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WS Ref #: 840 , Witness: Patrick S O'Hegarty, Member Supreme Council IRB, London and Dublin, 1902 - 1916
... still bolds alive 75% if were in Post Office Sorters, on way "digged" in conversant proximity ... letter wm in the centre parish Office at mount Pleasant, as in the varing destine of more who her employed in the District Office Mount Pleasant how the buld of me. I had no expercine in the word ...
... police [A loca policeman above I foulsteted about some Post Office mother told me this] In 1917 I was allowed house to fortnight to the post him and in 1918 I was again allowed home. I was at home where ... broke, and were was movy so apt and so unbelievable. But the Post Office always souylet ...
... clerks, assistant clerks, Post Office Sorting Clerks and Telegraphists, and so on. Second Division ... establishments still holds. About 75% of them were Post Office Sorters, and they "digged" in convenient ...
... . But the Post Office always sought to keep its proceedings clear of political or social leanings. On that point ... here was the local Freemason body and the Post Office Surveyor's Establishments. The people in London ...
... impartiality by applied her was the come freeman body and the Post Office Surveyors' Estatablisle the people in London knew will there wm wrong things done but they there powerlen against the conduction of the Surveyors and the freeman, in more days the PO Surveyor was a Feudal lord in the PO ...
... about some Post Office matter told me this). In 1917 I was allowed home for a fortnight for the first ... . ("in about a year"), and I had to be content with that. Mr. Home, whom I also saw, said that the War Office ...
... (2) to the centre of the city for those employed in the Central Letter Office or the Central Parcel Office at Mount Pleasant, and in the various districts for those who were employed in the District ... Civil Service was wholly favourable. As a Supplementary Clerk in the P.O. Secretary's Office I ...
... that I had given the required undertaking, and another dated 1910 saying that The Irish Office had made ... in the office for my call. I did so, and he said he wanted to confirm the wire and that I was to report ... the Head Clerk in the Surveyor's Office let it out that I was to remain in England till the end ...
... in 2, and ledlor pit t mc office before 10.15 in 10.20. the time was supposed to the dream at 10.41 ...
... that the war office but some mad and done some affalling things" So never it was in January 1915 I ...
... in the Telephone Branch of the Secretary's Office, and especially in the two Chiefs, A.M.J. Ogilvie, afterwards Sir ...
WS Ref #: 375 , Witness: Diarmuid O'Sullivan, British Civil Servant; Member IRB, 1909; Intelligence work, GPO, Dublin, 1917 - 1921
... have given you what I consider a very condensed account of our work in the Post Office. Before the Truce, John Hogan Bent me on the South Travelling Post Office. I took corresoondence from Michael ... because they were threatened with a gun by the Tans. They complained to the head office in London ...
... . Garson said at one time that every post office in Inland was a hive of Sinn Féiners, even though ... of the State Section - that part of the office which contained all State correspondence. Joe Leonard and a dozen or more men also made a morning raid on the post office and got away with a lot of stuff ...
... feign sickness; it was so that he could not be directly associated with our work in the Post Office ... in the post office, but bow to get it out was the bother. Paddy was very resourceful and was a genius ... for their post and Paddy Moynihan made it a point to be very friendly with one of them who promised ...
... -2- stuff into the post office and they would be pre-paid. I think the Archbishop and lots ... of postmen who co-operated in the Intelligence Section of the Post Office, under the Republic ... in 1918, organised the work on a purely practical basis. The Telegraph Office was similarly organised ...
... -10- for the Castle there would be so many of them that the Post Office staff would tie them ... went into the Desk Clerk's office and I was permitted to go home with my load. I went home ... he had of the work that was being done in the Sorting Office, and needless to say it surprised him ...
... -6- that all officers of the Post Office who held key positions were Freemasons - the Secretary ... boxes, Martin Ryan would carefully collect the Dublin special stuff, take it to the Postmen's office ... that the Postmen's office was being. watched, our man was ordered to put the letters into the Belfast ...
... are", said Michael, "If I had not organised the Intelligence side of the Post Office, I suppose ... that came by aeroplane to the Curragh and was for the Paymasters Army office. Michael had one room ... was opening the mail bags arriving at the State office off the night mail. I was on the "Blind Desk ...
... would be opened in the Boat Post Office, and the knife given to the string that carefully kept ... , but before that messenger would. leave the Sorting Office the official letters would have been transferred ...
... did not know of the Intelligence Section's work in the post office. Our lips were sealed. In fact ...
WS Ref #: 1352 , Witness: Daniel O'Driscoll, Captain IRA, Cork, 1921
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1,352 Witness Daniel O'Driscoll, Rockmount, Drimoleague, Co. Cork. Identity. O/C. Drimoleague Company, Bantry Batt'n. Cork III Brigade. Subject. Drimoleague Company, Bantry Batt'n. Cork III Brigade, 1915 ...
... through the village on to the Bantry road, where I left him to return to Drimoleague to complete ... there was a deafening roar. Fire was immediately opened on the enemy post by the members of the column, who were ...
... 14. Drimoleague R.I.C. post next morning as part of the operation under the general order to shoot up all enemy personnol on May 14th, 1921. This order was issued with a view to carrying out ... and the column moved away in the direction of Bantry. The Auxiliaries from Dunmanway visited Drimoleague ...
... - was observed going along the street towards the post office. As we were preparing to open fire ... the post office we opened fire. Constable Carroll was hit and fell into the post office. Our party ... 16. either the enemy patrol or the R.I.C. post as opportunity offered. However,. the men did ...
... outlying companies in the Bantry Battalion area to proceed to Bantry to hold up and disarm a patrol. of R.I.C. and Tans.. With Charlie O'Brien and Con Connolly of Drimoleague Company I moved into Bantry ... , Con Connolly and witness) withdrew from Bantry on Saturday we moved back to Drimoleague area. We were ...
... the possible arrival of military reinforcements from Bantry. Ted Sullivan (Bde. Vice O/C) was in charge ... on duty on the night of the attack, were arrested by the military and taken to Bantry. They were ...
... to withdraw and to make another attempt on the Bantry patrol on the following Friday. The party which had been assembled for the attempt on the previous Saturday (23rd October, 1920) again moved into Bantry ... ) and 5th (Bantry) Battalions was held at Kealkil. Tom Barry (O/C Brigade Column) was in charge ...
... , the provision of new obstacles at another site. A meeting of Bantry Battalion Council was held in the vicinity of Bantry on May 12th, 1921. Tom ward (Battn. O/C) presided. While the meeting was in progress ... from Bantry. It was decided to attack the train at Inchingeragh next morning. All officers present ...
... ' on cutting the Bantry-Drimoleague road at Colomane in. order to delay possible reinforcegients from Bantry. When I made contact with Column H.Q. at Lissane on the Morning of May 29th, 1921 (Sunday), I ... of Bantry Battalion, Cork 111 Brigade between May, 1920, and. the Truce were: ...
... activity in the area, felt that if the unit was attached to Bantry Battalion instead of to Skibbereen, more progress would be made. Ted Sullivan, who was O/C Bantry Battalion, was approached by Tim Daly ...
... Keane (O/C Inchingeragh Coy.), Sonny Sullivan (Bantry Coy.), Torn Collins (Inchingeragh Coy ... . Within a short time of our departure from Drimoleague strong parties of military from Bantry ...
... ), Bantry Battalion (5th), Cork 111 Brigade. Strength of company - about 65. Signed: Daniel O'Driscoll ...
... and side-car on the night of February 4th, 1921. A Battalion Council meeting of Bantry Battalion was held ...
... /C), Sean Lehane (O/C Schull Battalion), Tom Ward (O/C Bantry Battalion), and Tim Allen, who drove ...
WS Ref #: 1477 , Witness: Thomas Reidy, Member IV, Cork, 1914 - 1917; Intelligence Officer, Cork 5 Brigade, 1921
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1477. Witness Thomas Reidy, Newtown, Bantry, Co. Cork. Identity. Battalion I.0., Bantry Battalion, Cork III Brigade, I.R.A. Brigade I.0., Cork V Brigade, I.R.A. Subject. Activities of Cork V. Brigade, I.R.A ...
... 5. Bantry area under Major Florence O'Donoghue who was in charge of Intelligence work in Cork area. During this period we were engaged on tracing the activities of several British agents operating in the area. Signed: Thomas Reidy Date: 1st August 1956 Witness: P O'Donnell ...
... STATEMENT BY THOMAS REIDY, Newtown, Bantry, County Cork. I have already furnished a statement covering my activities up to the Truce on July 11th., 1921. Following the Truce, Cork III. Brigade was divided into two Brigades. The Western battalions Bantry, Castletownbere, Schull, Skibbereen ...
... landed in Bantry on or about 15th August, 1922, several attacks were made on the town by our forces ...
... this post was taken at a meeting of the joint staffs of Cork III. and Cork V. Brigades. A strong column ...
WS Ref #: 568 , Witness: Eilis Ui Chonnaill, nee Ryan; Member Executive Cumann na mBan
... the Post Office Sorting Office at the Rotunda Rink and took possession of the correspondence for Dublin ... list". On my way to the office that morning I was met by a Post Office official from the Rink ... which had been sent out from my office and they wished to discuss same with me. I expressed surprise ...
... 42. through kind friends and the Post Office, quite a lot of sovereigns and halt-sovereigns which ... bad been closely associated with the Intelligence Section of the Post Office, both of letter ... and forwarded them to the proper quarters. The working of the Arbitration Boards. Work at the office ...
... Street one morning I ran into the Misses Heffernan on their way to the Post Office where they were ... of their office. As they were aware of my circumstances they invited me to stay in their home at Halliday Square ...
... in this regard. Railway despatches and Post Office information were collected and distributed from here. I ... 50. and drafted most of his correspondence which was typed at the office. It was he who really organised the programme for the Belfast Boycott. The Restaurant at No. 40 Parkgate Street. Peg Flanagan ...
... in the Mansion House. I helped Mimi Plunkett to send out the literature for it by post and on the day ... , which office I retained to the end. Mrs. Clarke did not attend very regularly owing to imprisonnmnt ...
... behalf and secured accommodation with a Miss Walsh, another sympathetic Post Office official who ...
... and sometimes it was necessary to evacuate the office. In one of these raids there was a sentry actually posted outside our office and we were obliged to make a hasty exit through the back ... be coming towards the office. Resignation from Executive of Cumann na mBan. During our period as Dáil ...
... 21. important document which he had brought from the newspaper office where he had worked through the night. He asked me to bring it direct to Mick Collins at the National Aid Office in Exchequer ... delivering these letters to Brennan and Walsh's in Talbot Street, the New Ireland Office in Bachelor's ...
... our office was ever raided notwithstanding the fact that several ambushes took place in that street ... , who was Minister of Fisheries, was now sharing the office with us. His only staff at this time was his Secretary, Dick King, and I did his typing for him. He, too had to avoid the office for safety ...
... Madame he was debarred from attending the office. He got in touch with our Secretary, Dick Cotter ... term of office. Toe discussed plans for the expansion of the work which was to include insurance etc ... in 1916, was appointed. Like his predecessors he did not attend at the office and sent most of his work ...
... and perhaps at the office of the Prisoners' Depenlants' in Westmoreland Street. Cumann na mBan ... office I think he was Quartermaster over the Republican outfitters in Talbot Street and I was one of the few privileged people who had access to his office. Incidentally, he was a member of the firm ...
... after arrested and imprisoned in Cork gaol. Some time after her release she set up an office ... was the official office of Thomas Johnston of the Labour organisation. Madame was our Cumann na mBan ...
... 39. leaders required, but a new arrangement was made for Joe O'Reilly to call for all messages to my office instead of the usual call offices. Our branch of Cumann na mBan met as usual and more ... on door and the necessary office furniture. Madame had not visited her Department and we were ...
... to obey an order to band over the barracks to the military. One morning our Minister entered the office ... proceeded to explain who he was and his mission to the office Our new colleague, Jerry, was Jerea4ah Mee ...
... was next door to the office and we could always get a meal there even in 'off' hours. The Molloys ... , 1920, my Cumann na mBan activities and my work in the office became so heavy that I found ...
... a warning to Piaras Biaslais who had an office over her shop. Máire mentioned that Piaras, who ... office. We had many such miraculous escapes' due mainly to the fact that the Auxies and Black & Tans did ...
... . The morning after his death when I went into the office, Dick Cotter said he wanted me to go ... and sat with by the fire while I waited for my train. We saw the funeral pass our a office next day ...
... resourcefulness. I recalled on one or arrow her entraining at Kingsbridge in post for Tipperary ...
... 4. He was a Mr. Sullivan who had recently returned from America and was interested in establishing a film industry here at 16 Henry Street. Incidentally, the office and equipment were destroyed by fire during the Rising and Mr. Sullivan was arrested after the Rising and detained for some time, his ...
... at the office in Westmoreland Street, as did many other Cumann na mBan girls. We despatched ...
... both in McGuinness's house and at the election office and feverishly awaited the result. On the eve ...
... to be photographed with the Lord Mayor. In the Exchequer Street office the travelling expenses and comforts ...
... 38. preiaiises which were either owned or rented by Harry Clarke, the stained-glass wind artist. The rooms were minus furniture or office equipment of any kind. He said our first duties were to put our house in order and suggested he should spend the rest of the day in the auction rooms down ...
... to the work of our office). Munster Members: Miss Kate Breen, Miss Madge Daly and Miss Mary McSwiney ...
WS Ref #: 1333 , Witness: Edward Lynch, Captain IRA, Clare, 1921
... STATEMENT OF EDWARD LYNCH 26 Bantry Road, Dublin. (formerly Captain G/Company (Miltown-Malbay) 4th Battalion, Mid Clare Brigade) I was just over 15 years of age when I left my home in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, to take up a clerical post in the offices of the London Co. Council. Two elder brothers ...
... ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1,333 Witness Edward Lynch 26 Bantry Road Dublin. Identity. Captain 'G' (Milltown Malbay) Goy. 4th Batt'n. Mid Clare Brigade. Subject. (a) Irish national London, (b) Militown Malbay Company, 4th Mid Clare ...
... soldiers occupied the Temperance Hall in Miltown Malbay, a post which they held until the British ... . post. Mckenna was a cousin of O'Neill's. He belonged to the New Zealand army and had come to Clare ...
... 6. all over Clare. The usual route to the graveyard was not taken and the coffins were borne past the RIC Barracks and the military post. Outside the latter building and guard turnec out ... the I.R.A. did the job. The post-mortem examination was performed by Doctors Hillary, Miltown Malbay ...
... offered no resistance. He asked my brother if there was any other way back to the military post ... post just before his pal and told a story that as himself and his companion were out for a walk ...
... came along from their post in the Temperance Hall, passed by the crowd and went on to the R.I.C ...
... 13. But we were not yet to see the end of McPherson. After escaping, he made his way back to the military post in Miltown. Within a day or two after his escape, he was guiding enemy forces through the houses in the Connolly area where he had been kept in custody. He was able to identify the houses ...
... 20. "Goodnight". 1 don't think I was ever so relieved. We returned to out post at the barrack wall and soon Sergeant Roche appeared again asking for the inside assistance of a second man. I went inside this time and Cooley; on Roche's instructions, went off to get the van driven up to the barrack ...
... 22. it was a habit of mine to buy papers for strangers. I replied that I had met the man by chance at the booking office where I remarked that I wanted a paper and that he then asked me to get on for him also. It was lucky for me that my inquisitor did not ask me to show him my ticket. I had ...
WS Ref #: 1567 , Witness: James McCarthy, Lieutenant IRA, Cork, 1921
... became the 6th Battalion, Cork Ill Brigade. The other battalions in this brigade were Bandon, Bantry ... withdrawn from the post at Eyries. Fairs and markets were be-opened. The R.I.C. now established a second ...
... of evacuated enemy posts was received at Easter, 1920, the R.I.C. post at Eyries was blown up by the members of the local company. The evacuated post at Allihies was buried and tile Customs hut at Castletownbere was similarly dealt with. A few nights after the destruction of Eyries evacuated post ...
... R.I.C. post. As far as I can recollect, Liam O'Dwyer and Mick Crowley were in jail on the date ...
... the post by surprise. Several meetings between the officers of Eyries, Inches Kilcatherine, Ballycrovane ...
WS Ref #: 1576 , Witness: Peg Duggan, Officer Cumann na mBan, Cork 1921
... 2. an officer outside the governing body mentioned. I was appointed to this post as captain of the Cork Cumann. We held regular weekly meetings in "An Dún", "An Grianain" Queen St., Cork ... funds. I remember we organised an excursion to Bantry on one occasion (prior to 1916) by way ...
... 5. Mary McSwiney, Nora O'Brien and Mrs. Sean Hegarty (Madeline O'Leary) were removed from office and the following officers elected to take their places: President: Maria Murphy, Madge O'Leary, Henrietta O'Flynn, Lena Murphy and myself. Following this difference of opinion, Mary McSwiney went ...
WS Ref #: 1585 , Witness: Timothy Dineen, Captain IRA, Cork, 1921
... of a group of Tans on their way from Bantry to Macroom that day if he saw any armed men hereabouts ... was in charge of a lookout post on Rahoona Rock where we had a large telescope fixed and trained ...
WS Ref #: 1108 , Witness: Jeremiah J (Diarmuid) O'Leary, Director of Elections, Sinn Fein, Pembroke, 1918
... brought the amniunition back to the Post Office and found that a barricade had been thrown across ... to facilitate us. We deposited the ammunition in the General Post Office, and somebody came along with a number ... the contents. I went into the General Post Office which, at that time, was apparently a quite easy thing ...
... was very tired, I felt the need of some rest. The General Post Office building was in darkness ... and O'Keily, and we went down to the Post Office. We were glad to see that the tricolour was still flying ...
... the year 1908 I was brought into the I.R.B. by Dick Connolly, who was employed in the Post Office in London ... is a Office.) I was sworn into the I.R.B. by Richard Connolly. He was the Centre of our particular ...
... , was a sorter on the traveuing Post Office going regularly to Birmingham, and he took regular deliveries ...
... . Others who were in the Post Office and various Government services, like Sean McGrath and Collins ...
... gather into the Post Office. I felt, at this stage, that I ought to take a more decisive part ...
... 12. 1916 Jan. 1. To 250 Tickets ceiiidh, etc. 5 postage 5 From W. TENPEST, DUNDALGAN PRESS, DUNOALK, October 8th., 1916. FIIAL NOTICE. Sir (or Madam,) If your Account amounting to £0. 5. 5., about which I have written you several times is not paid by return of post, I must hand it to my Solicitor ...
... brokers' office in the city and, as I was also working in a shipping office close by, we became ...
... (who was then employed in the Home Office and who was later Vice Chairman of the Kerry County ... to the Aliens' Records in the Home Office and had noted a report of the arrival of Brogan from the Continent ...
... 21. Early in 1918 my parents moved from London to Dublin, and we took a house in Sandymount. When John Redmond died about February, 1918, I was called into the SThn Fein office at 6 Harcourt Street ... buyers had a particular animus against him. One night a small party of the office staff were proceeding ...
... organising a new head office staff and my brother had been appointed cashier. As I had secured only ...