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  • WS Ref #: 1655 , Witness: James Prendergast, Officer IV and IRA, West Waterford Brigade, 1917 - 1922

    • ... to stage the hold-up at this point. Battalion Vice-Commandant Willie Doyle of Piltown, Mick Mansfield ...

    • ... traffic, which impeded the work. At about 11 o'clock, Vice-Commandant Willie Doyle, who was some ...

  • WS Ref #: 1656 , Witness: Daniel Healy, OC ASU Cork, 1921 -1922

    • ... Christy McSweeney, Tommy Bennehy), Hick Lynch, Stanhen McSweeney, Jerry Dennehy, Willie Deasy and myself. Wewere all armed with revolvers. Whenwe arrived on the scene the raid was over and the police were making their way towards Blarney. We tried to intercept them hut their had tot too much ...

    • ... , Willie Deasy, Billy Lynch and myself. A Volunteer named Jerry Mahoney acted as guile for us ...

  • WS Ref #: 1668 , Witness: Thomas Hevey, Adjutant IRA, Mayo, 1919 - 1921

    • ... of Independence - a copy of which was given to me by Father Willie Doyle, a brother of P.S. Doyle, T.D ...

    • ... train but got nothing. About now Joe Walsh and Willie Malone, both of whom had been working ...

    • ... started the song. Some of us grumbled a bit at the idea and I remember "Rick" Joyce (Willie Joyce ...

  • WS Ref #: 1670 , Witness: Seamus Kavanagh, Captain IRA, Dublin, 1921

    • ... , and Willie), Percy and Frank Reynolds, the Countess Markievicz, Mícheál Lonergan (whom we afterwards called ...

    • ... time. It had just been composed by Peadar Kearney and Paddy Heaney, who was a member of the Willie ...

  • WS Ref #: 1684 , Witness: James ("Spud") Murphy, Officer IV and IRA, Cork, 1917 - 1921

    • ... Callanan ("Nudge"), Willie and Bob Hales, and Pat Donovan. On the morning of 22nd January 1921, we moved ...

  • WS Ref #: 1692 , Witness: John Feehan, Quartermaster, 4 Western Division, 1921

    • ... with the Black and Tans in 1921. At this time I was working for the late Willie Sammon, who was Q/M ...

    • ... H.Qrs. I sent word by Willie King, a young Volunteer who was always at hand and very willing, to Mrs ...

    • ... night while Willie Conneely was on guard duty he was carrying his Bulldog .45 stuck in his belt. He ...

  • WS Ref #: 1702 , Witness: Sean O'Carroll, Officer IRA, Tipperary, 1921

  • WS Ref #: 1707 , Witness: Patrick Collins, Officer IRA, Cork, 1921

  • WS Ref #: 1714 , Witness: Leo Buckley, Officer IRA, Cork, 1921

    • ... by Tommy Mealy and Willie Joe O'Brien of 'G' Company. I met them both shortly after the shooting ...

    • ... 7. shot dead. A young brother of O'Brien was badly wounded. These shootings gave food for thought. The ex-soldier who was shot lived in the home of Willie Joe O'Brien and was his brother-in-law. When O'Brien, Healy and myself met next night, we came to the conclusion that the R.I.C. had got ...

  • WS Ref #: 1716 , Witness: Sean MacKeon, OC Longford Brigade IRA, 1921; Member Dail Eireann, 1929; Cabinet Minister, 1948

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