ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913

ROINN
OF
BUREAU
COSANTA.
BY
STATEMENT
DOCUMENT
1913-21.
HISTORY,
MILITARY
NO. W.S.
WITNESS.
1588.
Witness
Seán
Senator
Kiltimagh,
Co. Layo.
T.
Ruane,
Identity.
Organiser
East
Staff
& Brigade
Mayo Brigade.
Officer
Subject.
Irish
Coy.,
Kiltimagh
Co. Mayo, 1913-21.
Vols.,
Conditions, if any, Stipulated by Witness.
Nil.
File No S.2902.
Form B.S.M.2
OF SENATOR S.T.
STATEMENT
Staff
East
Officer.
Main
1890,
the
on November
1st
brothers.
My brothers'
and
James
Mattie
or
Jimmy.
was
Kiltimagh,
and
in
the
late
his
because
of
his
of
sentenca
that
stating
was
Balla,
until
ten
denied
he was
and
We kept
a general
of
she
and
the
the
congested
areas
in
parish
townlands
I
the
was
educated
St.
Kiltimagh,
at
subsequently
I
was
was
for
the
principal
entered
three
for
Examination
and
was
the
of
He died
Dr.
his
to
of
but
then
his
M.O.,
brother
dying
maiden
name was
Co.
Mayo.
and
came from
some
and
Kiltimagh
from
Aughamore.
the
in
in
the
of
provision
adjacent
while
Nally,
Kilkelly,
town
national
National
National
qualified
Castle
my father
late
see
with
Mountjoy
termination
heard
to
Convent
teacher,
the
customers.
Lisduff
years,
what
what
our
a monitor
appointed
Carrindine,
organisation,
spirit,
at
Aiden"s
of
My mother's
of
bulk
as
locally
in
the
business
Patrick,
imprisoned
brother,
was a native
four
acquainted
of
permission
of
intimately
often
unconscious.
Gurren,
grocery,
I
years.
Nally's
known
MAYO CONSPIRACY.
eve
Mayo,
Thomas,
Fenian
with
on the
almost
prison,
the
who was
the
were:
a native
was
connection
a family
always
of
years
termed
authorities
in
a member
Nally,
of
eldest
latter
Co.
Kiltimagh,
My father,
earlier
P.W.
St.,
names
the
Martin,
I.R.A.
Brigade,
at
born
I was
Mayo
RUANE,
on the
late
Mr.
known
as
a call
King"s
to
as. monitor
of
suggestion
Patrick
the
where
Kiltimagh,
My term
1906.
and
School,
School,
1908,
for
school,
the
Egan,
I
Scholarship
training
2.
for
college
Dublin.
was
national
One of
the
late
Mr.
English
Crown
officers
of
night
at
staying
shadowed
for
of
and
in
East
Charles
another
his
circumstances
He was
of
over
the
on a
historic
the
cliffs
occupants.
at
January
moved
St.
on the
Easter
Co.
Irish
in
I
up
and
regularly
at
left
my company
O'Hanrahan,
the
Gaelic
Dublin
included
who was
in
tragic
1916.
night,
that
went
travelling
occasions
the
exercises
Mr.
that
while
Kerry,
of
joined
late
car
most
became
Saturday
inauguration
1913,
and
under
On the
movement
the
formed
motor
at
there
for
the
place.
a
to
situate
resided
Place,
the
the
teacher
was
ill
Parish,
Joseph's,
there,
of
Killorgan,
errand
who was
until
took
as
Browner,
I
or
with
was
Seville
which
an
got
appointment
a friendship.
death,
and
0'Toole's
Homan.
70,
my course
connected
principal
on Good Friday
one
I
was
were
they
position
Laurence
resident
where
Monahan,
until
at
where
finished
a Mr.
this
same
the
who were
1910,
This
following
F.
earlier
Schools.,
The
Dublin
with
acquainted
July,
school
John
Mr.
in
in
in
Dublin.
late
I
St.
The
Wall,
my time
the
in
position
to
by
prominent
Volunteers
agent.
remained
college
assassinated
two
Caro1an's,
Principal,
Drumcondra,
this
killed
Irish
same year.
I
Place.
lasted
the
Practising
the
time.
was, the
until
the
the
19l0
were
profession
for
Seville
of
in
of
where
1920,
of
time
in
permanent
the
in
Patrick's,
who was
same forces
teaching
substitute
end
staff
Carolan,
Forces
the
college,
the
teaching
members
appointment
at
St.
by a Government
the
the
M.
the
two
by
the
teachers,
Rooms,
League
October,
late
Thomas
the
Company
attended
Parnell
The
1914.
the
Volunteer
McDonagh,
Adjutant.
Square,
officers
of
and Michael
3.
In
teacher
of
a school
The
offer
was
the
late
Kiltimagh.
the
time,
a visit
to
Mstricts
not
Dublin
take
at
in
the
time
above
not
referred
with
had
many
with
the
local
in 1914.
demanded
the
Volunteer
the
late
a voice
in
the
Volunteer
conditions
in
normal.
The
Wicklow,
The
split
the
for
touch
the
action.
after
were
with
the
place
in
among
of
events
responsibility
though
at
the
the
home,
and
for
these,
in
I
early
leader,
Party
Authority
a time,
after
less
his
address
Woodenbridge,
war.
14-18
and
elsewhere,
who remained
movement.
the
living
few
ONLY ONE,
two
became
the
as
in
naturally
formed
for
got
think,
of
Kiltimagh
founders
state,
I
at,
it
members
Irish
a head
outbreak
prominent
original
me to
to
there,
felt
My
elsewhere,
mobilisation
took
brothers;
came
trouble
a Volunteer
Co.
as
my
would
was
he
on to
and
Controlling
which
movement,
did
manager
and
Redmond,
Supreme
Kiltimagh,
school
enthusiastic
which
I
especially
teachers;,
Mr.
I
as
and
that
movement
Ireland,
were
of
friends
Party,
Company
When
getting
new movement.
Jimmy,
during
reasons
identified
his
P.P.,
Congested
Volunteer
of
manager
meetings
sincere
closely
the
with
Tommy and
the
was
priest
of
one
the
certain
Parliamentary
to
of
embarrassing
West
being
the
kindly
brothers,
in
I
parish
to,
identified
being
to
offer
the
the
where
take
in
For
the
by
O'Hara.,
attended
and
be as
not
be
to
associated
to
the
Dublin,
would
have
Kiltimagh
of
time
my identification
would
of
to
kindly
Denis
as
parish,
made
a member
month.
every
satisfaction
where
the
my native
in
Rev.
He was
at
a position
offered
personally
Very
Dublin.
Board
in
body
was
1914,
principal
at
I
August,
Dublin,
am aware
because
my
loyal
Needless
I was
that
of
kept
I
in
shared
my brothers'
4.
When
at
the
he
home,
new
time
I
accepted
disappointed
that
it.
that
I
the
I
objections,
went
the
effective
On this
of
vast
and
I
at
that
I
I
then
views
of
perhaps
it
would
be more
be for
me,
some other
get
to
agree
it
might
this
be
with
any
mind
on this
Principal
l4th
call
to
1914.
the
under
any
or
the
him
party.
issue,
I
my new
school,
agreed,
fact
with
in
assured
of
I
trouble
not
and
as
and
let
him
Having
already
and
commenced
Balla,
not
that
suggested
identify
that
would
it
He would
but
I
if
could
him,
off
Irish
great
that
the
that
for
openly
that
the
majority,
Craggagh,
very,
"reactionary
position.
to
with
early
the
circumstance,
me not
I
me.
on the
termed
if
my association
a source
the
the
give
for
been
advisable
for
for
better
he
of
me that
sent
wholes business
teacher
section
in
what
to
Dublin
were
to
of
to
etc.,
he had
stated
the
accept
home,
be
aware
in
me ass to
would
discussing
association
again
less
anxious
very
middle
When
own
about
after
out
parishioners
knew
annoyance.
the
or
more
who were
commented
etc.,
to teach,
and
a position
O'Hara
the
were
active
in
to
come at my
enthusiastic
pointed
he queried
of
etc.
came home
be
my brothers
majority
Party,
was
Fr.
Volunteers
action"
It
otherwise.
occasion
the
go about
could
late
the
to
continuing
service
October,
with
friends,
I
could
my parents
my Dublin
agreed
Volunteers
more
position,
without
home,
not
or
go immediately
He was
the
October.
following
I
position
politics
not
could
stated
may say
accept
with
either
position.
I was
I
should
matter
the
me the
offered
of
I
and he
I
accepting
O"Hara
him
told
position,
if
Fr.
made no mention
Volunteers.
the
late
myself
made up my
work
as
on October
5.
I
would
of
uemory
a good
situation
he was
Michael
of
but
for
every
as
had
I
but
did
I
was
January,
he
called
as
the
young
if
of
to
mouth
shut".
refer
very
to
All
loyal
to
to
the
some words
the
the
local
Men"s
a secret
effect
imaginations
the
of
their
of
to
misfortune
I
at
a meeting
known
club,
"of
being
which
the
dramatic
of
the
club
as
"Keep
loyal
I
Brittanic
did
the
your
Volunteers
I
president.
His
extreme.
state.
me,
members
while
one
me:
that
K.Y.M.S.
that,
strained,
to
as
after
course,
Castle,
At
bring
for
monogram
me as
said
dramatic
society,
were,
he
Society,
Some of
the
state.
accused
time,
time.
to
needless
Lord
his
somewhat
only
fully
every
Dublin
his
just
a year
he publicly
of
in
great
he used
during
was
can
opinion,
Young
a cover."
He had
during
I
you,
own parish,
his
ear
the
am happy
than
reorganise
Districts
which
two were
pursued,,
his
Kiltimagh
was
as
Congested
Ireland.
discussion
Less
of
to
mover
charges
as
1916,
loved
and
intimate
him
In
club
an
country."
reminded
prime
so I
the
documents
or
a year
force,
the
and
to Know,
continue
during
of
Under-Secretary
files
He
incalculable
people
in
late
the
implementing
the
getting
He had
and
to
of
powers-that-were,
country.
for
not
Physical
to
the
many reasons
relations
"When
area
access
Our
in
congested
Chief
had
time
As a member
As a young
supported
and
launching
the
his
Lieutenant,
and
in
on the
landlordism.
against
alone for
with
benefit
fight
that
the
views
his
that
sincere.
few
very
to
justice
pastor,
instrumental
not
influence
to
his
campaign.
benefits,
the
Davitt
he was
Board,
in
here,
saintly
of
in
Davitt
state
were absolutely
one
100% with
plan
and
generally
priest
was
to
like
not
replied
mind
Majesty's.
with
what
6.
coming
with
Kiltimagh
from
a person
Dublin
was
a very
was
curtailed
one for
serious
afterwards
He expressed
regret,
his
was
attitude
they
showed
his
should
go
made
an
Fr.
O'Hara
Officer
from
the
they
fired
him
convince
The
to
the
state
the
secured
incident
also
forces
and
at
revered
due
the
charge
on him.
In
I
or
opposition
to
the
nation"s
agitation.
can
sincere
rights
he
key
tried
Shin
pastor,
in,
on
called
were
party
gang
entrance..
party
in
impression
protested.
latch
back
A military
officer
Commanding
getting
door
the
broad
them
a murder
Not
house.
attacking
in
the
to
morning,
up
rounded
in.
jump
Tweedy,
by
the
details
marched
He went
escaped
constitutional
what
briefly.
them
he had
of
fellows,
gutter,
the
was
who were
myself
Kiltimagh,
through
this
and
The
British
shots
restoration
by
are
Square,
his
disapproval
movement
Volunteer
that
of
ambush
place.
made
I
Kilmichael
"Poor
Saturday
made no
afterwards
friendly.
a friend
a Colonel
the
that
that
famous
the
Government,
cause.
the
state
they
in
and
him
any
know
and
the
grovel
when
that
my liberty
right
Market
evening,
memory
if
that
Another
occurrence.
insinuation
the
to
of
raided
Luckily
that
the
following
several
reported
and
an eye-witness.
garrison
height.
the
the
here
Claremorris,
on the
Early
must
the
rivulet
was
in
in
and
them
adjoining
I
identification
his
of
stronger".
was
in
would
statement,
a member
collection,
members
civilians
I
remarked
not
1921,
me,
of
news
on record
daylight,
to
are
of
considerate
a Mission
heart
April,
many
He
he
at
a pity
In
the
published,
assisting
and
more
after
remember,
really
his
me,
against
who, because
Castle,
was
was
made
in
servants
to
Féiners.
justice
truthfully
gave
to
the
conviction
could
be best
7.
between
and
of
Sean
Messrs
the
John
were
as
but,
from
enemy
company
but
to
through
the
Kiltimagh
I
which
for
the
Volunteers"
for
the
purchase
was
looking
volunteers.
The
with
Rebel
"The
to
the
after
1798
Fund
made
West's
nationalism.
1916,
proclaim
some
of
functions,
these
of
As a result
Hibernian
the
Bank,
late
of
a copy
The
John
late
he would
P.P.'s
approval
named
to
the
Denis
oath
O'Hara
be released,
the
of
office.
insurrection
Alexander,
local
R.I.C.,
a native
of
she was
to
mostly
body,
Dwyer",
did
Forces
the
much
in
made
his
only
Gavin
on his
was
Owing
to
a member
her
arrested,
for
this
(the
of
the
expressed
commercial
Belfast,
searched,
possession.
me that
Gavin
a
the
insurrection,
in
a Miss
to
tried
On being
found
the
than
success.
statement
to
money
imprisoned
etc.,
Crown
informed
Miss
post
the
was
brigade,
1916
of
arrested.
as was
intervention.
of
staff
I.R.B.
after
"Michael
during
was
home
raised
without
jocose
Kiltimagh,
Corcoran
the
Fr.
a
the
On more
on,
isolated
K.Y..M.S.,
also
by this
militant
January,
for
the
Awake",
from
in
contributions
via
occasion
public
the
we1fare
the
period,
"The
or
body
produced
plays
Chief",
alive
keep
This
Dependants"
organisations
in
for
Club
and
Drills
alone
extent
McTigue
reorganised
Mooney
first
not
Dramatic
arms,
B.
Ruane,
afterward
raised,
president.
Movement,
executive.
increased,
of
Volunteer
M.
at
a considerable
of
dealing
and
1914,
were
Funds
Party
James
original
November,
vigilance
districts..
the
Ruane,
Walsh
the
to
loyal
held
T.
by disagreement
Parliamentary
of
Thos.
Corcoran,
still
the
originators
deceased),
those
of
representatives!
those
(all
occasioned
the split
Following
who
but
traveller
reported
released
her
on
8.
the
P.P.'s
She
has
Co.
In
to
to
Mayo was
to
Sligo
who was
to
Joe
to
Dick
responsible
late
communication
for
Galway,
which
documents,
the
their
Volunteers
on Sunday,
Mayo
November
was
availed
order.
Sears,
the
of
Seán
respective
Milroy
McGuire,
recollect
that
some of
protested
against
the
it
of
secretary
officer
of
the
the
started.
Kiltimagh
reached
Féin
order
féin
was
were
meeting
with
were
the
the
H.Q.
late
Wm.
now a District
Judge.
I
before
the
meeting,
a Volunteer
a constitutional
however,
My brother,
Volunteer
for
same day.
was,
branch,
order
on the
Lennon,
for
a
county
meeting
speakers,
used
for
public
Court
mobilisation
Sinn
reorganisation
comply
M.
these
"Sinn
The
Roscommon.
The
meeting
now High
being
since
meeting
this
the
for
every
this
to
Brigade
(deceased),
Conor
before
for
Sligo,
got
issued.
féin
for
Athenry,
the
in
one
communication
counties,
Kiltimagh
at
Justice,
organisation".
was
arrangements
Mayo
of
An all-Ireland
a Sinn
speakers
mobilisation,
do with
for
Co.
Brennan
Volunteers
for
by the
The
the
4th,
organised
To be frank,
to
with
the
delivery
M.
had
of
synchronised
which
and
safely.
mobilisation
That
Balla.;
Lardiner,
Collins
Michael
counties.
the
Larry
in
destinations
public
at
on holidays,
Ballinacarrow,
for
The
of
job.
resides
from
Walsh,
Rinbane,
Leitrim.
All
Dublin
Connaught
given
Bereen,
made
in
communications
five
the
be
to
and
Pension,
while
1917,
important
deliver
M.S.
her
shelost
Mayo.
August,
five
got
Week
an Easter
Castlebar,
I
But
intervention.
as well
Company.
held
Tom,
was
as
being
an
9.
After
from
to
the
an adjoining
with
tenants
that
the
With
this
some time.
Mr.
Laurence
the
the
Petty
Sessions
the
march.
the
court
was
the
in
the
held
local
a road
The
day.
in
the
with
marched
incident
the
many
terms,
interned
in
German
Plot,
for
Both
in
my brother
Lincoln
the
frequent
Jail,
Tom,
in
Tooromeen
discussion.
late
and
once
offered
movement
and
Seán
was
the
and
strength
when
Seán
be
agreed,
and
accepted,
connection
incident
on
would
Town Hall,
prestige
the
on
who was
which
at
afterwards,
including
the
Milling
landlord,
the Volunteer
greatly
others,
were
which
before
strength
court
the
taken
some confusion
landlord
to
Some years
MacSwiney,
topic
The
Volunteers
gained
the
were
residence
Magistrate
After
asked
Town Hall.
a result.
and
Resident
attended
a parade,
had
full
in
an arbitration
to
closed.
Féin
Sinn
late
evening
late
deal
to
and
landlord's;
mobilised
Ginnell
come
favourable
very
the
down
tenants
the
the
that
after
Company
magistrate.
Mr.
court,
to
Volunteer
again
sent
Sunday
effect
without
assured
be
where
The
adjoining
They
it
some weeks
to
the
since
was
Jordan,
identified
being
handling
would
M.P.,
rents.
presiding
present,
T.
of
the
in
been
Court,
Féin
effective,
He came
matter.
Slim
delegation
Ginnell,
day,
taking
as
The
non-payment
court
be
had
Party
for
with
would
dispute
of
Col.
We considered
Tooromeen.
at
effect
late
the
Féin
Sinn
requesting
a landlord,
estate
propaganda.
Parliamentary
re
with
on his
attended
Bohola
parish
a dispute
handle
a delegation
meeting
de Valera
Mr.
Milroy,
Corcoran,
with
the
a favourite
M.
Lennon,
were
bogus;
10.
On Easter
for
raid
of
the
Dr.
of
a Mr.
T.
The
in
the
to
intended
custody
(Irish)
representative
miscarried
plan
not
being
left
late
Mr.
were
Volunteer
force
to
presume,
to
help
rifles
were
while
the
be
and
were
in
J.M.
my brother,
contained
goods; of
were
contents
motor
car
at
by a
open
confided
with
the
to
car.
cycled
to
a call
would
car.
They
Walsh,
arranged
to
few
boys,
two
when
one named
Castlebar
boys
from
the
Jail.
Kiltimagh
the
the
way
aforementioned
to
get
so
with
the
out
away
they
that
were
was
of
the
and
presented
drove
were
up
held
up.
were
rifles
cemetery.
D.
finished,
Murphy,
two
the
another
car
The
tap.
were
a
drive
opportunity
of
Rising
the
occupants
adjoining
It
could
Gavin,
who,
the
a brass
out
either,
car
the
anticipating
occupants
in
believe,
later,
in
was
used
and
Sheehy
viz.
by
if
On their
Hotel.
I
act
The
did.
Miss
distant,
Dick
Some days
lodged
miles
notified
arms
other
five
Dan
them
drive
also
McEllin's
concealed,
met
there
It
only
of
not
The
Two
found
intentions,
She could
be made
themselves,
itself.
their
I
to,
suspected
They
They
a
to
unprotected
named
importance.
her
Balla,
a car
now deceased,
time.
over
refreshment.
Neither
these
collect
of "disorder".
In
teens,
Moclair
T.S.
Castlebar,
spread
having
rifles.
the
in
left
their
then
to
be handed
to
the
arrest
youngsters,
came
organised
collected
Ruane,
Castlebar
supposed
occupants
the
Sunday,
from
Quinn
They
the
Party
a window
following
rifles.
The
the
Madden,
latch-lock
Oh the
to
were
was
as Was arranged.
maid,
and
which
Executive.
Volunteer
through
and
T.
it
1916,
night,
rifles
fourteen
late
on the
Sunday
Walsh
arrested
never
identified
suspected
with
and
and
that
the
a
11.
and
operation,
his
comrades
one
of
the
decided
were
were
to
released
was
from
awarded
to
Easter
Week
partly
armed.
I was
Easter
in
Cork
I
off
was
where
you
are",
commenced
the
return
Sunday.
We got
where
get
car
home
whose
name
I
action
of
the
criticised
by
On my way
think
but
you
what
evidently
and
plenty
tin
of
as
petrol
of
at
are
the
he
and
the
R.I.C.
you
much
I
From
Ennis
we went
to
was
petrol
being
fellow,
having
a drink
me aside
said,
get
the
adversely
My reply
(with
under
me defending
called
can
to
intending
heard
he
Portumna,
A young
was
better.
following
there
Féiner".
If
petrol.
I
a
getting
the
same was
house,
he wanted,
of
are
a
during
a friend
Portumna.
a party
a Sinn
there,
All
now,
on
effect.
there.
when
of
from
from
teachers'
Cork
relations.,
recall
Rising
that
were
when we reached
"You
Ennis.
marriage
cannot
of
to
men of
the
they
possibility
with
as
from
for
left
was
reply
and
R.I.C.
one
any
details
a national
stationmaster
there
far
only
Insurrection
journey
had
the
the
or words
by bicycles;
of
I
his
to
if
country
they
J.M.,
these
give
available
attending
Scariff,
my friend
control
"I
to
been
the
His
Dublin.
by motor
of
asked
delay,
I
Week..
heard
Charleville.
to
City
Easter
Monday,
train
have
and
brother,
of
a
prisoners
did,
because
episode.
down the
and
during
prolonged
the
medal
in
the
they
My late
Week
would
up
which
custody.
with
help
be victimised,
rifles,
an Easter
what
congress
the
Because
men was
arrested
and
Walsh
suspected.
identified.
the
could
he
up
identification
as
of
which
give
even
not
subsequently
relatives
in
position
were
they
"I
with.
and
said:
was
have
a car
so-and-so
whom so-and-so
to
get
was
a
12.
I'll
friendly),
very
He drove'
go to".
we arrived
refused
in
to
station,
I.R.B.
on him,
post
and
officer
and
months
0/C,
T.
were
arrested
Vice
and
of
sentenced
the
and
and
jail.
Dudley
strike.
another
Volunteers
removal
me to
be all
to
be
right.
over
a little
the
repair
of
Captain
went
were
visited
Their
Volunteer
and
injury
an
mine)
illegal
Resident
of
the
I.R.A.
They
to
made
of
Sligo,
after
four
or
five
made
arrests
in
the
the
late
days'
occasion
the
Some three
The
under
on entering
Mayor
mobilisation.
which
of Kiltimagh.
by the
was
the
station,
railway
were
Jail.
Sligo
mobilisation,
on hunger-strike
home-coming
the
recognise
companies
the
with
charged
to
R.I.C.
Walsh
J.T.
Brigade
imprisonment.
the
to
released
participated.
of
a Volunteer
prisoners;
of
and
soldiers
Volunteer
for
(Corcoran,
refused
months;"
Corcoran
Hanley,
as
escort
occasion
of
They
Gavin's
before
brought
court
adjoining
the
command
the
would
1917,
members
were
three
by an armed
accompanied
I
Ruane
of Westport,
to
an
of
advised
charge
December,
being
They
jurisdiction
Ruane
in
Milling
departure
arrest,
a brother
Brigadier,
early
organisation.
local
or
anxious
and
Corcoran
assembly
taken
the
could.
Ruane,
Magistrate
Miss
that
sweeping
and was
me at
met
O'Hara,
of
he
drive.
long
Corcoran's
and
his
his
cautioned
discreet
before,
as he
illegal
D.
found
being
he regretted
far
for
Seán
and
to
where
Monday,
connection,
fare
have
you
following
a train
or
tip
any
Volunteers
the
get
me of
careful
The
to
informed
very
three
Tuam the
Fr.
the
and
to
Priest,
from
as
us
homer wherever
you
Parish
oath
felt
time
take
The
I
drive
for
hundred
question,
and
13.
subsequent
releases,
increasing
the
the
end
in
arrested
again
morning
and
entered
on hunger-strike,
to
Dundalk
several
hundred
Kilkelly
etc.,
a route
Irish
teacher
named
Co.
Galway,
The
Castle
whose
of
one
The
his
the
Mayo
led
to
was
with
Corcoran.
as
Walsh
Brigade
took
visits
of
of
place
R.
Adjutant
Walsh
during
as
the
event
of
A public
meeting
was
held
of
that
on the
year.
finally
of
an
Spiddal,
invaluable.
of
this
Priest,
was
I
also
can
some
least
in
was
0/C
Dublin,
during
caled
to
state
of
it
that
were
it,
eve
of
Volunteer
during
more.
1918
An American
a member
Sean
Corcoran
Tom Ruane
replaced
in
year,
at
and
notice
conscription
arranged
this
to
heretofore
instructions
conveying
was
there.
or
assembled
Parish
the
re-arrest,
Bohola.
a native
serious
of
the
parade
time
preparations.
in
T.
the
on
transferred
points
The
again
Balla,
company,
Thorton,
at
were
from
Ruane
pleased.
not
John
off
vantage
attention
increased
selected
called
following
drawn
Staff,
they
They
and
a Friday
where
was
Sunday
Martin
imminence
now deceased,
Jail,
Sligo
officials
than
The
of
local
help
Brigade
perturbed
hours
march.
subsequent
placed
by high
early
Sligo.
authorities
assembly.
the
several
up for
organisation.
Corcoran
the
lined
Volunteer
by
1918,
Volunteers,
occupied
effect
good
March,
On the
with
the
which
from
H..Q.
Jail.
Kiltimagh,
of
to
of
to
conveyed
of
direction
used
membership
Towards
were
were
to
the
organisation,
(deceased).
in
visited
and
resistance
the
Kiltimagh
Town Hall
and
periods,
methods
being
Mansion
members
jail
subsequent
conscription
in
the
(deceased),
frequently
this
of
citizen
House
others
enforced.
in
April
conference
of
the
of
14
Sinn
Féin
former
the
against
availed
branch
supporters,
of
The
Parish
Priest,
was
chairman.
to
in
realities
of
the
and
come to
a mutual
similar
understanding
state
of
opposing
to
take
the
the
parish
for
a teacher
I
stated
that
effect.
of
they
in
the
risk
I
surgical
went
on with
would
there.
of
knew
have
the
the
the
with
or
words
organisation
set
up
with
The
and
to
to
take
of
support
to
organisation
efficiency;
had
matter.
I would
resistance."
they
sympathy
foolish
myself,
Was concerned
if
following
though
it
himself
age
am
made
secretary,
responsibilities.
that
I
representative
considered
increasing
a
day,
arrangements
appointed
the
doubt
without
come to
military
face
de Valera.,
Messrs.
and
menace,
to
next
identify
of
all
to
collection
outset
called
meeting,
Dublin
up
present.
aforementioned,
A committee,
set
publicly
and
people
young
be
certain
conscription
as
in
The Volunteer
medical
the
would
done.
the
at
services.
generally
appealed
was
"being
share
different
I
unanimously
to
that,
to
of
leaders
was
priest
like
of
anta-conscription
I was
Sunday.
danger
face
should
sections,
up
O'Hara,
understanding
that
of
D.
that
other
Healy
to
in
protest
who were
Party
the
situation,
Dillon,
glad
of
to
statements.
Rev.
Very
confusion,
the
occasion
Parliamentary
sections
up
breaking
the
the
British
pro
Because
all
unite
of
movement
all
the
the
hills,
the
civil
population.
Volunteers
in
May,
On the
of
completion
Corcoran
outside
in
ordered
but
1918,
Lincoln
and
the
Ruane,
jail
Jail
Jordan
Walsh,
their
kept
accept
three
now of
gates
and
to
and
and
others
bail
months
brigade
rank,
deported
to
there
until
were
arrested
by H.Q.
sentence
were
England,
early
in
in
Dundalk,
re-arrested
interned
1919,
when
15.
there
was
a general
of
because
the
was marked
more
release
German
Plot
A representative
Kiltimagh,
I
impressed
with
by
in
morse
Clarke's
He was
so
return
battery
0/C
Dublin
is
It
his
National
Army
to
Kiltimagh
in
1925.
in
1919,
and
night,
but
they
never
equipment
were
to
and
fair
day
the
military
to
the
our
until
his
ever
he
at
and
annoyance
and
make
cleared
out.
after
raids
big
In
"Bloody
notice
business
was
times
was
the
in
repeatedly
of
of
the
the
day
parents.
arms
or
a custom
of
on fair
Sunday",
the
O/C
from
retired
November,
displayed
to
the
that
no documents,
It
days,
1920,
the
on the
house.
the
late
He was
Eamon
then
Corbett
'on
the
of
run'.
the
when
on the
shop
windows
responsible.
1919
of
on his
sent
etc.,
house
all
(reception)
a brother
and
discomfort
discovered.
to
signalled,
electric
father's
1921,
ordinary
checked
state
business
complained,
a closing
During
came
and
1920
(Thursday)
and
closed
That
were
Ruane,
key
to
an
with
regulation
fair
over
military
were
customers
take
a staff.
Signals,
morse
rank
captain's
of
two
only
He had
subsequently
Chief
with
favourably
my late
messages
J.M.
to
which
distant,
he had
had
he
retained
police
that
lamps,
signals.
raided
and
came
a demonstration,
gave
and
The
Brigade
signal
charge.
having
dance
very
of
service
miles
orders,
impressed
to
He was
lamp.
appointed
mine,
named
three
bicycle
on Mr.
H.Q.
signaling,
over
signalling
acetylene
from
in
release
numbers
deported.
1918.
prisoners
Their
were
was
Ruane,
interned
they
a signalling
J.M.
brother,
in
think
the
mobilisation,
since
trebled
all
fabrication.
by a Volunteer
than
trained
of
Galway
He
was
by
16.
We got
a few
us
with
stayed
a comfortable
Kiltimagh,
he
with
the
activities.
with
on customs
patrols,
information
was
In
of
occasion
which
the
Then
Comdt.
advise
that
built
with
eve
John
barracks
in
Walsh
in
operation
Ascension
which
over
a fire
military
Volunteers
to
should
place
May,
was
a wooden
floor
burning.
make
Road
taken.
I
was
present
out,
and
worked
Battalion
be used.
on the
1920.
He was
of
night
Corcoran,
engaged
of
the
into
Kiltimagh
Carney,
was
were
units.
being
The
a police
of
operation,
a big
destroy
Barracks.
family
the
to
Company
of
took
civilian
H.Q.
decided
oil
arms,
with
however,
of
facilitate
to
Kiltimagh
Bohola.
and
Thursday,
Mooney and
petrol
sprinkling
T.
paraff
only
Volunteers
The
were
operation
The
of
came from
by engineering
of
overruled.
the
of
barracks
supplied.
of
purpose
their
their
them
providing
wife
companies
details
heard
the
for
the
over
police
getting
managed
of
of
up
R.I.C.
members
posts.
Corcoran,
the
the
also
order
their
intimately
had
they
personally
the
were
several
and
destruction
Seán
were
I
police
serve
blocks
he
1920,
occupants
sergeant.
dispatches
who handed
which
May,
for
holding
the
uniforms,
unoccupied
only
some of
all
activities
offices,
after
and
in
was
from
miles
form
units
these
Ruane
Claremorris,
some
arranged
of
Capt.
of
and
equipment
all
excise
Kiltimagh
closed.
at
garrison
of
nerves.
three
old
Ruane,
addresses
in
desertion
attire,
most
of
his
Volunteer
Capt.
them
correspondence
the
in
from
some
him
back
got
local
and
relieving
there
soon
him
stffered
for
My brother,
associated
raids
billet
where
ca-operated
but
days,
in
a room
There
in
was
the
an
17.
in
and
face
the
One Volunteer
to
them
of
out
however,
managed
barred),
when
Ruane
saturated
the
of
straw
and
the
English
Had
there
of
of
rank
the
and
can
describe
with
that.
took
things
I
got
a motor
a police
back
in
paraffin,
was
of
about
I
When
the
in
hands
car
in
by stealth
sergeant's
owned
two
them,
Mooney
and
licensed
premises
W.I.C.
He was
silence,
and
left
very
the
employed
reason
see
long
I
gave
whose
same
was
To cover
car
to
Dr.
to
confidence
officers
to
of
was
to
of
aid
The
the
with
Ferran
(now
with
for
the
not
time
be
I
day,
following
a
the
men would
the
T.
to
conveyed
Dr.
my identity
John
casualties,
Foxford.
at
morning.
adjoining
of
me to
was
me,
that
necessity
injured
I
rest
it
at garage
the
never
way
to
take
Ferran
were
let
hours
On the
take
responsible,
that
friendly
him.
This
the
owner
the
affair,
incident.
were
as
the
because
life,
Corcoran,
that
with
my father.
doctor.
the
cautioned
assured
of
small
car.
father
hours.
reported
with
whose
a few
was
out
Walsh,
in
effects
residence
Walsh,
of
the
J.T.
ruins
prefer
incident
badly
Comdt.
most charitable
the
incident.
out,
bundles
the
had
was
a few
lessening
some of
(deceased),
in
by the
of
to
threw
of
loss
confidence
is
with
intimation
any
in
in
the
window
taken
and,
in.
left
Ruane
(the
were
were
handling
T.
door
the
burned
badly
two Volunteers
the
Brigadier
went
file
the
I
of
Carney
effect
This
overcome
way
occasioned.
and
lack
that
Carney
appalling
the
had
operation
and
and
garrison
confusion
the
Mooney
in
building
bean
would
burst
then
the
out,
Vice
pain.
rooms
get
shooting
suggest
to
to
no better
see
Mooney
burned.
able
but
hands,
could
than
situation
put
was
Gorcoran
explosion.
The
to
deceased)
the
incident,
family
I
18.
ordered
driver
the
I
though
knew
take
the
direct
could
not
get
to
I
that
because
of
a road
block
two
miles
Nearing
the
curve
where
the
road
a Land
resident,
me to
waving
I
and
told
round
him
for
Staunton,
to
Volunteer
was,
I
delay.
Mass
go to
got
to
conveyed
took
him
Where
by Dr.
in
the
them
and
There
until
they
were
since
however,
a result
when
annoyed
however,
was
a pity
had
a bad
which
they
remained,
unknown
fumes.
petrol
a feeling
the
he did
effect
was never
of
of
details.
not,
on the
overcome.
to
stomach
the
County
had
Murphy
the
Collins
to
Since
personnel
were
enemy,
was
My brother,
loyalty
as
they
trouble,
incident.
because,
owned
Mooney,
Michael
the
my
them
viz.
and well.
from
without
He
were.
McBride
names:
suffers
done
through
to
Dr.
mothers'
he heard
reported
late
fit
way
sent
M.
Kiltimagh
There
and
Dr.
Westport
Kelly.
then
I
of
do.
to
injured
was
we had
of
go
intended.
Mooney
night
the
discharged
through
and
their
that
of
to
by a back
Westport,
where
in
registered
Deacy.
never
Moran,
cane
me to
third
the
do.
accidents)
there,
This
suburbs
a Mrs.
Castlebar,
Hospital,
in
Corcoran
sister,
treated
he
On that
a house
which
him.
and
had
car
the
to
serious
a doctor
in
after
burns.
by
as
Ferran
of
intended
I
course,
house
Dr.
I
their
the
look
home to
dressed
of
a
found
front
He advised
directed
and
time.
parents;'
I
Swinford,
I
"a
going.
which,
by Swinford,
On reaching
at
I was
way
I
was,
in
course,
Eoxford,
Kiltimagh.
block
prevented
having
where
from
to
that
there
engineer,
of
which,
stop,
him
thanked
Commission
road
a comrade,
I
felt
often
stated,
the
Tom,
local
the
it
incident
companies,
19.
In
short
National
for
me when
Mr.
Hogan
it
Aid
a parcel
collect
was
I
for
at
Messrs
have
to
the
Ponsonby's
parcel
to
Egan's
Hotel
was
parcel
the
I
delivered
Broadstone
to
he
was
after
she
was
actually
as
about,
I
save
me the
asked
She
remainder
of
her
to
and
journey
vacation.
was
the
before
the
7 p.m.
train
was
handed
the
parcel
into
Miss
station
and
morning
I
her
safe
remarked,
I
said,
St.,
saw her
"I
"Well,
Castlebar".
thought
the
to
take
the
parcel.
is,
suppose",
so
would
my short
the
Some short
from
be
It
We spent
I
time
a taxi,
got
with
went
not
Castlebar
in
leave,
thought
I wanted
train
a break
train
night
was
Such
return
to
not
The
I
to
over
you'd
him
station.
West.
on the
called
parcel
"I
Gavin
Gavin,
safely
I
arrival.
N.
due
a telegram
received
Miss
together.
and
the
met
prevent
evening
to
the
the
asked
before.
went
the
done.
Square,
of
consented.
gladly
told
time
about
she
I
that
me,
the
the
enquiring
asked
night.
I
from
from
arriving
information
night.
I
returning
(aforementioned),
that
there
place
Parnell
3 p.m.
enquire
On my way
the
(any
Mayo
me.
Hotel,
stayed
about
Station
Mayo.
Arms
Galway
where
for
a
that
and
the
for
stated
morning
send
be ready
asked
have
he would
to
would
and
he
him
me to
which
following
a
met
on me to
my name when
it
asked
in
him
send
he
parcel
He relied
delay.
I
Collins
I was.
the
me.
Ponsonbys
for
Dublin
for
day
gave
to
for
and
following
him who
in
Hogan,
Mr.
where
sent
to
told
imperative
called
Collins
on the
in Mayo) without
I
arriving
Fund Rooms,
called
and
after
1919,
Michael
holiday,
the
at
August,
her
to
the
train.
The
following
her
informing
me of
to
see
West
in
the
at
Gavin's
he
jocosely
who
Collins,
by
shop,
this".
Spencer
remarked,
20.
no use
"it's
so
I
quickly".
mission
such
would
be all
The
arrived,
and
was
in
made
elsewhere
in
and
interesting
cause
Mayo,
was
him
and
the
the
brother,
the
local
the
way
to
they
etc.,
enemy
hands.
me.
It
to
I
say,
amused
I
have
might
do
to
had
parcel
attention,
was
got
gone
very
whom the
the
destroyed
I
when
from
the
"Ticker"
local
to
informed
make
railway
train
indemnify
stationmaster,
and
the
the
information
was
post
petrol
railway
and
the
taken
but
from
got
the
off.
was
placed
was
a friend,
was
on
the
military
morse
the
very
driven
put
cost
of
handed
of
brothers.
were
The
in
in
party
my late
signals
my
passing
a small
with
from
company
supply
for
There
assembled
where
petrol
office,
instrument.
requisitioned
station,
of
Claremorris,
preparations,
I.R.B.
was
to
to
given
by a friend
Ruane,
a supply
Kiltimagh
morse
centre
truck
that
The
in
Thomas
Sligo
was
information
1920,
Comdt.
rail
time
the
late
heard
A motor
to
for
of
fall
there.
the
little
the
developments
Dick
office,
by
message
to
into
Needless
post
stationed
the
It
fall
Walsh's
when
the
J.T.
Comdt.
subsequently.
In
over
of
lost,
(from
explosives,
digging,
got
that
which
publications,
my name.
then.
to
be present
in
other
any
books
these
carried
out
delivered.
there
of
contents
there
effect.
that
the
it
get
He stated
days".
to
trench
Dick
evidently
list
the
of
list
Ponsonby"s
parcel
of
one
a complete
want
don't
by dispatch
matters,
military
I
two
I happened
in
to
to
October,
delivered
Kiltimagh.
with
or words
following
Walsh,
few
next
managed
and
"No,
the
right,
were
parcel)
said,
for
how you
you
asking
to
a safe
against
same
the
dump.
21.
The
the
Brigadier,
about
however,
in
participated
incensed
the
two
for
intended
were
cars
This
local
at
there
from
was
August
the
brigade
of
the
20th
refused.
snipers
in
positions
in
actually
from
the
charge
of
tender
barrack
again,
While
to
road
from
the
was
off.
on the
Corbett
were
the
not
British
walked
The
garrison
a military
Castlebar,
tense,
being
advantageous
wall,
and
some
secure
a shot
having
The
dismounted
drove
to
Volunteers
building,
building.
which
in
on
promised,
without
placed1
faces
situation
asked
operation.
raided
of
garrison
barracks
munitions
of
Work.
the
He arrived
vicinity.
party
on the
was
off
being
main
The
formation.
having
occupied
road.
and
the
Clery
who was
of
Part
supply.
A.
ardour
Breen
Barracks.
calling
and
aforementioned,
Corbett,
a raid
was
material.
excellent
Tan
hackney
It
on the
damper
man named
without
their
the
Volunteer
was
the
on the
for
barrack
the
up with
arrived
the
the
The
Walsh
Corcoran
20th.
suggested
Pat
had
Black
from
morning
Messrs
made for
were
Arrangements
movement.
R.I.C.
the
to
distributed
the
Eamon
Ballyvary
night
for
another
were
petrol
that
Late
friend's
his
the
captured
available
which
to
petrol
being
duty
1920,
stationed
Sunday,
petrol
just
August,
a friendly
fired,
who
day,
he
associate,
a search.
always
contacted
lined
the
owners
company,
In
and
of
did
was
incident
bombs
removal
the
who never
owner
whose
an
instituted
and
came across
they
of
The Volunteers
premises.
car
the
in. the
Later
advice
the
through
enthusiastic
was
Corcoran,
informed.
when
venture
the
Seán
late
but
entire
party
200
yards
officer
in
a few
steps
he boarded
supply
up.
the
of
22.
arms
small
rifles,
On the
of
day
up the
Twelve
years
confederate
the
for
have
In
me that
Crown
Bank
at
paid
was
of
Mr.
Pat
and
some
it
and
Brennan,
Main
available
the
he
for
and
heard
time.
key
and
climb
thus
on to
three
Mr.
Mulhern's
gave
the
other
the
Mr.
up
He took
and
night.
at
back
rear
houses,
the
Hibernian
the
the
put
at
always
in
in
the
yard,
a military
to
enter
time
to
get
my brother
to
tiles
of
ridge
dropped
in
Jimmy
about
long
up
night,
Capt.
where
to
of
house
When
who was
he
a
activity
door.
on the
when
and was
month.
a room was
opportunity
cross
risk.
one
brother,
a deliberately
an
the
late
gate,
Brennan,
roof,
yard
the
to
by the
operation,
He noticed
out
got
held
where
use.
commotion
had
the
his
conveyed
surrounded
my late
there,
was
30 years.
Murtagh.
Kiltimagh,
after
arrived
street
party
time
St.,
over
of
Ballyvary
police
Hotel,
for
for
manager
the
staying
Barry's
against
name was
afler
his
destruction
cover
the
His
military
had
Buane,
for
insured
to
in
Dublin,
premium,
paid
was
information
had
time.
short
in
Congress
exchange
Corbett
was
the
raid.
located
to
them
Breen
listed
the
Eucharistic
left
when
£50
for
man Breen,
was
Some weeks
party
the
1920,
I
the
occasions
night.
resided,
house
premium
on such
Hotel
Forces.
My parents
The
the
December,
our
Castlerea,
preparations
and
Corbett,
and
at
during
captured.
Gaelic
inter-county
ex R.I.C.
met
Belvedere
I
where
usual
was
equipment
place
Volunteer
reminiscences
in
an
took
later,
I
Dublin,
other
raid,
activity
covered
in
the
match
championship
transport
and
the
exhausted
house
at
his
that
into
for
the
23.
On Spy Wednesday,
vas
made by
had
only
yard,
time
the
occasion
taken
in
which
were
He went
to
on Holy
Saturday
visited
by British
He,
the
priest,
for
the
rest
he
and
of
had
a military
the
3inn
as
in
military
party
hidden
themselves.
the
and
occupied
by
"hands
to
his
the
military,
went
his
Mullins
was arrested,
got
the
The
late
P.P.
Sean
a
A British
and
earlier
in
Volunteers
poor
were
did.
when
the
for
scouts.
part
of
the
ordered
to
put
that
of
Corcoran,
visited
area.
were
a bit
in
officer
Crossard.
the
revolver,
Swinford
outrage.
Mullins,
they
and
attribute
the
the
away
On Saturday
no avail.
entering
Mullins
stated,
to
Parish,
comrade
up".
The
the
such,
remained
and
way
from
April,
into
on murder.
arrived
Maurice
any
was
house
Tweedy,
Evidently
were
for
of
come
his
Colonel
to
of
origin
end
Early
daybreak.
tried
but
Aughamore
had
there
Corcoran
and
day,
Tweedy.
Kiltimagh.
P.P.
named
district
their
in
the
a Volunteer
if
party
Féiners,
Towards
area,
to
O'Hara.
next
the
bent
back
until
details
were
Father
plainly
morning
way.
citizens
or
following,
by the
a house,
back
P.P.,
a Colonel
0/C,
the
many humiliations,
evening
officers,
the
no doubts
with
the
the
local
late
that
up quarters
to
outrage
by the
crossed
into
got
to
a neighbour's
he
attire,
the
Buane
Capt.
into
escaped
subjected
the
visited
charge
of
escaped
evening
took
several
morning
telegraphed
that
and
Claremorris
protested
wall
military,
raid
daylight
Ki1timagh.
the
there
Witnessed
to
over
the
and
charge
in
in woman's
off
disguise
On that
Forces
cross
dressed
cordoned
street,
and
to
where,
left
Crown
the
another
1921,
Corcoran,
it
he was
shot
rough
handling,
on
road
is
dead.
24.
but
was
not
In
the
otherwise
May,
column
military
An S.O.S.
after
1921,
the
in
reached
contacted
and with
a few
others,
a John
stationed
at
there
in
the.
the
town
road
and
the
on the
garrison,
believing
sent
afterwards
of
the
West
Corbett
the
deceased,
is
those
at
was
his
reputed
officer
and
Regiment
made.
Was
who the
official
he,
is
time
to
denounced
from
effect.
on him
Later
a Capt.
him
questioned
Grant,
were
they
stating
to
Volunteers
in
that
assume
were?
to
being
now
Sunday
the
parish
official
day
of
His
Volunteers,
a military
the
Border
statement
the
that
grata
altar
in
the
state
persona.
Bohola,
the
Grant
as
to
following
not
scene,
on the
right
not
trenches
digging
the
because
plainly
by a curate
The
for
some hours
to
only
Who were
O'Hara.
have
made by a large
pressure
were
Michael
that
caned
this
The
and
the
the
and
rifle
Carrowgowan
It
activity
Carrowgowan,
to
at
Foxford
outside
rushed
removed.
at
to
being
military
Thus
Volunteers,
responsible
or words
was
there.
pals
from
Fr.
of
From
there.
assistance,
some time
cut
local
restrained
he
for
unit
and
for
loads
trenches
Mayo
with
up
barracks
Guard
on Carrowgowan,
dug
(shotgun,
an assault
a courier
lorry
held
being
fire
military
Bohola,
a position
up
and
now a Civic
is
hills
the
took
(Newport).
Jimmy
Swinford.
crossed
a rapid
commenced
was
to
by a. large
half-a-dozen,
who
a trench
ambush,
area
in
than
think,
night,
alive.
my brothers,
more
Castlebar
revo1ver)
force,
I
party
of
and
not
Byrne,
little,
dead
Mountain
Eamon Corbett
Drogheda,
main
Bohola,
still
surrounded
being
Kiltimagh,
dead),
is
Carrowkennedy
Skirdagh
Tom (now
including
the
were
responsible
party
He
injured.
priest
Reverence
he
knew
was
tha
25.
in
a spot
of
trouble,
stated
earlier,
the
of
Bohola
Barracks;
the
petrol,
the
Ballyvary
in
the
areas
Murphy,
to
got
'I've
will
be no trouble
same
or
was
name Corbett
the
wanted
to
have
I
hide
his
This
about
tried
to
most
Some were
saddled
to
ability
lives
as
while.
I
When
in
October,
came home
He
several
meetings.
The
he
made
very
several
of
me.
The
gave
concerned
spirit
rules
with
licensed
of
the
M.
that
can't
there
the
say
those
who
the
period.
to
especially
their
beyond
and
those
crowd.
patriotic
hasty
teach
one
in
lost
their
worth
anything
in
and
which
the
first
report
to
my residence
which
premises,
of
to
answer
my parents,
was
Education.
the
station,
at
long
home
etc.,
constable
had
R.I.C.
of
I was
my contacts,
with
the
and we had
charge
before
friendly
I
of
parish
fluently
sergeant
as
my native
member
Irish
spoke
aggressive,
Department
of
peace!
was
reports
particulars;
a Mr.
(Seumas
accomplishing
to
there
friendly.
was
P.P.,
I
by
an honest,
were
in
rest
who was
Hogan,
to
men
active
in
Seumasd".
everyone,
without
l9l4
the
so-and-so
responsibilites
They
they
this
whom were
handle.
May
non-co-operation
there,
my account
to
with
at result,
of
but
referred
finishes
of
from
of
identity).
be fair
now dead,
the
O'Hara,
Kiltimagh,
was
burning
and. indeed
merchant
and
the
stealing
as
Denis
an assurance
round
at
morale
Bohola,
Fr.
Tom Ruane
trust
the
a local
As I
it.
subsequent
as well
upset
and
of
shown
the
to,
Mayo.
stated
Kiltimagh,
and
raid,
East
out
got
incompetence
Kiltimagh
of
Whole
he
referred
already
in
the
but
contrary
Dowd)
(John
was one
on their
to
Though
the
at
least
26.
three
for
other
many years,
much
trouble
through
I
national
to
resided
only
developed,
the
Inspector
to
get
over
reports
and
garrisons
from
where
whom I
never
unless
a definite
During
very
his
in
of
that
visit.
to
have
peace,
present,
an awful
dislike
don't
mind
of
arrested
said:
to
McDonagh"s
and,
I
suppose,
If
me.
would
Before
return
did,
Capt.
home
a
from
the
"Are
Jimmy,
Capt.
people
seem
of
me.
occasions
be dead.
military
details
we
man who would
think
I
him
of
Dowd "s reply
these
shop.
I
the
on several
Corcoran
in
the
he
that
my parents"
was
My brother
and
suspects.
promoted
remember
question
guide,
suspect.
at
Tom's
a hero".
some of
him
know
you,
a military
advised
called
"Dowd,
closed
so active
not
by
Swinford,
to
who
distinctly
first
Tommy?"
considered
John
here
I
to
as
was
my brother
His
what
he
them
were
sent
active,
apparently
was
punish
previously
he was
to
my contacts
stations
superiors,
Truce,
Dublin.
who was
be
he
the
occasion
meeting
word
District
refused
was
to
which
activities
the
Kiltimagh
sending
because
would
concern
R.I.C.
in
charge
Dowd was
Subsequently
movements,
a friend,
met,
like
home,
leaving
but
continued,
without
managed
As Volunteer
come he was
Sergt.
good
for
visited'
deceived
apparently
on the
often
without
he did
When
nominally
centralised,
he
never
but
without
When the
me.
I
this,
He would
my brothers.
circumstanced
similarly
reported.
Hogan's
Sergt.
victimising
was
one night.
my arrest
preferred.
to
I
(McGarry),
consent
with
only
a room
getting
were
teachers
he'd
Those
Grant
going
Ruane,
to
have
shoot
"I
was:
I
you
have
could
when
I
saw
be alive
now,
who were
any
was
a week
in
27.
he
knew
ditrict
than
did
in
I
Swinford,
it.
but
I'll
know
say
find
you'll
or
be",
elsewhere
he'd
to
take
a drink
a party
His
of
wife
his
at
dead
identify
some of
a member
of
the
dead
that
died
a natural
was
attacked,
the
force,
his
attackers
War
of
this
His
those
but
should
be
death,
but
gave
any
survived.
theirs
however
did
of
anything
much
worth-while
at
Dowd has
of
to
the
since
he
that
while
in
None
he knew.
service
at
present
belief
he did
that
his
and
fair
only
my firm
weeks,
He
of
it
is
of
them
identify
He is
it
it
Swinford.
but
recorded.
because
because
think
I
statement,
a few
presence
son,
to
He used
the
to
talk
Dowd said
in
apprehended.
Garda.
not
and
I
repeated
Within
by a friend
intimidated.
apparently
that
not.
home
refused
visited
being
his
severely
but
assailants,
was
from,
supposed
him.
time.
his
in
he
for
the
men raided
shot
after
trial1
if
apparently
He was wounded
family.
knew
he
he's
On hearing
Dowd that
two
or
masked
was
what
not
came
and when
comes,
be disastrous
but
careful,
residence
many years
information
peace
effect.
warned
would
it
be
that
Tom,
the
Dowd was
police
McGarry's
his
some of
that
to
D.I.
after
until
nothing
words
about
McGarry
where
out
my brother,
more
during
of
the
Independence.
Signed:
Date:
Witness:
Biscod
J.P. (Investigator).
Capt
T.
Seán
18th
Ruane
July
1957