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WS Ref #: 441 , Witness: Lily Mernin, Shorthand typist, Dublin Castle, 1914 - 1922; Co-operated with IRA Intelligence
... Military Archives Cathal Brugha BKs Rathmines Dublin 6 There was a girl in the office who ... she would come in to the office she would tell us about them; she was puzzled to know who they were ... in to the office in the morning. There was one fellow there by the name of MacMahon who was very addicted ...
... . I was employed as a shorthand—typist in the Garrison Adjutant’s office, Dublin District, Lower ... was able to get. Sometimes I would bring these to the office placed at my disposal at Captain ...
... come into our office. The three girls of the staff were curious to know who they were. Some ... of the various Intelligence Officers Some of the girls in the office were very friendly with them and used go ...
... a sergeant from British Intelligence came into my office, carrying a lot of magazines — as I ...
WS Ref #: 633 , Witness: Michael Joseph Ryan, Commandant IRA, Longford, 1921
... -15- papers. A Miss Skeffington was in charge of this office. I was speaking to her one day and on going into the back office I noticed a box of 500 shotgun cartridges which were consigned to Lord ... until they were called for. I slipped the latch off the window and then left the office and went ...
... writing on documents! in the possession of the D.I. The D.I. left the office on failing to find the licence there, an1 went, I presume, to another office. While he was out I grabbed the documents ... to me I left the office, much to my relief. I recovered the licence back some days later. Mr. Crann ...
... of Ernie O'Malley 11 Taking of documents from D.I'S. office 14 Raid on Longford Railway Station ...
... was very sympathetic to us, informed me that the document was in the Sergeant's office. The Sergeant was in the habit of leaving the key in the outside of the door when he was in the office. I gave ...
... -24- The barracks was surrounded by a thick barbed wire entanglement on one end and at the rear. The River Shannon adjoined it on the other end. The front was also covered with barbed wire for a depth of about fifteen yards. There was a machine gun post on the roof protected by steel sheets ...
WS Ref #: 708 , Witness: Conor A Maguire, Judge Dail Eireann Courts, 1920 -1922; Attorney General, 1932 - 1936; President High Court, 1936 - 1946; Chief Justice, 1946
... to move about pretty freely, despite the vigilance of the so-called authorities. We had our office ... office in a house in Henry St. There were many offices' in the same building. I do not remember where Michael Collins had his Finance Office àt the time. Possibly I did not know. Seosamh McGrath, known ...
... : The Talbot St. office: The-Burning of the Custom House: The Wicklow Hotel, rendezvous of Michael ... . The Talbot Street office staff. 17 16. The Courts subsequent to the Trucet Witness visits ...
... . On making our application at he ordin4ry office where it was seen that we were Irish we were told that it was necessary to apply at the Irish office. Fearing that it might arouse suspicion if we did do so ... solicitor town agent's office. There was a danger that he would get on the 'phone to the Dublin Police ...
... office in Dublin. He told me of this purpose and asked me to help some time in the Summer of 1920 ... were in use in Austin Stack's office. I was asked by Austin Stack to act as one of the ...
... was in imminent danger of arrest. The local Registrar of the Courts had sent his notices through the post and he ...
... of their office. Looking back, it is not easy to understand how we were allowed so easily to "get away ...
... tricked. They raided his office and, finding documents relating to the Court, promptly arrested him. He ...
... 19. I declined to comply with this request on the ground that as I held 3udicial office was not responsible to the Executive. This was not accepted by Mr. Hogan who was the Minister in charge of Agriculture. He stopped my salary which was at the rate of £750 a year. I was then faced ...
... , placed his office in Birr at my disposal and, in a very tense atmosphere we got through the work ...
WS Ref #: 438 , Witness: Michael Francis Reynolds, Commandant IRA, Longford, 1921
... -2O- rifles for this. We kept up fire on the post for about half an hour, and then withdrew. The enemy replied with all they had, and the other post at the Schoolhouse joined in also. We had no one hit, and I cannot say if the enemy had any casualties either. The Truce found us still fighting fit ...
... . or the Lancers. It was now planned to attack Ballinamuck R.I.C. Barracks. This was a very strong post ...
WS Ref #: 887 , Witness: Aine Ryan, Member Cumann na mBan, Offaly, 1916
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 887 Witness Aine Ni Riain, 25 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. Identity. Member of Cumann na mBan, Tullamore, 1915 Quartermaster, Cumann na mBan, post-Treaty. Subject. (a) Cumann na mBan activities, 1909-1923 ...
... and got in. We found that her brother was not there but at the Four Courts or some other post. She went ...
WS Ref #: 988 , Witness: Martin Dunbar, Officer IRA, Wexford, 1921
... evening Phil Murphy, who was O/C outposts, a instructed Seán Kavanagh and myself to/post ... there. He told us this was a very important post as the British Forces would come this road from Wexford to attack Enniscorthy. We relieved the three Enniscorthy men who had been on the post for about ...
... for the success of the "boys". We told her we could not leave our post but we would kneel down outside ... that the British soldiers were on the march from Wexford and that the advance party would be passing our post ... . outposts. He apologised for leaving us so long on the post. I asked him why things were so quiet ...
WS Ref #: 1475 , Witness: Patrick Kinnane, Commandant IRA, Tipperary, 1921
... -37- the people working in the post offices in the battalion area were friendly and willing to help1 they were unable to tap any worthwhile information, for their offices were all of the rural type. Again, especially coming near the end of the campaign, we could have done with some useful technical ...
... , such as "Scissors and Pasted and "The Irish Peasant", came regularly through the post to my father ...
... post or in an ambush in another area did not hesitate to go. This was easily understandable ...
... R.I.C. barracks. This was a strongly fortified post, garrisoned by at least twenty R.±.C. men ...
WS Ref #: 157 , Witness: Joseph O'Connor, 2 I/C IV, Boland's Mills area, Dublin, 1916; OC 3 Battalion, Dublin, 1917 - 1922
... , Lieutenant Malone who was in charge of that post with Volunteer Grace and two other men, gave them a warm recption so that they had to defer progress towards the city until they had cleared this post completely. Lieutenant Malone died on the stairway of that house defending his post just as he ...
... as only Irishmen can shout under such conditions. We succeeded in clearing the post and got two or three ... to maintain their post to the very last and that there was to be no evacuation of the building ...
... sounded the last post, and when the body was interred three volleys were fired over the grave ...
... of the area. It was in this building that I made my headquarters for the fight. vdjacent to "D" Company post ...
... House. They were very few in numbers. When it was reported to me that the post had been evacuated I ...
... the end and in which Volunteer Joe Byrne was killed while fighting from that post. The yard I have ...
... that week. Guilfoyle was a tower of strength. I felt When leaving him in charge of any post that I ...
... maintained its post at Bolands Miils. When Miss Farrell saw Commandant De Valera the order ...
... Conditions were very hard and the food was desperately scant. The men were locked up for 23 hours out of the 24. We were paraded one day in the main hail and a British Major - General told us be had been sent by the War Office to find out if we had any complaints as to our trea tment ...
WS Ref #: 255 , Witness: Thomas Smart, Member IV, Dublin, 1915 - 1916
... and took them back into the Four Courts. It was discovered that our post would have been of little use so ... in Smithfield and Tommy Allen fell. He died about four hours later. As the post was too exposed we were ... that we were withdrawn to a post at the/ corner Hand's Shop. of Church Street and the Quays,/ Some time ...
... Volunteers being attended by the Cumann na mBan. After delivering the dispatch I returned to my post ... members of the post at Church Street to reinforce the garrison at the Bridewell who were under ...
... -4- western up another one from the/ corner of Church Street to the Quays. There was some sniping going on at this post during the day and we could not locate the source from which it came. We relieved each other at the barricades and rested over Hand's shop. During Monday night we left about six ...
... remained in that post until Friday when some of us were transferred to reinforce Sergeant Mark Wilson ...
... at this work I came down accompanied by about five men to the telegraph office outside the gate in Chancery ...
... . Brittain, Managing Director, he left me in the pretence of going to his office and I observed ...
WS Ref #: 334 , Witness: Eugene Smith, Official in Dublin Castle - the transfer of information to IV, 1913 - 1918
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 334 Witness Mr. Eugene Smith, Mayville, Bird Avenue, Du drum, Co. Dublin. Identity Official in Dublin Castle prior to and post Ea ster Week 1916. Subject Transfer of information obtained secretly in Dublin ...
... and not with the Chief Secretary's Office 3. It was a lengthy document - about the length ...
... suggestions were dealt with or whether any reply came to them from the Chief Secretary's Office ...
... 3. sleeping quarters and they were lying on the floors. When I arrived they would not admit me as I had no pass. I was kept waiting at Ship St. gate with a water official from the Corporation until a guard of soldiers came and marched me to the Provost Marshal's office, where I was identified ...