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WS Ref #: 1327 , Witness: Patrick ("Kit") O'Donnell, Divisional Officer IRA, Donegal, 1921
... . We captured no arms. in January, 1921, the Tans had a post in Glenties and we received warning ...
WS Ref #: 1330 , Witness: John D Costello, Director of Organisation, Sinn Fein, North Galway, 1913 - 1921
... the R.I.C. We first discovered that a few of the I.R.B. of the area were being watched, from a post ...
WS Ref #: 1331 , Witness: John Fahy, Commandant IRA, Galway, 1921
... was wounded there. The principal enemy post in my battalion area was Gort, with 60 or 70 troopers ...
... , Thomas Fahy, was Clerk of the Court. This was an honorary post in the s ense that it carried ...
WS Ref #: 1335 , Witness: James Leahy, Commandant IRA, Kilkenny, 1923
... . barracks or the military post. The strength of the British forces in Callan at the time was twelve ...
... with sledge hammers and hatchets and left only the walls standing. The Income Tax office in Callan was also ...
WS Ref #: 1337 , Witness: David Daly, Commandant IRA, Westmeath, 1921
... who relinquished that post. Seamus Martin was my Vice Commandant and George Manning my Adjutant ...
... this post in February 1920. The rifles which the Brigade Headquarters held were brought to Drumreany ...
... were serving in that force and who were drawing big monies from the British War Office. Their only ...
WS Ref #: 1338 , Witness: Michael Desmond, Officer IRA, Waterford, 1921
... wounded, but I cannot state this with any certainty. Although this attack may not, on the face of it, appear to have accomplished much, it did, in fact, compel the garrison to evacuate the barracks shortly afterwards, thus removing an enemy post from the region of the Nire Valley and making ...
WS Ref #: 1350 , Witness: Jerome Davin, Commandant IRA, Tipperary, 1921
... . As it was the nearest enemy post to Rosegreen we were particularly keen to get rid of it. Again ...
... 15. activity in their area and he also had a contact in the post offiee in Fethard from whom he received duplicate copies of an telegrams going to or from the military or police there. These messages were always in code, but this presented no difficulty as Delahunty had the key to the code ...
... principally as an office by the Brigade Staff. Sleeping accommodation as provided in it by folding beds ...
WS Ref #: 1353 , Witness: Denis O'Brien, Lieutenant IRA, Ballinhassig, Cork, 1921
... to a post at the western end of the selected ambush position. We took up our position behind the roadside ...
WS Ref #: 1362 , Witness: William Roche, Commandant IRA, Cork, 1921
... this post only for a matter of weeks when he returned to his own area to take charge of Castletownroche ...
... 8. (b) Three riflemen to cover the military barracks - Patk. J. Luddy, Tom Roche, Jerome Hurley. These men were on high ground approximately 450 yards from the enemy post. They were accompanied by a scout or runner (Brian Roche). (c) The main attacking party of six riflemen - Wm. Gailahue, Jim ...
... 9. Fountain was not fixed for any particular hour, no definite plans to cut enemy lines of communication could be embarked upon. As a result, the enemy forces at the military barracks and R.I.C. post were able to communicate with Kilworth military camp - about three miles distant - during ...
WS Ref #: 1363 , Witness: Sean E Walshe, Commandant, IRA Tipperary, 1921
... was covered with barbed wire, was secured to its post by an unusual type of fastener and the knack ...