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WS Ref #: 795 , Witness: William Myles, Commandant IRA, Tipperary, 1921
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... . We were in Seán Hogan's Column up to the time Active Service Units were formed shortly before ... , the idea being to have a fighting unit similar to the columns in each Battalion area. During our time with Hogan's Column There was very little active engagement with the enemy. At various times plans were ...
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... survived to see service in 1920 and 1921. Following the Redinondite split, the numbr of Volunteers ...
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... a man who gave great service to the Volunteers and who was himself a Volunteer was a postal official ...
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WS Ref #: 1612 , Witness: Peter McDonnell, Officer IRA, Connemara, 1920
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... of touch with the movements of the young men. One active member of our Unit, William King; had been sent ... 67. local Companies into custody that day, they captured none that the police could say were active ... to be personally active, they thought he might have some information to give. They proceeded to question ...
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... for Freedom. Members of W/CornnemaraBde. Active Service Unit, 1921. P. J. McDonnell, (myse1f), Newcastle ...
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... a full report of the organisation, staffs, strength, and the possibility of Active Service. I satisfied them on all points, but said that the speed with which we went on active service was up to them ...
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... consideration, as I put in a plea for some to enable us to put a Column on active service. ... -15- I first of all suggested Colm O'Gaora, who was my Vice O/C,& who had been an active Volunteer from the very first. He probably had the first Coy of Volunteers in Co. Galway, as Padraic Pearse ...
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... a reasonably sized Unit and still be capable of easy administration. Taking the area ... an all out drive for funds to procure sufficient arms to get an active Column in the field ...
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... 27. permanent active service. After a check up of the arms in our possession it was seen that the most we could hope to arm would be about twenty men and most of those would have only shotguns. The roads in Connemara are like the country, 'bare and bleak' with no sheltering walls where shotguns ...
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... potential members of the Flying Column to report for active service. I personally selected the men ...
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... of sleeping in a bed for the first time since we started out on Active Service. We rested there until ...
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... 0/C coming on Active Service as he was motor driver at the Hotel and could pick up first hand ...
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... on active service. They had covered the Maam Valley road several times but saw no activity on it. As we had ...
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... . It seemed to be somewhere between us and Newport and we realised that some of the West Mayo Unit ... to be members of the Mayo unit. They told us there was an ambush at Kilmeena and that they were ... of the unit who had been operating in the Westport area the previous night. They had also been heading ...
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... decided at G.H.Q. that for administrative purposes the County as a Unit was too unwieldy ...
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... existence as a fighting Unit. During this time' we carried on training and rifle practice. In one ...
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... not know when it was to take place. He was arranging for patrols of his unit t9 go into Westport ...
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... -17- The following were appointed on the Bde. Staff also on that date, J. Connolly; Bde. Vice 0/C, M. Conneely; Bde. Adjt., J. Feehan; Rae. Q.M. J. Connolly was an ex- B.A. Sergt. who had been a former Volunteer and followed Redmond's advice, Hs was a very active Volunteer since his return. As he ...
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... that- I had bought a light one useful for service and then plenty of Drown paper and twine. It finished ...
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... with my first Service rifles to come to Leenane. When the Ede. Q.M. saw what I had brought, he ...
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... . and myself1 not a man of the Column had fired a shot out of a service rifle. We had breakfast shortly after ...
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WS Ref #: 803 , Witness: Michael Sheerin, Officer IV and IRA, Derry, Tyrone and Donegal, 1914 - 1921
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... from the then of this section to form a sort of active service unit. This was named "The T.F.P. Squad ... organisations seemed to cause resentment. A large percentage of the unit were of the working class ...
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... our own unit area. At the period this was the area east of the Foyle, bounded on the north ... all the unit lived on the west side of the Foyle and this entailed crossing Carlisle Bridge when ... , or as usually happened hanging around in the woods east of the Limavady Road until the River Ferry Service ...
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... from Dublin. STRENGTH: The average strength of the unit as around 60 (See Appendix I) during ... without any interference We did quite a number of night exercises. Some of the Unit were picked up ... in the unit. The most popular weapon was the German Parabellum. These were hard to come by. They were ...
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... 3. At this time through leakage of information, men were getting arrested and this designation of the active men in the Company was selected for the purpose of eliminating possible weak characters and confusing the British authorities. This also had a bearing on the designation of the parent unit ...
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... . The 2nd Donegal Brigade seemed to have suffered little and was active. I came across three members ... . Although they were all in the Derry unit I did not know them well personally. ...
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... 9. at the inquest was "found Drowned". I believe this man met his death on active service. He was probably prevented by his duties in the Post Office from being at the place of appointment within a reasonble time and he apparently went to remove a consignment of the grenades by himself, as had ...
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... LEGEND 2nd DAY AREA OF NO RESISTANCE PROVISIONAL LINES OF WITHDRAWEL LAST DAY INFANTRY ARMOUR R.I.C. POSTS UNIT H.Q. ST.COLUMBS COLLEGE O PRENTICE BOYS ...
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... APPENDIX 2. Maps included with signed copy of statement: (a) North West Sector - General (b) Berry June 1920. (c) Derry Unit withdraws (d) 3rd Donegal Brigade May 1921 (e) 3rd Donegal Brigade June 1921. (f) 3rd Donegal Brigade 11th July 1921. ...
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... as our neighbours. We co-operated on many questions and it was a unit I admired. We had plenty of opportunities of getting together as most of this unit were engaged in making their living in much the same way as ourselves. Most of the Derry unit had occasion to visit the Clyde especially during the late ...
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... . Appendix 1. Roll of Derry Unit (incomplete). 2. Maps (a) North West Sector General (b) Derry June, l920 (c) Derry Unit withdraws (d) 3rd Donegal. Brigade May, 1921 (e) 3rd Donegal Brigade June, 1921 (f ...
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... and some killed. We decided to exploit the situation and mobilise the unit. It was assembled that evening in the Shamrock Hall, the usual place of parade for the unit. A general scare spread in the city ... . The unit paraded, armed, and we proceeded to occupy St. Columb's College. On our arrival ...
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... with the Liverpool unit. They seemed to be all Dubliners or of Dublin extraction. There was a big area around ...
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... Battalion. Parades were held in the Patrick Subway Hall. The personalities I recall of this unit were a man ... and we discussed the situation and decided to re-form the unit in a more stabilised form. We got ...
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... not much good. They were mostly of small calibre. Most of the unit made their living as employees pf ... Gallagher, a Sinn Feiner, was a supervisor. Sam Stewart, a member of the unit, was engineering foreman ...
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... to take the unit parade. It was held in the Shamrock Hall at 12 o'clock. I picked up Alfred McCallion on the way. When we entered the hall the unit seemed to be all there assembling rifles and fiddling ...
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... Appendix I. Roll of Derry Unit. Alfie McCallan, Pennyburn. Dan McGandy, Waterside. Missing, reported captured. Found drowned. Lorcan McGrath, Dublin. Subsequently wounded. Eddie Dean, Rosville Street. Sean Haughey, Teelan. Jim Cunningham, Teelan. W. Moyne, Magazine Street. John Grant, Inishowen ...
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... they were absorbed in the meal I told them we were I.R.A. of the local unit and we wanted ... and heard no more about it. During the training period I remember having occasion to pick up one of the unit ...
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... disbanded the Column and I have seen less than five of it and the Deny City Unit since. The event ...
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... post and often did police patrols on the sane beat. They ignored us and we ignored them. The unit had ...
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... . INTELLIGENCE: There was always some of the unit employed on this work. We had to watch a big military ...
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... recollect Phil Doherty being around after, this affair. One member of the unit, T. Murphy who, as I ...
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... covering sanction from G.H.Q. I remember when I committed the unit to the major operation of June 1920 I ...
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... 28. had indicated they wished to surrender. However, a Head Constable named Duffy, who had been a Sergeant-Major in the Irish Guards during the war, solved the problem for us. This man could always be recognised. He had his breast covered with Battle and Service medals that made a great display ...
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... attractions. (7) The small active element in the Volunteers was continually clamouring for action ...
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WS Ref #: 885 , Witness: Sean Kennedy, Lieutenant IV, Dublin, 1916; IRA, 1921
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... , and in this capacity I assisted the other officers in getting the unit ready for active service ... and classes and giving instruction to other members of the unit. Out meeting place was usually the Tan ...
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... I think was Mark Wilson and who had fought with my unit in the Four Courts during Easter Week. He ...
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... ". Company. Captain Fahy resigned his Captaincy of the Company at our first full meeting of the unit ...
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... 6. which he accompanied on the prison organ. Each Sunday we sang aFaith of Our Fathers" and "Hail, Glorious St. Patrick" with gusto, and the service always concluded with the playing of the "Soldiers' Song" but we did not sing the accompanying verses. The local residents of Knutsford apparently ...
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WS Ref #: 976 , Witness: Seamus Connelly, OC 5 Clare Brigade IRA, 1921
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... . In December, 1919, I left my own area to join the East Clare Active Service Unit. I stayed mostly around the villages of Quin and Cratloe in East Clare. Mick Brennan, the O/C. of the Unit, was also ...
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... to drill and train the unit. These men were Michael O'Connor, a Sergeant- Major, John Doyle and Andrew ... seven rifles which enabled us to get musketry instruction. Good progress was made by the unit ... Redmond and the Irish Volunteer executive, almost the entire unit in Ennistymon followed Redmond. I ...
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... and by the end of March, 1916, every mentor of the Unit was a competent marksman with either the rifle ...
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... or August, 1917. All the Companies in my Battalion were active in this respect. Right through Ireland ...
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... well attended and men were beginning to itch for more active work. Soon, however, an event occurred ...
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... 9. in my opinion, destroyed a lot of this good spirit and had an effect throughout the area which afterwards prevented it from playing a much more active part in the subsequent fighting against the British. On 26th February, 1919, the Manager, Munster & Leinster Bank in Ennistymon was proceeding ...
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... with him after leaving him in Rynne's house but after a month or so he was about and as active as ever ...
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WS Ref #: 977 , Witness: Patrick Kerin, Captain IRA, Clare, 1921
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... to fall out due to physical exhaustion. A month or two afterwards I went into the Battalion Active Service Unit. Under Seamus Hennessy the unit occupied positions in Monanana to attack Tans and military ...
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... with O'Neill never again took an active part in the fight. I was in the Inagh district with the Battalion A.S.U. when I heard news of the Truce. The unit broke up and we all returned to our homes. Nearly ...
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... of practically every family in the district. Though the older generation did not generaily take an active ...
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... for a while in farmers' houses. At one such Court held in May, two Volunteers, both fairly active, Gus ...
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... of the previous night. About the commencement of 1920 I was given a service rifle to look after and had ...
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WS Ref #: 1021 , Witness: Amos Reidy, Member Fianna Eireann, IV and IRA, Limerick, 1917 - 1921
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... 8. By the end of August 1920 a very large number of men in the brigade area were on the run when the Brigade 0/C formed an active service unit. In all 15 men were taken into the unit, which later became known as the Flying Column. I become one of the column and was issued with a carbine rifle ...
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... in the year 1917. I remained a member of the unit until about August of that year. In this year I ...
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... the R.I.C. became very active. We could not appear in public on parades as before, but we continued ...
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... of the West Limerick Column and became a unit once again. The North Cork Column were there the same night ...
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... volunteered for service in East Limerick were as follows: Michael Colbert, Athea, 2nd Battalion Jim Colbert ...
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WS Ref #: 1146 , Witness: Eugene Kilkenny, Captain IRA, Leitrim, 1921; Member South Leitrim ASU, 1921
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... went from Company to Brigade rank. I never held Battalion rank. An Active Service Unit, or Column ... of men who were on the run. I was not a member of the Unit until I was appointed Brigade Adjutant ...
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... the warfare against the enemy, and exhortations to keep the ordinary Volunteers going and active ...
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... be surprised. All the Column were armed with service rifles and different types of revolvers. I don't ...
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WS Ref #: 1178 , Witness: Andrew Keaveney, Member IRB, IV and IRA, Roscommon, 1917 -1921
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... Castlerea and Boyle also took part in those activities. Sometime about the end of 1920 an active service unit, or flying column, as they were better known, was started in the battalion area. There were about 10 or 12 men in this unit including four from Loughglinn and two from Ballingar. I think ...
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... whenever called upon. On the face of it, it looked as if enemy agents were active and that the men were ... capture for that whole day was myself. In the round-up they had captured several very active Volunteers ...
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... and to get all our old members active and interested again. As well as taking the SUREPSU OFMILITARY ...
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... whatsoever in the area. We got no rifles or service weapons, only shotguns and cartridges and a few pairs ...
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WS Ref #: 1187 , Witness: Patrick Butler, Captain IRA, Cork, 1921
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... other ex members of the Column to form the 8th Battalion Active Service Unit. Before we parted at Kilcash, Dinny Lacy asked me to take charge of this unit, but I said I would prefer if he appointed Pierce ...
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... who, like ourselves, had volunteered earlier for active service, were taken on in the Column. While ...
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... columns or active service units in their own battalion areas. Before the break-up took place ...
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... and served in it for about four years. After my service with the British Army I returned to my home ...
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... volunteered for full-time service the previous October, were then taken on the Column. Others who ...
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