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WS Ref #: 1130 , Witness: Edmond Power, Officer IRA, Waterford, 1921
... 15. of the column) and a small party of men from the column attacked a British military post stationed in the residence of Charlew Nugent Humble, about six miles east of Kilmacthomas on the main Dungarvan-Kilmacthomas road. The latter attack was intended to contain the military in Nugent Humble's ...
WS Ref #: 1137 , Witness: Patrick Connaughton, Captain IRA, Galway, 1921
... and the meeting discussed plans for the attack of this post. I remember that 'The Hare' had contacted ...
WS Ref #: 1141 , Witness: Richard Glavin, Lieutenant IRA, Kerry, 1921
... 5. scout for the attacking party, observed two figures emerge from the pub. I had to follow them for a short distance to make sure they were Tans. Having satisfied myself they they were, I returned to my post and informed Paddy Sheehan, company captain of Ardfert, who was in charge, and a man named ...
WS Ref #: 1162 , Witness: Michael Kilroy, OC 4 Western Division IRA, 1921
... hundred yards, straight south-east of the barracks to the post occupied by our men. There was only one ...
... valuable service from that post. The fact of the enemy seeing, him go there was, in itself, a great ...
WS Ref #: 1167 , Witness: Michael O'Leary, Commandant Fianna Eireann, Kerry, 1921
... , to furnish full partlculars as to the number of enemy personnel at the post, their habits arid other details ...
... is only half a mile away, and that I held the post for the past three months and that O'Connor ...
... thought it strange that McKinnon should be receiving a copy of the 'Independent' by post, so he retained ...
... at the nut, received information that a party of military located at a post in Glenteigh travelled once ...
... in a solc1tor's office in Tralee. I rernaned there until 1919, when I went to work for P.J. Cahill ...
... on the stationmaster, told him what was going to take place and asked him to open up the office where a phone ...
WS Ref #: 1170 , Witness: Edmond J Walsh, Commandant, IRA Kerry, 1921
... 5. 0/C of the Lixnaw Battalion was Steve Grady. He ceased to be active and was relieved of his post after a short while. Tom Kennelly, who had been Battalion 0/C of Listowel before the battalion was divided, was appointed Battalion Commandant in place of Steve Grady. Bob McElligott then became ...
WS Ref #: 1188 , Witness: Michael J Mansfield, Officer IV and IRA, Waterford, 1914 - 1924;
... we intensified our raids on postmen, post offices and mail trains with a view to capturing ...
... one rifle as a token of surrender. In return, I was promised the post held by Major General Prout ...
... office t Waterford then. He saw me, came and took my bag (which carried revolvers and ammunition) from me ...
WS Ref #: 1193 , Witness: Bridget Doherty, Officer Cumann na mBan, Leitrim, 1921
... were sent by post and the contents were purchased from our funds. So in all we had quite a busy time ...
WS Ref #: 1194 , Witness: Bernard Sweeney, Member IV, Leitrim, 1917-19; Officer, IRA Leitrim, 1921
... the enemy Forces themselves and the Post Offices were of no value to us as they were all manned by people ...
WS Ref #: 1196 , Witness: Timothy (Tadhg) Looney, Commandant IRA, Cork, 1921
... then tendered my resignation from the post of Battalion Vice 0/C. and returned to the ranks of the Burnfort ...