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WS Ref #: 1762 , Witness: J.V. Joyce, Officer IV and IRA, Dublin, 1914 - 1921
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... the identity of the individual concerned. THE ACTIVE SERVICE UNIT. In December, 1920, an Active Service Unit ... on active service work and, as they were taken from their normal employment, they were paid for their military services. The main purpose of this unit was to harass and ambush Crown Forces whenever ...
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... Company, I.V.; O/C, 'C' Company, 4th Battalion, I.R.A. Subject. The Squad, G.H.G., Intelligence & Active Service Unit, Active 1920-1921. Conditions, if any, Stipulated by Witness. Nil. File No S.271. Form ...
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... STATEMENT BY COLONEL J.V. JOYCE, Beggar's Bush Barracks, Dublin. The following information in regard to "The Squad", "G.H.Q. Intelligence Staff" and "The Active Service Unit" was compiled by me ... , the Squad may be defined as a Special Unit formed by the Director of Intelligence, Michael Collins ...
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... . Fitzgerald. 18. Jim Hughes. 19. Martin Hoare. 20. Jack Walshe. 21. Jerry Condon. 22. Joe Dolan. ACTIVE SERVICE UNIT. No. 1 Section. 1. D. O'Sullivan 2. C. Quinn. Deceased. 3. I. Flood. 1. Frank Flood. 4 ...
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... 4. ACTIVE SERVICE UNIT. No. 2 Section. 1. I. McGrath. 2. G. Gray. 3. J. Heery. 4. J. Gilhooly. 5. P. Evers. 6. J. Cahill. 7. J. Muldooney. 8. C. Fitzsimons. 9. Bob Purcell. 10. Joe Gillan. 11. P. Drury. 12. J. Caffrey. 13. Bill Gannon. No. 3 Section. 1. J. Gibbons. 2. G. White. 3. M. White. 14. J ...
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WS Ref #: 1024 , Witness: James Power, Commandant IRA, Waterford, 1921
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... , an Active Service Unit for men 'on the run' in East Waterford was formed and they made contact with the West Waterford Active Service Unit. All the rifles we had went to the Active Service Unit ... had so very little arms and ammunition left that it was not possible to carry out any active ...
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... , there were seven of us on full time active service operating mostly in the Dunhill area eight miles ...
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... . In the year 1919, we were active in preventing Jurors from attending British Courts. At that time ...
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WS Ref #: 525 , Witness: Michael J Stack, Member IV, Limerick, 1917 - 1920; ASU IRA, Dublin, 1921
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... Service with the 5th Battalion Engineers, Dublin Brigade 9 The Active Service Unit 11 ...
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... , 1917-1920; (b) The Active Service Unit, Dublin, 1920-1921. Conditions, if any, Stipulated by Witness ...
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... for the last five weeks sinOe I did not report to the Active Service Unit. I explained to him what had ... get me in touch with the O/C of the Dublin Active Service Unit. On meeting Padraig O'Connor, he introduced me to the O/C of the Active Service Unit, Paddy Daly, who posed me to No. 4 Section ...
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... orders for his section were given to him by the 0/C of the Active Service Unit. Prior to any engagement ... to point out to the Active Service Unit Tans and Auxiliaries whom they would identify. Six o'clock ... or Auxiliaries who might be in Grafton Street in or around that time. The whole unit were in Grafton ...
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... one evening if I would like to join the Active Service Unit as a full time member. To this I agreed ... Columns, which units were at that time very active, and that, if I did not succeed in this, I would ... simultaneously with my engineering course at the Inchicore Works. Service with the 5th Battalion Engineers: I ...
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... served with the Active Service Unit. There were, however, many more engagements but, due to ...
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... -4- service men for arms. In this mission we were pretty successful. Our raiding party consisted approximately of six, and there was naturally a great spirit of comradeship between us. Three of the party were very active and three more acting as Intelligence officers. To co-ordinate between the two ...
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... R.I.C. Limerick City: After this the activities of the Unit increased considerably. I organised a party ...
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... and into limerick. Procurement of Arms: One of our chief ambitions was to equip our unit with as much arms as we ...
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WS Ref #: 506 , Witness: Patrick Collins, Member ASU IRA, Dublin, 1920 -1921
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... Member of "A" Company, 4th Battalion, Dublin Brigade, 1918 Member of Active Service Unit December 1920 1921. Subject Activities of the Active Se rvice Unit Dublin City Area and. suburbs, December 1920 ...
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... these the Active Service Unit, as a whole, 1was continually active and took part in many other engagements ...
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... . I joined the Active Service Unit on the 26th December, 1920. The 0/C. of "A" Company (A.T. Walsh) approached me and told me that it was proposed to form an Active Service Unit which would be employed ... of. the Dublin Brigade. I agreed to join this unit straight away. I was mobilised for a meeting ...
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... that meeting Paddy Flanagan was appointed Captain of the Active Service Unit. The Unit was divided up ... that the Unit was being formed solely for the purpose of carrying out active operations against British ...
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... of the burning of the Custom House we assembled as per instructions at a unit dump in Strand Street. On arriving there I judged from the number present that the entire Active Service Unit had been ...
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WS Ref #: 698 , Witness: Thomas Sweeny Newell, Lieutenant IV, Galway, 1915 - 1916
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... the evenings with the Active Service Unit. After about three weeks I gave up the job in the Dublin Whiskey Distillery and went full time with the Active Service Unit. it was. arranged that I would meet another member of' the Active Service Unit. at 9.30 each morning, near McBirney's O'connell Bridge. Jim ...
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... would walk on the opposite path. and that the Active Service Unit Squad would come along behind. I ... halted for a few minutes. I few severa4 members of the Active Service Unit including Tom Ennis, Frank ...
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... an active part in the General Election in 1918. Members: of the Company canvassed the electors to vote ...
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WS Ref #: 340 , Witness: Oscar Traynor, Captain IV Dublin, 1913-16; Officer Commanding, Dublin Brigade, IRA, 1920-21
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... 33. CHAPTER V. 1920. APPOINTMENT AS VICE-BRIGADIER AND BRIGADIER FORMATION OF ACTIVE SERVICE UNIT ... of a Permanent Active, Service Unit which would be always available to go into action at very short notice ... to the establishment of an Active Service Unit, and it was agreed that only the beet Volunteers would ...
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... CONTENTS Pages 1 - 5. Chapter 1. 1914 - 1916. 6 - 25 II. Easter 1916 - The Rising. 26 - 29 III. 1917 - 1918. 30 - 32 IV 1919 - Raid for mails at Rotunda Rink. 33 - 39 V. 1920 - Appointment as Vice- Brigadier and Brigadier. Formation of Active Service Unit. Army Council. Execution of spies. 40 - 46 ...
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... as some men of the Active Service Unit. To the 1st Battalion was allotted the task of protecting ... that the actual destruction of the building would be entrusted to that unit. Commandant Tom Ennis ...
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... from one unit to another. In this way the fight was vigorously carried on. The Special Intelligence ... Service, First-aid Service, Armoury, Transport and Special Training. It was the duty of the Vice ... in an efficient. manner. The Signalling Service, while very little used, was a very competent body of men ...
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... of those carried out by the remaining members of the Active 3ervice Unit. As time went ...
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... 58. CHAPTER IX THE ESCAPE FROM KILMAINHAM PRISON, FEBRUARY, 1921. Frank Peeling, a grand fighting volunteer and one of the most active in the 2nd Battalion was badly wounded in the course ... . and abetted by two Irishmen in the service of the 3ritish Army. The simple manner in which one of the most ...
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... 29. mainly responsible for the articles on Engineering. I know that Piaras Beaslai had. a more active interest in the paper than any of the others; he probably was Editor. He was also Director of Publicity on the Army Council. ...
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... this position from before 1916. This service was responsible for the repair of springs generally ... . The Transport Service was designed for the purpose of taking warlike equipment from one particular area to another. It was the duty of the men of this service to have always at their disposal some form ...
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... 34. and the men for this unit were brought together for the first time in a hall in Oriel Street ... be called upon to perform from time to time. he position having been made clear, the unit came into being ... , and, except when the unit would be working as a whole, it was decided that each unit would carry out its ...
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... unit of the Brigade organisation was a force of men who were known as the Republican Police. This unit ... . Later on in the war they also gave valuable aid to another special unit which had been formed to deal ...
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... heart of the British Civil service machine in this country. It was finally decided that I ... of the General Headquarters Intelligence service, Two weeks were spent on the investigation and examination of the ...
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... as to, firstly, the veracity of the order, and secondly, our right to demobilise if any unit ...
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... 10. I returned to my home, left in the coat and leggings and reported immediately to Fairview, where I met the volunteers marching along Ballybough Road. I was then informed that the Company was in action and that they were going to the aid of a unit that was situated in some building at Summerhill ...
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... the command of this unit?" I said: "It is, Sir, but I want to be assured that if I am in command I ...
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... 42. The Council met at least once a week, when each Battalion Commandant gave a detailed report of the activities of his unit Intelligence reports were also discussed at these meetings. Battalion Officers who had special schemes or plans in regard to attacks on the enemy would discuss these matters ...
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... attempt was made. A picked unit of the Fourth Battalion was given charge of the operation. Entrance ...
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... , in his anxiety to get into action, reported to the first-unit he met, which happened to be Poole's ...
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... generally also became very active about this time. Dick McKee was elected O.C. of Company, the former ...
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... the execution of these spies, the enemy authorities became very active, and during that day various ...
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... Service it was discovered that a number of English Military Intelligence Officers had been introduced ...
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... treatment to the wound, having earlier on in my Volunteer career done a course in that service, When ...
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WS Ref #: 613 , Witness: James Carrigan, Member ASU, IRA, Dublin, 1921
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... -9- Active Service Unit: Late in December, 1920, my Company Officer, Seán Prendergast, informed me that I had been selected for duty with the Active Service Unit which was due to be formed and that I ... revolver and 12 rounds of ammunition. The Active Service Unit Headquarters was situated in a small shop ...
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... CONTENTS. page 1. Fianna Éireann 1 2. 1916 Rising 2 3. Volunteer Units re-organised 6 4. Conscription Crisis 6 5. Brigade Transport 6 6. Raid for arms Kings Inns 8 7. Company Patrols 8 8. Active Service Unit 9 9. A.S.U. attack General Tudor's car 9 10. A.S.U. attack Auxiliaries Bachelors Walk 10 11 ...
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... it sailed and collected our guns. I continued on as a member of the Active Service Unit until the State ...
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... Police Dispatch Rider: It was known to the Active Service Unit that a police despatch rider by the name ...
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... of the Custom House As is well known the Active Service Unit in conjunction with the Squad and units ...
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WS Ref #: 1360 , Witness: James Delaney, Officer IRA, Kilkenny, 1921
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... to be posted to an active service unit. However, the rearrest of Tom Treacy and the arrest of Peter de ... service unit and there was no section from Kilkenny City serving with either of the two brigade active ... service unit in South Kilkenny and that I was to proceed to Graiguenamanagh. He arranged an appointment ...
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... with me was a Webley Service revolver and I fasted it between the back buttons of my trousers ...
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WS Ref #: 1345 , Witness: Maire Fitzpatrick, Officer Cumann na mBan, Wexford, 1921
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... -6- And the end of the week, an active service unit was formed, consisting of twelve girls who were ... in Newtownbarry. As all members helping the active service unit in North Wexford had service during ... to Headquarters, 3rd Eastern. The unit carried all important despatches, sometimes cycling twenty ...
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... -7- helping the Active Service Unit. They also knitted and washed for the column. After the Cease Fire in 1923, members were active, helping prisoners, their dependants and collecting for them. The Cumann na mBan in North Wexford, from 1920 to 1923, had a hard and difficult task. They had to put up ...
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... in Enniscorthy. They were divided into two lots, one lot doing the cooking for the men on active service ...
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... on the outskirts of the town. About ten girls were sent to Ferns with the Volunteer unit, and there joined ...
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... certificates. From November, 1915, to April, 1916, there were twenty active members. On Easter Sunday ...
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WS Ref #: 822 , Witness: William James Stapleton, Member IV, Dublin, 1913 - 1919; Lieutenant IRA, Dublin, 1921; Member 'The Squad', 1921
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... 86. Amalgamation of Squad and Active Service Unit: As a result of the casualties suffered ... to more than half so that there were only approximately five active members left. G.H.Q. then decided to amalgamate the Squad and A.S.U. into one whole-time Active Service Unit. And this unit, operating ...
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... 33. a unit in various parts of the city, especially at 100, Seville Place. We had our own arms dump off North Great Charles St. near Mount joy Square where were also kept one or two cars known ... was the elimination of enemy agents and spies it was, nevertheless, very active in general raids, arrests ...
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... received from the Belfast boycott unit and practically told them to do their damnedest ... Intelligence Service who resided in private houses and hotels throughout the city. ...
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... 87. Battalion Companies may have been added to increase the strength. The unit operated in two ... believe, Joe Leonard. First Unit of the Irish Army: The Squad and A.S.U. unit was held together after ... of Paddy Daly, and the senior officers of the unit, arrangements were immediately made to set up ...
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... 2. Page 27. The Igoe Gang 68 28. Raid on Trinity College 74 29. Ambush at Whitehall 75 30. Burning of Custom House 77 31. Attack on troop train at Drumcondra 80 32. Auxiliary Cadets shot in Grafton St. 82 33. Amalgamation of Squad and A.S.U. 86 34. First Unit of the Irish Army 87 ...
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... , a special whole time unit was formed to sabotage all goods manufactured in or emanating from Belfast. This unit was composed of men drawn from the various Battalions of the Dublin Brigade. On a number ... was taking place all over the city in connection with the Belfast boycott but the whole-time unit ...
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... of the unit, principally the Squad members, were eventually selected to act as staff liaison officers ... evacuated by the British. But all members of the unit reported to Celbridge to assist Captain Daly in forming the Dublin Guards. The formation and equipping of the unit took place in part of a convent ...
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... . We were agreeably surprised to find how quickly and apparently enjoyably the members of the unit took to camp life when it was run according to military discipline. We divided the unit into two ...
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... on these raids. Conscription Crisis: While the Compulsory Military Service Act for Ireland was being discussed ...
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... 32. that my membership would now bring the Squad up to a total of twelve. I understood at that time, and confirmed it at a later date, that the senior members of the Squad were - Paddy Daly in charge, Tom Keogh and Jim Slattery. While the Squad of twelve, I was informed, would operate as a unit ...
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... 69. expected would be better able to recognise the active Volunteers in Dublin and in particular our squad. At this time the activities of the Squad and their reputation had become very great in the city and while Igoe's Murder Gang, as it came to be called, was probably organised for general duty ...
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