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WS Ref #: 1466 , Witness: Joseph Cashman, Officer IRA, Cork, 1921
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... on the run and it may be one of the reasons why the active service unit never brought off a major attack ... in the use of arms. A battalion active service unit was formed at Whitechurch. I was appointed in charge. It appears that the reason for the formation of the unit at that tine was to be prepared in the event ...
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... . and Joseph O'Callaghan became 2nd Lieutenant. The number of active men in the company numbered about ...
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WS Ref #: 615 , Witness: Frank Thorton, Member IRB & IV Dublin, 1913-16; Deputy Assistant Director of Intelligence, IRA 1919-21
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... with the Active Service Unit, the Squads and Intelligence, if properly written up and recorded, would shine out ... with, the Active Service Unit, the Squads and Intelligence. Different positions were taken up all over the city ... in the city. It was a job to wipe out with one blow every Enemy Agent, Secret Service Agent, Intelligence ...
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... ambushes on the enemy forces in the city. In addition to the Active Service Unit, which was drawn ... and Secret Service Agents, another new menace appeared on the scene, and that was British patrols ... it a most hazardous job for the Unit patrols. 22 Mary Street, Dublin. 22 Mary Street ...
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... 36. of the Active Service Unit on other actions against this gang. shooting of Chief Detective Inspector Redmond. January 1920. This man was. shot early in January, 1920. in Harcourt Street. He had been transferred from Belfast to take over the organisation of Intelligence within and without ...
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... but that they were active members of a very active Secret Service organisation and were dealt ... that they were actually employed on Secret Service work here in Ireland before they would agree to their execution. These men were a very definite Secret Service organisation operating outside the various ...
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... of the British Secret Service introduces us to some English Secret Service men. Collins recruits an ex-British Officer named Beaumont into the I.R.A. Intelligence. 22 Our English Secret Service acquaintances introduce us. to a number of important British Secret Service Officers, in Kidd's Buffet. 22-23 Re ...
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... of our men into the British Secret Service. One of these, Dave Neligan, was actually serving ... leading Secret. Service and Intelligence Officers. in the British Army, resulting in his eventually ... Service men in the city of Dublin was to surround themselves with a number of touts; these invariably also ...
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... Service. At that time most of the British Secret Service Agents, and. British Intelligence Offices ... Saurin and myself were deputed to act with our two Secret Service friends to then frequented Kidds Buffet with the Secret Service. we were introduced in the ordinary way as touts and eventually ...
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... of this new Secret Service Organisation almost at once and it was not long until we knew ... valuable information being collected from British Secret Service. In actual fact we had a key ... to the Intelligence Officers of the Dublin Brigade who rendered Such very valuable service to G.H.Q ...
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... of the intelligence Service was organised about the middle of 1920. It was confined to the Post Office workers ... Of the oross-channel boats were also in our service; even in the British civil Service and in scotland yard ...
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... . Intelligence Service came from within this very 'political section' of the 'G' Division. Some young men ... Neligan, who later was sworn in as a member of the British Secret Service! "Apart from the value ... of establishing a counter Intelligence Service, which should take leaves from the work of the enemy, had already ...
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... Pages. List of British Secret Service men killed or wounded on "Bloody Sunday", 2nst November 1920. 28-29 Preparations for the arrest of twelve members of the British Government in London, end ... works as an I.R.A. agent. 36-37 Jameson (alias Byrne) of the British Secret Service. 38-40 Molloy ...
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... assets. they reported regularly on the movements; of individual enemy officers and Secret Service ... employed, by our various branches of Intelligence and Secret service and a story 1ike this can only aim ...
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... 23. and a number of other prominent Secret Service Officers. Naturally Collins. and all his stiff and the whole activities of the organisation were discussed there daily. On one day, one ... in that way. With that end in view they aided to set up a full time Secret Service outside of the army ...
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... (alias Byrne) as. one of the best and cleverest Secret Service men that ever had. I think that this cua. number found in Sir Basil Thompson's memoirs. This man had been in service in India before ...
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... , Battalion Intelligence Officers were appointed in every active area in Ireland. These reported ... communication with every active Brigade Intelligence Officer in Ireland, and his files show in what ...
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... 28. List Of Secret Service Men Killed or wounded on Bloody Sunday, 21st November, 1920. 2 Earlsfort Terrace. Captain Fitzpatrick Defence Officer, Co. Clare. K. 117 Morehampton Road. Mr. Smith K. Captain McClean K. Mr. Caldron w. 22 Lr. Mount Street. Mr. Mahon K. Mr. Peel escaped A. Morris Auxie K ...
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... the ineffectiveness of the once-dreaded 'G' Division and resorted to other methods. Secret Service men and spies were brought over from England. One Of their ablest Secret Service men, Jameson, actually succeeded ...
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... 6 trusted, as they we working for pay we assumed they would just as readily sell our side as they were selling their own. One of the means adopted and, as far as possible, carried out, was to always secure two such people in the particular Unit or Office that they were operating in, and the first ...
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... , in constant touch with Heggie Dunne and Sam Maguire of the London I.R.A. Unit, and the whole ...
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... information to them of the names and addresses of members of his Unit and atta1ion. It is not clear ...
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... . On the following day he was observed by a Seoret Service Agent who immediately informed Donnybrook ... which was being received from the British Secret Service by "Andrew Knigh" who was employed as a Tram ...
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... Intelligence and activity was also very active, resulting in very serious losses to our side ...
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... , a member of Hill Dillon's staff (Intelligence) who had been very active in the Dublin area ...
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... and addresses of British Secret Service Officers who were shot on 'Bloody Sunday'. I secured information ...
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... service was wiped out on the 21st November 1920. That morning was one of the most critical ones ...
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... 32. in the death of men like Seán Treacy, who was killed in Talbot Strect in October 1920, after he and Dan Breen had successfully reaisted. an attempt by the British Secret Service Officers to capture them at Professor Carolan's. house, Drumcondra, 11th October, 1920. It was well known ...
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WS Ref #: 718 , Witness: T. Crawley, Vice-Commandant IRA, Roscommon, 1921
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... 14. Active Service Unit or Column. An active Service Unit or Flying Column was established in the battalion area about Christmas 1920. This column was about 15 strong and could, of course, be augmented easily as the situation demanded. The column had four service rifles, the remainder being armed ...
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... . Our instructor was Tom Rodgers. He had had service in the British Army. The principal instruction we ...
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... twenty, together with a small supply of cartridges. No weapons of a service nature were secured ...
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... 6. Pat Glynn was Officer Commanding the Battalion. I cannot. remember now who the Adjutant. was or the Quartermaster then. Some service rifles had been procured from the British military. I cannot say how but a few of them were brought into this Battalion area. Attempt to capture and disarm Guard ...
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WS Ref #: 907 , Witness: Laurence Nugent, Officer IV and IRA, Dublin, 1913 - 1921
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... (Paddy was Commander of the Dublin Active Services Unit) and Paddy Daly had been appointed Guards Commander. From the formation of the Active Service Unit all the men in this Unit were given a weekly ... and that he was to report back to his own Unit. This was certainly poor recognition for one ...
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... evening. The Active Service Unit, under the command of Paddy Flanagan, carried out daily operations ...
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... to rescue him. Paddy Flanagan, late of the Dublin active service unit, was in London on business ...
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... by his decision. A number of the Active Service Unit and other Volunteers were about to go ...
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... of the Active Service Unit), and why he took no part in the operations during Four Courts Week is another ...
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... for active service, but from now on he was one of the K. Company men. ...
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... '. They discovered that the Doodle was the Secret Service of the American Army and when the surrender was taking ... of the I.R.A. and, as is well recognised, we could not have carried on the war without their active help ... in their areas officially recognised as active participants because their movements were ...
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... . In fact any of the men on active service were always very welcome. During the whole period when many ...
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... better position if they had to go on the run or, if they were in active service units, a they lived free ... outside the ranks and take apparently no active part in I.R.A. action. Quite a number of older men ...
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... . The opposites succeeded in getting through these lines safely, carrying guns. The Boys took an active part ... and H.Q. I/O Thos. J. Cullen and Cpt. John McCluskey, who was taken on special service by Mick ...
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... . And the Active Service Units were striking harder and harder each day in every part of the city ...
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... , gave distinguished service. On July 4th de Valera had a meeting with Lord Middleton, Sir Robert Woods ... negotiations were being discussed, but the active men of the I.R.A. took no notice. They carried ...
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... , and early that morning Séamus Grace took a number of men who were on active service to Mrs. Nugent ...
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... Service, and it was a serious blow to British prestige. All I.R.A. activities were caned off for a short ... in Whitehall when they sent their special secret service organisation to Dublin, acting independently ...
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... , was reduced to a few active men after the attempted destruction of the bridges. This left ... and providing safe quarters for active men and an odd visit from these men. Now in September 1922, Mrs. Woods ... in 1915, was an active officer in the 2nd Brigade during the ar of independence. When in the first week ...
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... on the run did not mean one had not to be on service. It made no difference, the work had to be carried ... as Assistant Q.M., and none of the boys with whom I was working knew that I was acting as a secret service ... as such. (The position of I.R.A. Special Service Officers at this time was undefined). The railways were ...
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... 7. This was the Irish Parliamentary Party. And these young men were encouraged to join this new party by the members of the three parties mentioned, all trying for the active support of the younger ... of parliamentary politics. John Dillon succeeded in getting the active support of one of these young ...
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... . Cullen were now enmeshed in the stark reality of secret service. We were there for some time ... cause we were serving. Intelligence and secret service is a difficult and thankless job but we were ...
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... of release after five months and his authority and instructions as a British secret service agent from ... secret service in Ireland the the type of men Which they had employed. When Mick Collins saw ...
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... 231. for some months on business and when I returned I found that the papers had been removed to the archives. I sincerely hope that the government will not allow any historical muddler to have access to them. Only the men who took an active part in the fight for independence are able to give ...
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... the Rising started, and they immediately published the news. The British Secret Service in the U.S.A ...
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... 154. were dismissed from their jobs, civil service or otherwise. And the men who formed G.H.Q. of the I.R.A. and were giving all of their time to this work, were able to live on the amount given them from the National Aid until such time as there was sufficient money to pay them from Volunteers ...
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... for this purpose an Irish Volunteer force; (3) To unite in the service of Ireland Irishmen of every creed ...
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... of this secret operation was that I happened to know personally an individual in the British Service who ...
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... in the British service. We in the I.R.A. were on edge, waiting, Waiting. K. Company were patrolling ...
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... 202. There were now four different types of British soldier to contend with (not including the secret service) :- The Military, the Auxiliaries, the Black and Tans and the R.I.C. But we carried on successfully. Father O'Flannagan was arrested in Roscommon and released. Seán Treacy was shot ...
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... the 'man from the Daily Mail', and thorough gentlemen. The British secret service were straining ...
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... as a G.H.Q. Unit and proceeded with our training at 44 Parnell Square. The air-raids over London were ...
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... operating as separate forces. Redmond was now arranging to combine the two forces into one unit. I.R.A. men ...
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... not lie, stretches out to prove without doubt, if there should be any, that Rory O'Connor was an active ...
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... in the Dublin Corporation and continued to be an active working member of the Irish Volunteers. Those ...
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... particularly active. They had caught the military spirit and were burning for knowledge. In 44, Parnell ...
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... over Ireland, and the police were active in pulling them down. The I.P.P. were still making a fight ...
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... him of their active support. On Sunday morning meetings were held after all Masses in the constituency ...
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... 156. As heretofore stated, the war started in 1916 was continually in operation, even if the use of arms had been suspended. The Irish Volunteers were always active and were at all times preparing for the offensive which had now come in a very definite manner for, once the shooting started ...
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... did take it up he became very active. He tried a disguise but the Dublin newsboys recognised him ...
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... 289. appeared that the executives in Merrion St. knew that I was active. I told Eamon that I would convey the information but that I saw no hope. This was early in the day, and from now until night both myself and Mrs. Nugent and the assistants and messenger boys in the shop told every one we met ...
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... . were a determined active lot of men owing to their early training: they were careful of themselves and of their ...
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... as assistant Q.M., small arms instructor, and G.H.Q. Secret Service agent. All these men with one exception ...
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... are not with us you are against us'. This was the reason why their intelligence service was so poor ...
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... . The United Service Club was also occupied by some British officers, and sniping was going on from ...
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... around the hospital and Waterloo Road. I have mentioned the poor intelligence service prevailing ...
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... over the execution of Casement. A large crowd attended the O'Donovan Rossa memorial service ...
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... was making recruiting impossible, and that there were still 161,289 fit men available for service after ...
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... the Intelligence service was tightened up later, an incident like this could not occur. Some days ...
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... for service, Superintendent McGarry, D.M.P., came to me and asked me to try to keep him out of the way ...
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... in South William Street. He had been an Executive Officer in the British Civil Service and had been ...
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... in the British service and helped ...
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... the British Secret Service, from the knowledge which he had gained in the I.R.A. Intelligence. He was afraid ...
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... 243. the I.R.A. that he had been in communication with the British, but that it was only for the purpose of gaining information and that his service with the I.R.A. would continue honourable. This man was already suspected and a trap was set for him. He was sent to Cork to work in the Intelligence ...
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... of the British Secret Service organisation prior to the 21st Nov. 1921, and this lady was supposed ...
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WS Ref #: 1297 , Witness: Michael O'Driscoll, Lieutenant IRA, Cork, 1921
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... -10- military unit which moved about very much) was very active, and Brigade Headquarters was moved from No. 1. Battalion area to Coomhoola where Headquarters were established at the house of Marcella Hurley. Headquarters was then in my company area and I was withdrawn from Column service ...
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WS Ref #: 487 , Witness: Joseph O'Connor, 2 I/C IV, Boland's Mills area, Dublin, 1916; OC 3 Battalion, Dublin, 1917 - 1922
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... in the 3rd Battalion. One can quite understand that snch, an active unit would have casualties, and the periods of service of the various officers would require vast investigation; still I do think ...
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... that the struggle had reached at this tine required the formation of an Active Service Unit. These men were ... in recommending Paddy Flanagan for the job. The idea of the Active Service Unit was not to interfere ...
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... to this Active Service Unit of which I have spoken, there were other men employed a much smaller body ...
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... . The Custom House job was done by the 2nd Battalion aided by the Active Service Unit and the Squad ...
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... -Company exercises we had frequent encounters with the 4th Battalion which was also a south side unit ... the National Aid Society was very active and they had extended in many directions, one of them being ...
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... . Through the help of the local unit at Shankill, Co. Dublin, I got a cottage there for a month ...
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... . It was a profound shock to the ordinary citizens and it was a case for demanding more active opposition ...
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... McKee's command the enemy were becoming very active. The Dáil had issued invitations for ...
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... and captured 40 or 50 members of "C" Company who were drilling in the hall. Others of the sane unit ...
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... 21. Oath, Joseph Campbell, the Poet. Some time afterwards I called a meeting of the unit leaders for his home at Kilmelin. During the progress of the meeting our scouts informed us that the place was surrounded by enemy forces, and that we were completely cut off. Naturally, we thought ...
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... 22. I found it very difficult to get the unit in Bray up to strength and I decided that I would try sending a stranger into the town and for this purpose I sent Joe Byrne from the city. He did. not succeed very well and. I was replacing him by Larry O'Brien, and a meeting was caned for the Quarries ...
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... the Central Police Station which he had just left. An engineering unit which was being organised ...
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... glad that they were detailed to my unit. I understood that all the surplus arms and ammunition ...
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... service. In each Company an Intelligence Officer was appointed. He was an officer and had a man ...
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WS Ref #: 1516 , Witness: P.H. Doherty, Commandant IRA, Donegal, 1921
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... from William Doherty, Buncrana, to join an Active Service Unit then being organised; in the area. I contacted this unit immediately. It was; a small unit consisting of about twelve Volunteers armed with four Service rifles, eight shotguns; and a few Service revolvers. Our instructions were to avoid ...
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... , and myself met the Brigade O/C. After he listened to an account of the activities of our unit, he ...
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WS Ref #: 1222 , Witness: Thomas Roche, Member IV, Cork, 1916; Training Officer, IRA, Cork, 1921
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... to Active Service Unit in June 1921 and replaced by Daniel Guiney) 1st Lt. James Cashman 2nd Lt ... , injured on active service). 1st Lt. Denis T. O'Connor 2nd Lt. Eugene Casey Adjt. Tim McCarthy Q.M ... Cronin John C. Murphy Denis Kiely Capt. Denis T. O'Connor retired when Bde. went into active ...
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... at this period. In February 1921, the Active Service Unit left Kiskeam for Kerry and lay in ambush ...
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... resigned, having nearly eight years' service. At the time of my resignation I was stationed at Naas, Co ... , and at Umerboy in March 1921. The Newmarket Battalion was organised in the Spring of 1917 as a unit ...
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... , Tipperary, Glare, Waterford Its members were on active service up to the to Buttevant in February 1922 ...
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... and the organisation of an intelligence service. A constant watch was set on police movements and, later ...
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WS Ref #: 1223 , Witness: Peter Tobin, Commandant IRA, Tipperary, 1921
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... battalion columns or active service units. I was appointed by Lacy to take charge of the active service unit in cur own, i.e. the 8th Battalion area. Lacy himself returned to the Brigade H.Q ... in Breanormore. During the Civil War I took the Republican side and remained on active service until ...
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... who were prepared to volunteer for full-time service with the Brigade Flying Column which ... , but we were not called for full-time service until the column came to the Grangemockler district ...
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... volunteered for full-time service were then taken on in this column, which was under the command ...
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WS Ref #: 1363 , Witness: Sean E Walshe, Commandant, IRA Tipperary, 1921
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... the Battalion Active Service Unit and appointed Joseph Farrell of Ballingarry to take charge ... it was decided to start active service units in battalions where they did not already exist. The personnel of the active service units were to be drawn from the disbanded members of the columns and from ...
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... 11. Still in 1920, I received information that a party of military and R.I.C. from Ballingarry were in the habit of parading on Sunday evenings to Protestant service in a church at a place called ... there to ambush them. My idea was to attack them on their way back from the service on the road ...
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