Witness: Thomas McCarthy, Captain IV, Dublin, 1916
... in the British post office as a telegraph messenger. He was a very quiet unassuming boy, not more than ...
... continued occupation of this post would have served no useful military purpose, and we had no food ...
... -20- After withdrawing it was a case of every man for himself. Some of them succeeded in getting into other posts. After our withdrawal from this post there was no reaction except that I was a much maligned man, but I still say that under similar circumatances I would adopt the same attitude, and I ...
... happened to drop in to the Irish Freedom office, D'Olier and was accosted by Sean MacDermott who said ...
... station and when I looked at the booking-office I saw an ex-R.I.C. man giving out tickets so I could ...
WS Ref #: 312 , Witness: Seosamh de Brun, Member IV, Dublin, 1916
... are in action; the Headquarters of the Irish Republican Army is at the General Post Office, which baa been ...
... guns of the British were in action, a red glare appeared in the sky, the, General Post Office ...
... was noticeable. We heard Commandant McDonagh had called to see Pearse and that the General Post Office ...
... the General Post Office was the most important position and here the heaviest fighting occurred around ...
... was our first post. McDonagh's address. After some time we ware called, together with other units ...
... of Grafton Street. The Shelbourne and College of Surgeons came into direct action. very post ...
... -13- aid station in a square office in the middle of the ground floor. The station and hospital were under the supervision of Patrick Cahill, a chemist, assisted by Dick Davis. Outside Pharmacies bad provided through foragers surgical and chemical requisites to augment those found. on the premises ...