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  • WS Ref #: 286 , Witness: Nora O'Brien, nee Connolly; Member Cumann na mBan, 1916; Daughter of James Connolly, executed 1916

  • WS Ref #: 358 , Witness: Geraldine Dillon, Sister of Joseph M Plunkett, executed 1916

    • ... MRS. GERALDINE DILLON (PLUNKETT) TEN, NEW LINE, GALWAY Joe was in the Volunteers from the beginning. He did not join the I.R.B. until Redmond's nominees were on the Executive. He said that the only decent member of all these nominees was Capt. Willie Redmond. When the split came, be voted against ...

  • WS Ref #: 370 , Witness: Fintan Murphy, Officer IV, Dublin, 1914 - 1916; Quartermaster General, 1917 - 1918

    • ... and Willie Pearse together at the flag—post in Prince’s Street. It was from the roof I was sent to do duty as sentry on Prince’s Street gate, and when I was relieved, I returned to my post on the roof with the rest of the Company. I remained on the roof throughout Monday night, Tusday, Tuesday ...

    • ... morning, and we had just packed up to go to bed when P.H. Pearse and Willie FW Pearse arrived ...

    • ... it was Willie Pearse who conveyed to us the message from P.H. Pearse that we were to surrender. ...

    • ... "The Plough and the stars" we hear of so often? Was this the flag Willie and Yam hoisted? On Henry st ...

    • ... East Week 2. the lord lieutenant’s proclamation about “ ill—disposed persons I Don’t remember Willie hoisting a flag but neither do I recall Yam doing so but he did for he told me so afterwards in Stafford when I showed him a copy of Chesterton-Belloc’s paper, The New Witness, with an account ...

    • ... Castle Yard was taken and Willie seemed to credit this. Do you recall any mention of MacBride on a short ...

    • ... conversation with you as we sat on a floor, Willie told me that Connolly had been asked out to discuss ...

    • ... wounited When we had climbed through, we reported and soon Willie Pearse came down to welcome our ...

    • ... arrived there I was just in time to see Willie Pearse with Lieut. Bulfin hoist the second tricolour on the prince’s Street side. We were to make the roof our home for some time to come in fact, we were not relieved until Wednesday afternoon, taking our meals in a canteen which was at roof level ...

  • WS Ref #: 530 , Witness: P.V. Hoey, Captain IRA, Monaghan, 1921

    • ... -4-. including Comdt. Willie Loughran of Carrickmacross. The East Cavan election of June 1918 was attended by many Volunteers from the district, and one of their number, Denis Smyth of Carrickmacross, was arrested by British brace and sentenced to six months' imprisonment for possession of arms ...

    • ... Volunteers in Farney were arrested by. British Forces, viz.: P. De Burca, Willie Loughran, P. J ... Comdt. Willie Loughran of Cafrickmacross. Cafrickmacross. The East Cavanelectionof June ...

    • ... .: P. De Burca, Willie Loughran, P.J. O'Daly, James O'Brien, Tommie Nolan, Tom Martin, Paddy Reilly ...

    • ... , Willie Costelloe, Frank Clarke, Tommie Meegan, Owen Campbell, Mick Kirk, Pat Connolly. Bawn ...

    • ... , Peter Coleman, Willie Costelloe, Frank Clarke Tommie. Meegan, Owen Campbell; Mick Kirk; Pat Connolly ...

  • WS Ref #: 687 , Witness: M.J. Curran, Rector, Irish College, Rome, 1921

    • ... to comparative safety. In the group were Pearse, Willie Pearse, Connolly, J. Plunkett. He slept none ...

    • ... of his brother, Willie Redmond. During the week a Requiem was held in Gardiner Street by the Clongowes ...

    • ... was the Protestant Bishop Dr. O'Hara Captain Willie Redmond refused to meet de Valera when he called ...

  • WS Ref #: 727 , Witness: Michael J Lawless, Member IV and IRA, Dublin, 1915 - 1921

    • ... McDonnell, very well Known G.A.A. foot baller of the period St Laurence O'Toole club) and Willie Maher ...

    • ... 3. Willie Maher, as we lived near one another, arrived there together. and met there Herbert Conroy and Sean Daly (London-Irish - Kimmage pre '16 - later E Coy 2nd Battalion - brother of Liam Daly of Old Dublin Brigade association). Tom Ennis then arrived. We were all E Coy members. Ennis ...

  • WS Ref #: 758 , Witness: Tom Kelleher, Member IV and IRA, Waterford, 1917 - 1921

    • ... be. On this morning with Willie McCarthy in charge, Tom Lincoln, seven or eight others and myself ...

    • ... to Bill Foley's intention of having. a pot shot at any R.I.C., I arranged with him that Willie McCarthy ...

    • ... attempts to get Robinson but he proved himself a bit too wily for us. A lad named Willie Healy ...

    • ... four of us turned up - Willie McCarthy, Tom Lincoln, Tom Ahearne and myself. At least four others had ...

    • ... the South. During this period I was in touch with Willie McCarthy of ...

    • ... Battalion area. He instructed me to contact Willie Healy and that we were personally to visit every ...

  • WS Ref #: 796 , Witness: Daniel Doody, Captain IRA, Limerick, 1921

    • ... having got out in a couple of months. Willie Long had been brought around as a hostage for about ...

  • WS Ref #: 1576 , Witness: Peg Duggan, Officer Cumann na mBan, Cork 1921

    • ... and Mahonys of Madden's Buildings, Blackpool, and also Rev. Father Willie O'Brien, Catholic Chaplain ...

  • WS Ref #: 1653 , Witness: Henry O'Mara, Officer IRA, Clare, 1919 - 1921

    • ... SECOND STATEMENT BY CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT HENRY O'MARA, Garda Siochána. Headquarters, Phoenix Park: Dublin. EAST CLABE'S CALVARY. The death in Flanders of Major Willie Redmond on June 10th, 1917, left a vacancy in the Irish Benches in the British House of Commons which was of more than ordinary ...

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